NATURAL LIFE REVIEW JUNE'99
A Natural Alternative to Antibiotics?
Olive Leaf Extract
FRENCH biologists have discovered that an extract from olive leaves kills the herpes virus. Subsequent research demonstrated that the extract destroys other viruses and bacteria.
It also strengthens the immune system. The extract is proving to be invaluable to people with low resistance to disease or compromised immune systems.
Are you dreading the onset of winter? Do you remember last year's debilitating flu? The help you are looking for may be found in Olive Leaf extract. Olive leaf extract has a natural antibiotic action. Researchers from around the world have found that olive leaf extract destroys virus, bacteria and fungus. This means that it is beneficial for bacterial infections and conditions where antibiotics are ineffective, such as viral infections like colds and flu, and fungal problems eg. Candida. It is a non‑toxic way to strengthen the immune system.
Rising numbers of antibiotic resistant micro organisms in today's world increase the relevance, and importance of natural products with antibiotic properties. Olive leaf extract is an old remedy primed to become a modern day boon to strong immunity and good health. It has been used for thousands of years but recent research, proving it can kill the herpes virus. has resulted in enormous interest for its use today.
Shown to kill herpes virus
After the active components were isolated in 1969, an upsurge of research has resulted in dramatic discoveries. Research by the pharmaceutical company UpJohn, published by the American Society for Microbiology, found that the active components, elenol acid and calcium elenolate, inhibited the growth of every virus, bacteria, fungi and protozoa they were tested against (They tested over 30 micro organisms!).
Dr. Renis proved that oleuropein from olive leaf extract could kill herpes virus. In 1992 French biologists found that all of the herpes viruses were inhibited or killed by extracts from olive leaf. They included 28 references to the anti‑viral action of oleuropein in their report.
Olive leaf extract has an ability to interfere with critical amino acid production essential for viruses. It can penetrate infected cells directly and stop viral replication.
Olive leaf extract can contain the spread of the infection and can stimulate the immune system response in which cells ingest harmful micro organisms and foreign matter.
Success with AIDS treatment
In his book Olive Leaf Extract, Dr. Morton Walker documents cases of people with HIV and AIDS who used olive leaf extract therapeutically. The subjects changed their HIV antibody status from positive to negative as tested on both the ELISA, and Western Blot standard AIDS tests. The results were confirmed by retesting.
Dr Walker reports a ease in which an HIV patient reduced his viral load from an exceedingly elevated 160,000 organisms per millilitre of blood down to 30,000 in two weeks. It continued to drop to 692 in eleven weeks. Dr Walker comments that a fall in viral load this dramatic has never been achieved from the use of AZT.
Research suggests that supplemental olive leaf extract may be beneficial in the treatment for conditions caused by or associated with a virus, retrovirus, bacterium or protozoan. Among such conditions are influenza, the common cold, Epstein‑Barr virus, encephalitis, herpes, pneumonia, dengue fever, severe diarrhoea, and some sexually transmitted diseases.
The anti‑viral activity of olive leaf extract is due to the action of oleuropein on the protein coat of the virus. It is thought to inactivate bacteria by dissolving the outer lining of the microbe. Research conducted in Hungary has demonstrated such positive results, against a range of infections, that olive leaf extract has become an official anti‑infectious disease remedy. Olive leaf extract acts to prevent the onset of colds, flu, and a range of viruses; yeast, fungal and mould problems; bacterial infections; and parasites.
Arnold Takemoto, an American biochemist, has found that olive leaf extract is "a valuable addition against chronic fatigue and many other viral conditions, especially those that are more tenacious. It fills a hole that we haven't been able to fill before. We are yet to discover another herbal substance that accomplishes anti‑microbially what this substance achieves".
Good for heart and circulation
An increase in energy after taking olive leaf extract is also commonly reported as the micro organism load on the body is reduced.
Olive leaf extract has many benefits in addition to its antibacterial and antiviral activity. It is especially good for the heart and circulation.
It is an excellent antioxidant and inhibits the harmful oxidation of LDL, the so‑called 'bad cholesterol'.
In Spain, pharmacologists learned that it causes relaxation of the artery walls, suggesting a possible benefit for hypertension. Italian researchers found it beneficial for hypertension, lowering blood sugar and uric acid levels in animals, indicating its potential for heart disease and diabetes.
Other researchers have found olive leaf extract relieves arrhythmias (heart beat irregularities) and improves blood flow to the heart. Clinicians have found it beneficial for candidasis and other fungal infections.
Research scientists have discovered that no toxic or other adverse side effects are evident, even in high doses.
Olive leaf extract is a natural, non‑toxic immune system builder. It is a safe, highly effective food supplement with potent and proven anti‑microbial action.
Dr Morton Walker was given the 1992 Humanitarian Award from the American Cancer Control Society.