Palm Oil Health

The following article was compiled by Bryan See, product manager, Carotech . Red Palm Oil, the staple oil in the Africa and Asian continents, naturally contains unique phytonutrients that are proven to be beneficial to human health. The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), from which red palm oil is derived, contains the phytonutrients tocotrienols (vitamin E), [...]

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 [...]

On the heels of human clinical studies that indicate tocotrienols found in palm fruit oil appear to reduce the severity of end-stage liver disease, new research has come out indicating that nearly 10 percent of U.S. teens have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD). NFLD is largely silent accumulation of fat in liver cells that puts [...]

Here’s another disturbing health trend caused in part by this country’s obesity epidemic: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) – which is a strong independent risk factor for cardiovascular death – is now the most prevalent liver disease in America. While there is no established treatment, university researchers are excited by promising results using tocotrienols (Vitamin [...]