Immune Health

Olive Leaf Extract 300mg (18% Oleuropein)

The ancient Egyptians regarded olive leaf as a symbol of heavenly power, and in keeping with that belief, they extracted its oil and used it to mummify their kings. Later cultures found the leaf was better utilized for the living than the dead. Over the ages, there is documentation that it was a popular folk remedy for combating fevers. The first formal medical mention of the olive leaf -- an account describing its ability to cure severe cases of fever and malaria -- occurred about 150 years ago.

Decades later, scientists isolated a bitter substance from the olive leaf, and named it Oleuropein. It was found to be one ingredient in a compound produced by the olive tree that makes it particularly robust and resistant against insect and bacterial damage. Research suggests that olive leaf extract may be a "true antiviral" compound because it appears to selectively block an entire virus-specific system in the infected host. It then appears to offer healing effects not addressed by pharmaceutical antibiotics. From research and clinical trials to date, supplemental olive leaf extract may be beneficial in the treatment for conditions caused by or associated with a virus, retrovirus, bacterium or protozoan. Olive leaf extract's potential benefits may include:

• An ability to interfere with critical amino acid production essential for viruses.
• An ability to contain viral infection and/or spread by inactivating viruses by preventing virus shredding, budding or assembly at the cell membrane.
• Ability to directly penetrate infected cells and stop viral replication.

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Item #50542
Olive Leaf Extract (Standardized 18% Oleuropein)
90 capsules