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Excerpts from a booklet on the benefits of palm oil.
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An edited version of a booklet published by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council. Importantly, all these facts are backed by strong references and in-depth research. The original is available for download here. http://www.palmoilindustryinfo.com/Issues/Health/16-Health-facts.aspx
Fact 1 Palm oil is certified as one of seventeen edible oils with an FAO/WHO Food Standard.
Fact 2 Palm oil has had a long history of food use of over 5000 years.
Fact 3 Palm oil is extracted from the flesh of the palm fruit solely by cooking and pressing. This is different to Palm Kernel Oil, which comes from the seed and has a higher saturated fat content.
Fact 4 Palm oil contains a proportion of 49% saturated, 40% monounsaturated and 11% polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Fact 5 Like all other vegetable oils, palm oil is cholesterol free.
Fact 6 Presently, it is consumed worldwide as cooking oil, in margarine and shortenings and is also incorporated into fat blends and wide variety of food products.
Fact 7 For most food uses, palm oil does not require hydrogenation (a process that solidifies the oil), thus avoiding the formation of tans-fatty acids.
Fact 8 Refined palm oil, as used in foods, is a rich source of tocopherols and tocotrienols having Vitamin E activity. Red palm oil is the only commercially available rich source of carotenoids and can be used as pro-Vitamin A activity.
Fact 9 Palm oil without hydrogenation is an excellent frying oil. Unlike unsaturated oils such as soybean oil, corn oil and sunflower seed oil, it has lower tendency to oxidise and is resistant to the formation of polar components and cyclic polymers.
Fact 10 Like other common edible fats and oils, palm oil is readily digested, absorbed and utilised as a source of energy.
Fact 11 A number of recent controlled human studies in Europe, USA and Asia have confirmed that palm oil does not contribute to any significant rise in serum total cholesterol when replacing other fats in the average diet.
Fact 12 In these studies, the level of HDL (good) cholesterol was unaltered or significantly enhanced due to palm oil.
Fact 13 The content of Lipoprotein (a) in blood plasma a potent risk indicator for coronary heart disease was significantly reduced when palm oil provided most of the dietary fat.
Fact 14 Palm oil has been demonstrated to be a necessary component in current dietary recommendations to achieve a balanced distribution between saturates, monounsaturates and polyunsaturates. When humans consume diets having such fatty acid distributions, there is a tendency to improve the overall cholesterol lipoprotein ratios.
Fact 15 Palm oil also contains carotenoids, tocopherols and tocotrienols which have beneficial health properties including antioxidant, anti-cancer and cholesterol lowering effects. In addition, carotenoids in palm oil are biologically active as pro-vitamin A.
Fact 16 Compared to a number of other edible oils, dietary palm oil reduces the number of chemically-induced tumors in lab tests.
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Please can you tell me if palm oil is ok for my little boy as he is a nut allergy sufferer? Thank you
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| Mr N Richards 3/5/2009 2:30:11 AM |
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I am taking high blood pressure medicine, hormone pill, potassium pill, and blood pressure with a diretic flluid pill and vitamins. I want to use the new diet Slim Shot and it has this palm oil in it. Is it safe to take with my medicines that I take.
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| Debra Choate 11/28/2008 1:02:35 AM |
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I AM SO MUCH IMPRESSED FOR THESE FACTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT COS I WANT TO PRODUCE IT IN LARGE QTY FOR SALE,THANKS.
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| ONAH EMMANUEL 11/23/2008 8:53:29 PM |
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