AMAZING BENEFITS OF PALM OIL

Amazing Benefits of Palm Oil by Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke

Palm oil is a vegetable oil with a lot of health benefits. This oil is extracted from different types of oil palms. Among them, African (Elaeis guineensis) and American oil palm (Elaeis oleifera) are the most commonly used. It is the most edible oil in the world just after soybean oil.

Due to the high content of beta-carotene, this oil is stained with a beautiful reddish-orange color. Along with beta-carotene, it also contains saturated, unsaturated fats and vitamin D and E. Therefore, Palm oil bares strong antioxidant effects.

This amazing vegetable oil improves body’s energy levels by creating a hormonal balance in the body. Furthermore, the scientists believe that palm oil can act to prevent cancers in the body. Due to its high antioxidant properties, this oil can be called as an anti-aging food, which prevents premature aging. With its high nutritional content, it also boosts the human immune system, so that the people who eat palm oil may stay away from infections.

Beta-carotene is a vitamin A precursor and as we all know vitamin A is the main nutrient that maintains a good vision in humans. Hence, it is very clear that palm oil can improve and maintain a healthy vision in people.

Vitamin D and E are responsible for body’s sexual hormonal balance. Palm oil can be helpful in menstrual irregularities in women and the sperm health in men. In pregnant women, it can prevent vitamin deficiencies, which can be very dangerous for the pregnant woman as well as the growing baby.

Even though it is found that palm oil contain LDL (Low-Density Lipoproteins) as well as HDL (High-density Lipoproteins) and this fact has made huge controversies if palm oil is healthy to consume or not, the researchers believe that it also helps to maintain the correct lipid balance of LDL and HDL in the body. Thus, it contributes to a good cardiovascular health too. Melodie Anne explains here the effects of Palm oil on Cholesterol and Lipoproteins.

The vegetable does not only affect your health internally, but it is also a good oil to be applied on the skin and hair to protect the moisture and to heal dryness. This is why this oil is so famous in African countries and also in Asia.

In the manufacturing industry it is an active ingredient of cosmetics, soaps, toothpaste, ink, waxes and lubricants.