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5 amazing health secrets of olive leaf extract
4. Fighting infection
Olive leaves have a long history of fighting infection.
In the 1800s, the crushed leaves were brewed into teas to lower fevers and to treat malaria.
Since then, studies have confirmed the power of oleuropein to fight viruses, fungi, and bacteria.
A 2003 study clearly demonstrated the anti-microbial power of olive leaf extract. In the study, the extract killed almost all bacteria tested, including those that cause skin, genital, and oral infections. Harmful bacteria of the lower intestine were also killed.
And, in one particularly promising piece of evidence, researchers at the New York University School of Medicine saw the reversal of systemic changes associated with HIV-1 after treatment with olive leaf extracts.
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