Red palm oil keeps the doctor away
Posted by Labels: carotenes, Carotino, red palm oil, tocotrienols
We like to think that all fats are bad.But Carotino Sdn Bhd executive director U.R. Unnithan will tell you that a tablespoon of red palm oil a day helps keep the doctor away.
Highlighting several scientific studies which shows that red palm oil is packed with nutrients, he said that in the past 30 years, doctors had painstakingly studied red palm oil's effect on cardiovascular health.
The results surprised researchers. Although high in saturated fat, red palm oil actually protects one against heart attack and stroke. In these studies, doctors found that adding red palm oil into a person's diet can remove plaque build-up in arteries and, therefore, reverse the process of atherosclerosis.
"Red palm oil basically helps the consumer maintain proper blood pressure and improve on his cholesterol ratio. The high antioxidant content in red palm oil quenches free radicals and keeps inflammation under control," said Unnithan.
He said essentially, red palm oil contained more nutrients than any other dietary oil. Apart from beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, and lycopene, it contains at least the full spectrum of Vitamin E, Vitamin K, co-enzyme Q10, squalene, phytosterols, flavonoids, phenolic acids and glycolipids.
Red palm oil can also withstand extreme deep fry heat better than other vegetable oils like olive, soy, corn, canola and sunflower. When heated, red palm margarine and oil do not lose its valuable phytonutrients. "This is one of the reasons Kings Confectionery and Mamee snacks use our red palm margarine and oil."
Red palm oil is considered healthier than ordinary cooking oil because it is packed with carotenes such as beta-carotene and lycopene -- the same nutrients that give tomatoes, carrots and papaya their reddish-orange colour.
It is also the richest natural source of the potent form of Vitamin E called tocotrienols. "Olive oil does not contain any carotenes or tocotrienols, yet it is cleverly marketed as being healthy for the heart. It is time for Malaysia to step up marketing of red palm oil."
Having just returned from a business trip to Tokyo, Unnithan said many health-conscious young adults in Japan chose to have more salad and fruits in their meals. Malaysia benefits from this trend because Carotino red palm oil is increasingly being offered as part of the range of salad dressing that is healthy and tasty.
"We hope this healthy trend in Japan influences restaurateurs in Malaysia to offer Carotino salad dressing, along with olive oil, sour cream and thousand island. You get your daily dose of essential nutrients from just one tablespoon of red palm oil."
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Medical studies carried out by international scientists ..
Dr. David Kritchevsky of the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, US demonstrated that red palm oil is the least atherogenic oil compared to refined, bleached, deodorized palm oil and randomized palm oil. The anti-atherogenic attributes of red palm oil is due to the presence of abundant amounts of antioxidants, particularly the carotenoids and tocotrienols -- Kritchevsky D, Tepper SA, Czarnecki SK, Sundram K, "Red palm oil in experimental atherosclerosis." Asia Pac J Clin Nutr, 2002;11 Suppl 7:S433-7
Long term heating of red palm oil does not have adverse effect on serum triglyceride, HDL and TC/HDL ratios -- Kamsiah J., Aziz, Siew, Zahir, “Changes in serum lipid profile and malondialdehyde following consumption of fresh or heated red palm oil”, Medical Journal of Islamic Academy of Sciences 14:2, 79−86, 2001
Dr. Wilson at University of Massachusetts Lowell showed red palm oil is better at lowering cholesterol than palm olein -- Wilson TA, Nicolosi RJ, Kotyla T, Sundram K, Kritchevsky D, “Different palm oil preparations reduce plasma cholesterol concentrations and aortic cholesterol accumulation compared to coconut oil in hypercholesterolemic hamsters.” J Nutr Biochem, 2005 Oct;16(10):633-40
It is safe to orally ingest vitamin E because it is not mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic. In human studies with double-blind protocols and in large population studies, oral vitamin E supplementation resulted in few side effects even at doses as high as 3200 mg/d (3200 IU/d) -- A. Bendich and L.J. Machlin, Safety of oral intake of vitamin E, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 48, 612-619.
Red palm oil decreased significantly tissue plasminogen activator antigen, an important independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, compared to palm oil and sunflower oil -- Scholtz SC, Pieters M, Oosthuizen W, Jerling JC, Bosman MJ, Vorster HH, (2004), “The effect of red palm olein and refined palm olein on lipids and haemostatic factors in hyperfibrinogenaemic subjects.” Thrombosis research 113(1):13-25
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