Olives together with seeds can only be eaten by people with a healthy stomach and intestines. A pair of such bones will not harm a person's condition, but there will be no benefit from them either.
Benefit or harm
The diet of a person with a healthy digestive system is much more varied than that of someone who suffers from some kind of ailment. Therefore, a healthy person will not feel any changes by eating pitted olives. This product is considered harmless, non-toxic, but not particularly healthy for nutrition. For people with sluggish intestines, as well as those suffering from adhesive disease, constipation and other digestive ailments, the bones of olives can harm, causing an exacerbation of the disease. With a weak stomach acidity, olive pits can impair the digestion of food and cause colic, flatulence and other unpleasant symptoms.
People with intestinal pathologies, for example, with a tendency to form diverticulums, should be extremely careful, as even seeds can harm them, causing an exacerbation of the disease.
You can choke on an olive seed, and a cracked shell can scratch the delicate tissues of the stomach and other organs, as they are thin and easily injured. Some varieties of olives have large bones with sharp edges. They should not be eaten, as they will hardly pass through the esophagus and intestines. Small, smooth seeds of olives, consumed in small quantities, will not harm a healthy person. It is the small bones inside the large, thick pulp of the fruit that are indicative of a quality olive variety.
The pits of olives are quite hard and dense, so they are not digested by a digestive enzyme. There is an opinion that they contain the same useful substances as seeds, nuts and other kernels. But these substances can be obtained only by crushing the bone. In this form, it will be completely safe and to some extent useful. Also, the kernel of the olive seed contains 12% oil, and the walls - up to 5%.
Application
Olive seeds are used in folk medicine as compresses or heating pads, for example, for muscle inflammation and back pain caused by nerve entrapment. The crushed bones of olives are mixed with paraffin or wax, placed in a rubber heating pad and placed on a sore spot for 20-30 minutes until they cool completely. In this case, the bones bring great health benefits to a person, eliminating his ailment, in contrast to ingestion.
Also, olive seeds are widely used in cosmetology, being a part of various masks, scrubs and other preparations for the skin.
