Olives, a low-calorie Mediterranean pleasure

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The cult of the body is part of our culture, in the same way as the deprivations for the maintenance of the line. However, the Mediterranean Diet allows us to find tasty low-calorie products, a binomial that occurs perfectly in table olives.

And, despite the widespread belief about its high fat content, the proportion of these revolves around 20%, being most assimilable by our body. In addition, the most abundant fatty acid in this percentage is oleic, responsible for reducing cholesterol.

In these dates so close to summer in which we spend much of the weekends away from home, it is easy to skip the diet and neglect eating habits.

Therefore, olives are a perfect appetizer to maintain the line and nourish our body with fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium and vitamins A, C and E (all with antioxidant properties).


Olives: the perfect appetizer to keep the line


In addition to its low caloric content, there is a wide variety, types and forms of presentation: whole, boneless, halved, green, black, purple, seasoned, in brine, in all kinds of dressings (garlic, thyme, orange, lemon, onion, etc.) and stuffed (tuna, anchovy, pepper, salmon, garlic, ham and so on up to more than eighty varieties).

Olives are an ideal ingredient for many dishes as they bring together the four basic flavors: sweet, salty, bitter and sour.

Many experts recommend the consumption of seven olives a day, since its rich nutritional content is added to its low caloric intake, only 37 Kcal. In fact, one hundred grams of olives have 70% less than other snacks of habitual consumption.

It is difficult to find such a complete food, which allows you to enjoy the essence of the Mediterranean Diet. Going out for tapas with olives is a low-calorie pleasure.

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