What does palm oil affect? Palm oil, benefits and harms
In recent years, regarding the use of palm oil in the food industry, very heated disputes arose. There are proponents of complete rejection of this product, proving that the harm of palm oil is undeniable, and, conversely, their opponents, who argue that it is not so harmful, and all talk about its harm is a trick of those concerned. You can understand this issue by analyzing all the available information.
What is palm oil anyway? This is a type of vegetable oil that is obtained from the fruit of the oil palm, or rather, from their fleshy part. The largest producers are Malaysia and Indonesia, they import the lion's share of palm oil. In fact, palm oil is not oil at all, but fat, the same as beef, for example. And the appetizing name "butter" - so as not to "frighten off" us, consumers.
Why is palm oil so common?
Palm oil has become widespread, since it has the property of improving taste and appearance product, as well as significantly increase the shelf life.
Palm oil has a pleasant taste and aroma of milk cream, and therefore makes the products to which it is added tastier.
In addition, its addition to food products reduces their cost.
One of the key properties of palm oil is its high melting point - 38-40 degrees. Of course, it is beneficial for manufacturers to add it to their products. After all, it is good when neat pastries and cakes are on the showcase that do not flow and do not lose their shape even in hot weather, or cheese, beautiful and tasty, but at the same time much cheaper than its milk counterpart or condensed milk, which has never seen milk in your eyes ...
It has become indispensable in the preparation of fast food. Other vegetable fats (for example, the usual sunflower oil) have very low temperature"Smoke" - this is the name of the process when, during heating in oil, oxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids, harmful to the human body, begin to form actively. In turn, palm oil, due to its high content of saturated fat, can be heated to a higher temperature without forming carcinogens. French fries and other fast food products (the same patties for hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and the like, as well as potato chips) are most often fried in palm oil.
It would seem great - carcinogens are not formed. Where is the harm of palm oil? However, heat resistance also has a downside - once in the human body, palm fat cannot be processed, since the temperature of the human body is lower than the melting point of the oil. It acquires the consistency of plasticine, which greatly complicates its processing by the body, and, as a result, "settles" on the walls of blood vessels.
What is the harm of palm oil?
Due to the high content of saturated fatty acids in the composition of palm oil (which is 50%), it significantly increases the level of cholesterol in the blood. For comparison, in olive and sunflower oil these figures are 10% and 14%, respectively. Without harm to health, the consumption of foods containing saturated fatty acids should not exceed 10% of the total calorie content of the menu.
Palm oil is especially harmful in combination with carbohydrates, that is, in sweets.
In 2005, the World Health Organization reflected on the dangers of palm oil and officially recommended reducing its use as one of the ways to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
In addition, palm oil is also harmful in that it can significantly enhance the taste of the product to which it is added. A cake or candy with the "participation" of palm oil will seem unusually tasty to you, you will want to eat them again and again, which is fraught with overeating, and, as a result, obesity.
Among other things, the body will receive a dose of saturated fatty acids above the permissible norm, and this is already the accumulation of cholesterol.
Another caveat to eating foods that contain harmful palm oil is that in the pursuit of profit, manufacturers add too much of it to the food they make. After that, it will last longer and look more appetizing, like some of the popular muffins and rolls that have become so popular. And you, again, get a loading dose of the product that promotes the accumulation of cholesterol. Therefore, be careful, read the composition on the label. If the manufacturing company has nothing to hide, it will not hide behind the broad concept of "vegetable fats", but will indicate which of them were used. And it's up to you whether to buy such a product or not.
Harm of palm oil for children
Is palm oil used in baby food? The answer is unequivocal - yes, they do. And all because natural cow's milk significantly differs from human breast milk and it is not always possible to give it to a baby. To avoid allergic reactions, manufacturers replace animal fats in mixtures with a combination of vegetable oils - sunflower, corn, soybean, including palm. However, palmitic acid, which is contained in palm oil, is poorly absorbed by the child's body.
Human milk also contains palminic acid, and there are other constituents that help your baby metabolize it.
This is again due to its high melting point: the child's body is simply not able, so to speak, to "melt" palm oil and even more so to extract from it useful material... In addition, such mixtures have a significantly enhanced pleasant taste, and therefore the child becomes dependent on the product with palm oil. He likes it more, it seems much tastier, and the baby will simply begin to abandon more wholesome and natural types of food in favor of products with harmful palm oil. As a result, you will be forced to buy a certain product, increasing the profit of the manufacturing company. And it’s not a pity to increase her profit, if at the same time the child’s health did not suffer ...
