Palm Oil Health

This week, Dr. Felicia Stoler shared valuable information with Palm Oil Nutrition Week attendees about the public’s perceptions … and misconceptions … about dietary fats. Dr. Stoler’s presentation, Fat Fallacy (or Facts) and Public Perception, was designed to educate medical researchers and practitioners about the acceptance of dietary fats and palm oil in particular. Explaining [...]

Dr. Shawn Talbott will be among the many experts presenting information today during Palm Oil Nutrition Week in Malaysia. Dr. Talbott will talk about Palm Phytonutrient in Athletes. His presentation will be one of many to help researchers understand the many end-user benefits of their work. In his presentation, Dr. Talbott will discuss the influence [...]

While in Malaysia for the Malaysian Palm Oil Council’s Palm Oil Nutrition Week, Dr. Shawn Talbott got to handle the fruit of the oil palm, and got a first-hand glimpse at a display of its many fractions and applications. He explores that display in this video, pointing out the rich red color of crude Malaysian [...]

During a recent family and health segment on San Antonio’s Fox News First (KABB-TV) , viewers learned about the importance of eating the right kind of fats. Celebrity author and nutrition expert Felicia Stoler told anchor Ernie Zuniga that Malaysian Palm Fruit Oil is a good choice because it’s got a good ratio of polyunsaturated [...]

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 [...]

Cardiovascular disease strikes more than one in three American men, affecting an estimated 8.8 million men. In 2010, 73 percent of all heart transplant patients were male. The good news is that there are steps you can take to help avoid becoming part of these statistics. One of the easiest may be to replace your [...]

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), [...]

Houston’s Eyewitness News recently aired a Health Check segment on certain foods that have medicinal-like properties. Medical Reporter Christi Myers welcomed guest Sherry Torkos, holistic pharmacist and health author, who presented a variety of foods that are going from kitchen cabinets to medicine cabinets. Torkos explained that a potent form of vitamin E called tocotrienols [...]

During a recent 13 Eyewitness News Health Check, Houston Medical Reporter Christi Myers warned her TV viewers that not everything that sounds healthy is healthy. For example, some sports drinks can have almost as many calories as a soft drink! She then helped viewers find healthier alternatives. One tip was to choose Smart Balance Peanut [...]

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 [...]