Palm Oil?
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Palm Oil?
I have been using a lot of extra virgin coconut oil lately, as I am a little fed up with the taste and texture of olive oil.
In the health food store that sells the cocnut oil I usually buy, they also have a lot of other oils, among them Red Palm Oil.
This is unrefined palm oil, which is redish in its color. It contains quite a lot of carotenoids (thats the red stuff, I gather), and many vitamins. It could absolutely help to reach the RDA of some vitamins, and it is supposed to taste very good.
Anyone know if it contains any anti-nutrients or other bad stuff?
This is the wikipedia article on palm oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil
And this is the specific oil I have seen in the store
http://amanprana.se/Products/Products/p ... dpalm.html
In the health food store that sells the cocnut oil I usually buy, they also have a lot of other oils, among them Red Palm Oil.
This is unrefined palm oil, which is redish in its color. It contains quite a lot of carotenoids (thats the red stuff, I gather), and many vitamins. It could absolutely help to reach the RDA of some vitamins, and it is supposed to taste very good.
Anyone know if it contains any anti-nutrients or other bad stuff?
This is the wikipedia article on palm oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil
And this is the specific oil I have seen in the store
http://amanprana.se/Products/Products/p ... dpalm.html
Olive oil is more in balance regarding omega fats,fred wrote:Is (organic) palm oil ok on Wai diet ?
as it contains 9.4 fold as much linoleic acid (omega 6) as linolenic acid (omega 3).
Palm oil contains 10.10% linoleic acid versus 0.5% linolenic acid, which is 20.2 fold more.
Walnut oil is a good alternative: 57.8% versus 13.5% (4.28 fold more).
Or cocoa butter (Theobroma oil): 1.3% versus 0.4% (3.25 fold more)
Though coconut oil contains no omega 3, it contains very little omega linoleic acid as well (1.65%),
so that it will not throw the overall omega balance out of wack.
The same goes for avocado oil.
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Good article on red palm oil: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ind ... n-miracle/
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I have tried a good quality organic red palm oil and really can't stand the taste. I like the buttery texture though.
I see red palm oil more like a food complement.
Coconut oil is so muuuuuch better to may taste.
I see red palm oil more like a food complement.
Coconut oil is so muuuuuch better to may taste.
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same here
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Good article ? Come on, this article is as hyped up as Dr. Oz himself...dime wrote:Good article on red palm oil: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ind ... n-miracle/
To call red palm oil a health miracle may be an overstatement, but you can't deny that red palm oil is an highly nutritious oil.
It may be not have those medicinally properties that Dr. Oz claim it has, but it surely has a high content of almost all fat soluble vitamins you get from plant food...
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It can be called a health miracle for the average American who eat SAD.
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The article is right on a few points. But if you don't have the know how the suggestions it makes are dangerous. Totally out of context and hazardous for the people who eat loads of PUFAs without the appropriate vitamin E. They will get a lot of benefits from quitting with the pufas or adding some red palm oil to their diet.
peanut oil + olive oil + soy oil = way too little vitamin E
Now olive oil might have enough polyphenolic content to prevent it from oxidizing too fast. And if you're going for denocciolato it might even be better.
Certainly if you're overweight, I would replace all oils and only use coconut oil and red palm oil. Hey wait, I am doing that now too and I'm not even overweight.
Better safe than sorry.
peanut oil + olive oil + soy oil = way too little vitamin E
Now olive oil might have enough polyphenolic content to prevent it from oxidizing too fast. And if you're going for denocciolato it might even be better.
Certainly if you're overweight, I would replace all oils and only use coconut oil and red palm oil. Hey wait, I am doing that now too and I'm not even overweight.
Better safe than sorry.
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If your diet is bad, the oil is not going to make you healthy.fred wrote:It can be called a health miracle for the average American who eat SAD.
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Raw red palm oil contains healthy fat and fat soluble vitamins. Using red palm oil instead of other vegetable oils full of omega 6 that are commonly used is a progress, isn't it?
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That sounds very different than palm oil being "a health miracle" for the average American who eat SAD.fred wrote:Raw red palm oil contains healthy fat and fat soluble vitamins. Using red palm oil instead of other vegetable oils full of omega 6 that are commonly used is a progress, isn't it?
If adding vitamins would initiate a "health miracle", vitamin supplements would constitue a "health miracle".
Eating SAD, with all those carcinogens, its not the omega 6 that is the unhealthy part of their diet.
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I agree...
(Trash) TV needs sensations and superlatives you know.
(Trash) TV needs sensations and superlatives you know.
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Oleic acid is a good lipid peroxidation inhibitor. Diplock AD et al
Oleic acid in foods, as percentage of total fat:
Olive oil 72% (2% as free oleic acid)
palm oil 37%
walnut oil 16%
palm kernel oil 14%
coconut oil 7%
Oleic acid in foods, as percentage of total fat:
Olive oil 72% (2% as free oleic acid)
palm oil 37%
walnut oil 16%
palm kernel oil 14%
coconut oil 7%