Palm Oil Health

Dr. Oz launched his January 3, 2013 show by focusing on Red Palm Fruit Oil, saying it may be his most miraculous find in 2013. Saying that its beautiful red color is like a “stop sign for aging”, Dr. Oz believes that Red Palm Fruit Oil a secret that “extends the warranty on nearly every [...]

Red palm oil (RPO) is the only commercially-available oil that contains substantial amounts of the natural plant pigments called “carotenoids” (about 550 µg/g), as well as vitamin E (600 µg/g) comprising both tocotrienols (65%) and alpha-tocopherol (35%). Some of the carotenoids in RPO are converted to vitamin A in our body; the the rest of [...]

Renowned natural health and wellness authority Andrew Weil, MD, appeared on the Dr. Oz show recently to reveal his top 5 Holistic Secrets. Dr. Weil recommends that both Vitamin E tocopherols and tocotrienols be included in your daily antioxidant cocktail. Your goal should be to consume 400 IUs a day. Few people realize that most [...]

There are many good reasons why the Malaysian oil palm tree is called the Tree of Life. It produces the oil that is doing everyone a world of good. Forget what you may have heard about oil palm farming harming the environment or about consumption of palm oil being harmful. Here’s the truth about this [...]

The benefits and advantages of palm fruit oil advantages aren’t just nutritional. It’s also good for our planet. Malaysian palm fruit oil crop production is, by far, one of the most efficient uses of land area for edible oil production. By comparison, olive oil falls way down the list. Malaysian palm fruit oil yield is [...]

Health researcher and author John Phillip examined the research, and reveals the compelling evidence that vitamin E tocotrienols may provide several health-promoting benefits for your liver, brain and other organs. One of the richest sources for vitamin E tocotrienols is Malaysian Palm Fruit Oil, a versatile and non-cholesterol raising oil that can be used in [...]

Thanks to SHAPE Magazine Editor Karen Bosari for her great blog about the health benefits of Malaysian palm fruit oil. Karen who was also excited about palm fruit oil’s higher smoke point than olive oil. She’s asked for comments from those who have cooked with palm fruit oil, so please give her your feedback. SHAPE [...]

New York Times best-selling author Joseph Mercola, MD, asks: Are you taking the best form of Vitamin E? He does a nice job explaining the different types of Vitamin E and points out that, “Studies are now emerging that suggest tocotrienols, found in palm, rice bran and barley oils, could be the most important part [...]

Tocotrienols are much more powerful antioxidants than tocopherols in our body and are therefore much more efficient scavengers of damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by our body’s aerobic metabolism. Scientific research conducted in the United States and elsewhere around the globe has demonstrated that tocotrienols have amazing beneficial health effects which include: regress atherosclerotic [...]

Tocotrienols and tocopherols are members of the vitamin E family, sporting the characteristic structural features of a chromanol “head” and isoprenoid “tail”. However, the isoprenoid tail of tocotrienols is unsaturated while that of tocopherols is saturated. Like tocopherols, tocotrienols can exist either in the alpha-, beta-, gamma-, or delta- form called “isomers”. Therefore, the vitamin [...]