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 [...]

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 [...]

If we want to be healthier and reduce our risk for chronic diseases, the U.S. government advises that we keep closer tabs on our fat intake. According to the new 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans1, released jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture, and Health and Human Services, we should get less than [...]

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 [...]

You’ve probably heard that trans fats are bad for your heart but can you remember why? Trans fats – which show up as partially hydrogenated vegetable oil on food labels – can lower your HDL (good) cholesterol while raising your LDL (bad) cholesterol. As food manufacturers, restaurants and others work to reduce the amount of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Palm oil’s health benefits are grabbing the attention of healthy choosers across the U.S. While using palm fruit oil for cooking is one way for people to get more tocotrienols into their daily diets, innovative food manufacturers are developing other products with on-the-go convenience. One excellent example is the Good Cacao mandarin orange superfood chocolate [...]

This time of year, it seems as if everyone is complaining about needing more energy. AM Northwest (KATU TV) asked nutrition expert JJ Virgin, host of the TV show Freaky Eaters, for healthy options energy-boosting options. Instead of reaching for a candy bar or espresso, JJ explained why changing the type of fat in your [...]