What foods most often contain palm oil
Unfortunately, palm oil can be used in the preparation of almost all foods. It is used as an alternative to milk fat, and primarily it can be found in butter, margarine, spreads, condensed milk, dry cream, sour cream, ice cream, cheese, and other dairy products.
In addition, due to its use as a cheaper alternative to animal fats in the confectionery and bakery industry, palm oil is added to a variety of baked goods - rolls, cookies, crackers, savory and sweet croutons, muffins, rolls, pastries and cakes, and so on. Also in the "risk zone" are various sweet pastes - chocolate, nut, vanilla and the like, and chocolate itself, as well as glaze, chocolate and wafer bars, are no exception. Chips and fries have already been mentioned.
How to minimize the harm of palm oil
Of course, try not to buy products that contain it. This is difficult considering that palm oil has captivated the hearts of domestic producers. However, it is worth at least a try.
- Read the label first - sometimes palm oil is negotiable.
- The presence of nameless "vegetable fats" in the composition should alert.
- Buy products made according to GOST, not TU.
- Do not buy confectionery with a long shelf life (months).
- Avoid fast foods - it will be beneficial in any case.
- Ideally, buy dairy products from friends in the village, and buns and cakes - bake at home - so they are tastier.
Once upon a time in a program about the dangers of palm oil and vegetable fats in general, they told a simple way to test chocolate for the presence of palm oil in it - to hold a piece of chocolate in your hands. If it does not melt in your hands (and often in your mouth), it is a sure sign of the presence of palm oil.
Of course, it is difficult in a city to provide yourself with high-quality homemade products, but paying attention to purchases, you can try to protect yourself from the "indiscriminate" and such harmful palm oil.
The benefits of palm oil
Is there anything beneficial in palm oil? It is fair to say that palm oil contains vitamin A in large quantities, which is responsible for good vision, strengthens bones, is an antioxidant, and helps to improve the condition of hair, skin, nails. For comparison, the content of keratinoids in palm oil is 15 times higher than in carrots! However, in order for the human body to assimilate this useful substance, it is necessary to be able to process the product containing it. As mentioned earlier, palm oil is poorly absorbed due to its high melting point, and therefore extract from it beneficial features difficult for the body.
There is a way out of this situation - the processing of palm oil, during which its “liquid” oleic component is separated from the “solid” stearic component. Palm oil from its oleic component is more useful, is absorbed by the body well, and is also used for medicinal purposes. However, it also costs many times more. And certainly not such oil is added to food products, but ordinary oil, without processing, otherwise the cost of such products was extremely high.
Unfortunately, palm oil and the damage it causes is nowhere for us to get away with. Children won't stop eating chocolate and ice cream, and it's hard for us to imagine a morning without a butter and cheese sandwich. However, we should try to reduce the amount in our diet as much as possible.
Ksenia Poddubnaya "Harm of palm oil" specially for the Eco-life website.
Palm oil is actively used in the food industry today. This is the subject of intense discussion and debate. Some unanimously chant that palm oil slowly but surely poisons and destroys the human body, while others argue that the devil is not so terrible as he is painted.
In the State Duma, the question was even brought up for discussion, is it not worth banning it in products that are distributed on the territory of Russia.
Today we are trying to understand whether palm oil is so dangerous for our body, as the headlines in the media claim, or whether it will not bring any harm to health in moderation.
What is palm oil
In order to consider the issue most fully and objectively, it is necessary to understand what this substance is? Palm oil is vegetable oil, which is obtained from the fleshy part of the fruit of the oil palm. The largest palm oil exporters are Malaysia and Indonesia.
By the way, this product is not that new. By at least, it certainly cannot be called revolutionary for the food industry. There is evidence obtained as a result of archaeological excavations, according to which palm oil was eaten in ancient Egypt. Moreover, scientists argue that at that time it was already an object of import, because it was not produced on the territory of Egypt.
Today, the use of palm oil as an ingredient in some foods is controversial. The public's reaction is very mixed. Many questions regarding the properties of this product remain unexplored, which undoubtedly does not clarify the situation.
