1 Olive Leaf Extract is more potent than other natural antioxidants too Olive Leaf’s antioxidant activity is almost double that of green tea extract, another popular, natural immunity booster. The combination of fresh-pickedᵀᴹ leaves combined with our gentle water extraction method means that our olive leaf extract retains a balanced, synergistic combination of antioxidant and protective compounds found naturally in the fresh leaf. What’s the reason for this huge difference? Well, drying, preserving or storing olive leaves causes deterioration of the polyphenol compounds in leaves and reduces the high levels of oleuropein in the final product. When it comes to fresh versus dried, there's no comparison - with fresh leaf olive leaf extract coming in at a whopping 6 times higher antioxidant activity than olive leaf extract made from dried olive leaf. A 2005 study conducted by Australia's Southern Cross University¹ compared olive leaf extract made with fresh leaves with olive leaf extract made with dried olive leaves. How does olive leaf extract made with fresh leaves compare to dried leaves?Įxtremely well actually. F resh Olive Leaf Extract came out on top, with over 6 times more antioxidant power than dried extract and almost double that of green tea extract. Read on to see how fresh olive leaf extract stacks up over dried leaf as well as several other popular natural antioxidants, including vitamin C. Why? Because after many years of research, science has shown us what nature already knows - that fresh is best.¹ It’s the same with olive leaf extract.Īt Olive Life, we use only fresh-picked ᵀᴹ leaves in our olive leaf extract - and NEVER dried leaves or reconstituted powders. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, fresh seafood: all are at their most nutrient-rich when freshly plucked from a branch, a plant, the earth or the sea.
The saying ‘fresh is best’ is never truer than in nature. Olive Life fresh ly picked olive leaf extract contains over 6x more antioxidant polyphenols than dried olive leaf extract. Learn why fresh olive leaf extract is better than dried - and many times more potent than other forms of antioxidants too.
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