The previos history of the olive, which is the healthiest and natural vegetable oil source of the word bases up to 8.000 years. Olive, which was a source for many legends during the historical development, took place in the epitaphs of ancient civilizations and the Holy Bibles Further, due to the event where a white pigeon returned to Noah’s Ark with a olive branch in its mouth as a sign of liveliness after a flood, olive is accepted since centuries as a sign of peace
Because olive oil is one of the most important basic nourishment sources in the Mediterranean Countries, here are less cardiac-and artery diseases are determined compared with the USA and North Euoropean countries, which are nourishing espacially with margarine and other liquid oils. Whilst the people living on the Isle Crete, which is the most important olive oil production area of Greece, where approx 20 kg of oil per person will be consumed, have nearby no cardiac- and artery diseases based on their nourishment habit; the number of sick persons increased after they changed in the 1970’s their nourishment habit to the consumption of meat containing saturated fats. And olive oil’s cancer risk decreasing effect bases on the reason, that the phenols put in its structure are raciliating the strengthens. Olive oil is deerned as sacred since ancient ages by all religions. The Old Testarnent and the Holy Bible are including 140 references to the olive oil and 100 reference top the olive tree.