Palm Oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees.
There are two types of oil we get from palm oil:-
(1) Crude palm oil – comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit. (2) Palm kernel oil – which comes out from crushing the stone in the middle (kernel) of the fruit.
Because of high palm oil yield, it became the common ingredient for cooking in many parts of the world. Indonesia and Malaysia make up over 85% of global supply but there are 42 other countries that also produce palm oil.
Health and Nutrition Benefits of Palm Oil:-
Palm oil has highest content of Vitamin E comprised of 2 subgroups namely the Tocotrienols and Tocopherols. Tocotrienols mostly present in cereal grains while Tocopherols mostly present in vegetable oils. Several studies have shown that tocotrienols possess unique biological properties including higher antioxidant potency and provides greater health benefits than the α-tocopherol form of vitamin E.
Benefits: –
1) Hair Health: – Palm oil plays an important role in increasing hair growth.
2) Brain Health: – Palm oil is an excellent source of tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E with strong antioxident properties that may support brain health.
3) Neuro Health: – Palm oil protects neurons via its antioxidative properties & anti-inflammatory action.
4) Heart Health: – Palm oil has been credited with providing protection against heart disease. By lowering cholesterol level & improving the health of heart by slowing down the chances of heart diseases.
5) Bone Health: – Palm oil demonstrates protective effects against osteoporosis by improving bone volume & thickness.
6) Muscle Health: – It provides the missing energy sources to your body. Helps in retaining healthy balance & satiety, which is an important key for effective muscle recovery.
7) Peptic Ulcer Therapy: – It protects from gastric ulcers disease by reducing oxidative stress.
8) Skin Health: – Research says that palm oil help in removing wrinkles & scars, heals wound, recovers damage cause from UVA radiations & increase the skin moisture & elasticity.
9) Immune Health: – It boosts the immunity level by providing missing energy sources to the body.
Palm oil helps in food security: –
The search done by United Nation says that the earth will house 9 billion people by 2050. To cover their needs it is estimated that 150 million additional tons of oils and fats will be required each year. Production of this much oil will be a challenge, as it required lots of land. At that time ability of oil palm to produce more food, using less land, in fewer pesticides, and less fertilizer, will become even more vital.
Palm oil – Land use efficiency:-
150 million oil production | Hectares |
Palm oil | 38 million hectares |
Rapeseed | 187 million hectares |
Sunflower | 250 million hectares |
Soybean | 375 million hectares |
The above table shows that palm oil is going to be the best option as compare to rapeseeds, sunflower, soybean.
Palm oil and its many uses: –
Palm oil is in almost everything. Approximately 50% of the packaged products we find in supermarkets, everything from pizza, doughnuts and chocolate, to deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, lipstick, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and household detergents. Yes… palm oil is used in eatable & non eatable products. It’s also used in animal feed and as a bio-fuel in many parts of the world. It is also used in industrial product like Printing Ink, Paint, pesticides.
Palm oil increases the taste & flavor of the food. It stables at high temperature for deep frying, makes the food more cripsyer & increase self life. Oil palm doesn’t have any flavor so if it is used in dessert, the original flavor of the dessert will maintain. Most of our dishes need oil & palm oil is the best option as it is trans free. Palm oil can be a good replacement to vanaspati as it is vegan.
Is palm’s success its greatest enemy?
Insufficient knowledge & false information about the palm oil is the biggest reason, why other oil overpowering the usage of palm oil. Spreading proper awareness about palm oil will bring a big change in oil industries.
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Never heard of so many benefits of palm oil… This is miraculous and I’m gonna try this soon
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That was an informative and well written blog post on palm oils. Thanks for this.
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Now there are so many oils to pick from but i always am reminded of the benefits of palm oil by my kin. This post will be an eye opener
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Wow I didn’t know this about palm oil. This is good information. Perhaps it’s expensive so it’s not used very often?
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It has been a long time since we shifted from the traditional cooking medium of Groundnut oil to alternate and healthier options. Palm Oil is a great medium for cooking with so many nutrients and health benefits.
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Today market is flooded with oils, but I am so impressed with palm oil benefits that I will only use palm oil now.
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Thanks for this wonderful blog post. I agree that we should spread proper awareness about palm oil, which has a huge potential.
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I feel that palm oil is destined to be the oil of the future. What do you think?
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This is a very insightful post. I wasn’t aware about the healthy benefits of palm oil. Thanks for sharing
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Oh this is very interesting to know. Palm oil definitely seems to be the oil to be used.
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Thank you for sharing such a useful content. i was not aware of those palm oil benefits thank you for sharing such a useful information its a useful oil which contain lot’s of benefit.
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Thanks for sharing informative post with us. And letting us know about the benefits of palm oil.
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There are lot of propaganda being spread around Palm oil. I wish people realize few nations earn their key revenue through the production of this oil.
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Been using palm oil all my life. The benefits listed will help people make better choices.great post
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I totally loved this blog post about palm oil…I wish we use in our daily diets to be healthy
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Palm oil is versatile in its own way. Glad to read such an insightful post.
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That was such an informative post on Palm oils. Great to read this
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There has been a lot of hoopla around palm oil. But I find it healthy because it’s rich in Vitamin E and A
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