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Reasons for choosing Palm Oil:
• Palm oil is an excellent dietary energy source.
• Palm oil is a very rich source of Vitamin A and E.
• Palm oil is a stable oil in high temperatures (good for frying)
• Palm oil contains NO Cholesterol
• Palm oil contains NO Trans Fatty Acids
Vitamin A Carotenes
Virgin Red Palm Oil is one of the richest natural plant sources of carotenoids. Carotenoids are used to convert vitamin A in our bodies. Palm Oil contains more carotenoids than any other vegetable oil source.
Vitamin E Tocotrienols – Anti-oxidants
Palm Oil is a rich natural source of tocotrienols (vitamin E). Tocotrienols are powerfull antioxidants comprising of both tocotrienols and tocopherols. Tocopherols are found in many vitamin E supplements on todays market. Though tochpherols are the more commonly used in products, tocotrienols are believed to be a highly more effective antioxidant than tocopherols. Both tochpherlos and toctrienols are found in abundance in Red Palm Oil.
For more information on tocotrienols you can visit http://www.tocotrienol.org/.
But I thought palm oil was highly saturated?
Palm oil is frequently confused with palm kernel oil, which is highly saturated. In contrast palm oil contains a balance of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids. In addition palm oil contains essential substances such as linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid which the body cannot manufacture) and tocopherols and tocotrienols, which act as natural anti-oxidants against damaging free-radicals.
What about cholesterol?
Like other vegetable fats palm oil is free from cholesterol. Because palm oil is solid at room temperature there is no need to use hydrogenation, a technique which hardens liquid oil but also produces damaging trans fatty acids and raises cholesterol levels in the process. Human feeding studies have shown that palm oil does not ordinarily raise blood cholesterol levels and in some cases has been found to lower harmful LDL-cholesterol.
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