Palm Oil Health

Just because coconut oil is also a product of palm trees doesn’t mean that it’s similar to healthy palm fruit oil. The truth is that coconut oil is much more like palm kernel oil in terms of chemical composition and physical characteristics. The fatty acid composition of Malaysian palm fruit oil set it apart from [...]

With the right balance, saturated fatty acids maintain your HDL (good cholesterol) while polyunsaturated fatty acids decrease your LDL (bad cholesterol). Palm oil contains approximately 44% palmitic acid (saturated), 5% stearic acid (saturated), 39% oleic acid (monounsaturated), and 10% linoleic acid (polyunsaturated). Researchers are only on the cusp of understanding how fatty acids work independently [...]

People have been consuming palm oil for more than 5,000 years. Yet, it is only in the last few decades that international research began uncovering its significant health potential. After more than 80 reputable studies, it’s clear that the impact of this palm oil research could be huge. Dietary fats and cholesterol Most of us [...]

The vitamin E tocotrienols found so abundantly in healthy palm oil have generated a lot of excitement, particularly as human clinical research has linked them to cardiovascular and neurological health benefits. While most people have heard of Vitamin E, many are just learning about tocotrienols. And they have lots of questions! Q. What are tocotrienols? [...]

Why is healthy palm oil now used in so many different types of food products? It might be a direct, or indirect, result of recommendations from the Fatty Acid Expert Roundtable, a multi-disciplinary panel of nutrition and clinical experts who convened a few years ago to discuss what they would recommend to food manufacturers for [...]

ABC Action News reporter Linda Hurtado gave viewers in Orlando some unusual remedies from Mother Nature. She welcomed guest holistic pharmacist and health author Sherry Torkos, who explained that Malaysian Palm Fruit Oil helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels and also helps to protect your brain from damage if you should have a stroke. Malaysian Palm [...]

Someone in the U.S. has a heart attack about every 34 seconds. A heart attack happens when arteries narrowed by fat, cholesterol or other substances are unable to supply the heart muscle with enough oxygen-rich blood. The American Heart Association (AHA) designates every February as Heart Health Month to call attention to the importance of [...]

Malaysian palm fruit oil has its share of unique health benefits; but there are even more basic reasons why you should consume a healthy oil every day. Your body needs fat to keep running. It doesn’t matter if you are overweight, underweight or the ideal size. Even if you eat a highly nutritious diet, for [...]

We eat too many oils that cause inflammatory reactions in our bodies! That’s the conclusion of Rogue Nutritionist Dr. Jonny Bowden who recently appeared on XETV’s San Diego Living to talk about the best nutritional changes we can make in the new year. Dr. Bowden advises cutting back on vegetable oils including corn oil and [...]

Research at Ohio State University, funded by the National Institutes of Health, has found that tocotrienols – found abundantly in Malaysian Palm Fruit Oil, may either slow the progression of liver disease or enable a patient to cut back on therapies, which are often not well tolerated. This news comes at a time when there’s [...]