Palm oil is used not only in the food industry. It is an integral component of a number of cosmetics. For example, face and body creams, hair care products. Palm oil can also be used in the manufacture of any other goods and products.
The world consumption of palm oil is estimated by the US Department of Agriculture at 49 million tonnes. The leaders in the consumption of products that contain this oil are America, China and India. Japan and the EU countries are slightly behind. Russia ranks 6th in the ranking.
The use of palm oil
In Russia, palm oil began to be used quite recently. However, this question is already concerned a large number of consumers. State Duma deputy and actress Maria Kozhevnikova personally came up with an initiative to introduce a ban on distribution in in your country of products that contain palm oil.
Of course, the decision of whether or not to eat palm oil is yours. Nevertheless, it is important to know in which products it can be found. These are special fats that are used as substitutes milk fat and cocoa butter, filling and icing fats. Butter can also be found in mayonnaise, soup mixes, margarine, processed cheeses, and curd masses. Thus, confectionery, especially those with a long shelf life, are the main sources of palm oil.
At the same time, the taste of the products practically does not change, and the shelf life becomes much longer. What does palm oil carry, we will understand below.
Palm oil: benefits
It is believed that palm oil is well digested by the body and is especially useful for losing weight, athletes and those whose body does not accept other fats. And oleic and linoleic acids help regulate blood cholesterol levels. They are also involved in the structuring of bones and joints. Palm oil is also useful for vision, as it is involved in the production of visual pigment in the retina.
Palm oil is included in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) food grade oils list. Studies in 2009, for example, prove that the palm oil content of a product does not directly affect the increase in blood cholesterol, but rather increases the content of good and lowers the content bad.
Palm oil has gained immense popularity among confectionery manufacturers and in the fast food system. The shelf life of the products to which it is added increases significantly, the presentation improves, the cost price decreases, and the taste becomes refined and refined. But cheap exotic oil, which is beneficial for commodity producers, is harmful to human health.
What is palm oil, how and from what it is made
The oil is produced from the oil palm. When processing the fleshy part of the fruit, a thick red or yellow-orange liquid is obtained, which has a pleasant sweet taste and the aroma of milk cream. The main component of this product is palmitic acid. It also contains a mixture of esters of glycerol and fatty acids (triacylglycerides). Chemical composition similar to butter. It is produced in various types, all of them differ in melting point and quality.
Types of edible palm oils
Over the past twenty years, the world production of this oil has increased 4.2 times.
Where is used
Palm oil is a part of all of our favorite foods: It is added in large quantities to chocolate, various sweets, cakes, muffins and other confectionery products that children love.
It is interesting! How to check which vegetable fats are contained in a chocolate bar? To do this, you need to pick up a slice of chocolate. If it does not melt, it means that palm oil has been introduced into chocolate as vegetable fat.
It is added to margarines and spreads, fast food products, processed cheeses, yoghurts, infant formula and other products.
Palm oil is a cheap substitute for animal fats, so it is indispensable in the preparation of fast foods, cheeseburgers, chips, fries.
Because of their special taste, people fell in love with these products and can no longer do without them.
Why palm oil is harmful
Most buyers were happy to buy inexpensive, beautiful confectionery products that did not deteriorate and did not lose shape even in the heat. But gradually rumors began to spread about the dangers of palm oil.
Indeed, in the pursuit of profit, some manufacturers are trying to increase the amount of palm oil in their products, as with it they acquire a pleasant taste, look more appetizing and keep longer. But due to the high content of saturated fatty acids in the composition of this ingredient, products with it become harmful. And due to the high thermal stability of the oil, in the body it acquires the consistency of plasticine, as a result of which its processing becomes difficult. Most of this food remains in the body in the form of toxins.
Therefore, the World Health Organization issued a white paper in 2005 that made recommendations to reduce the addition of palm oil to foods.
The loading dose promotes the accumulation of fatty acids in the cell biomembranes. Because of this, their transport functions are gradually beginning to be disrupted. This leads to diseases of blood vessels and heart, to sexual dysfunctions.
It is especially harmful in combination with carbohydrates, so delicious sweets or cakes often lead to the development of obesity and atherosclerosis.
Are palm oil foods dangerous for children?
Many infant formulas contain palm oil. After all, it contains palmitic acid, which is found in breast milk. It does not cause allergic reactions, it also contains a lot of very useful vitamin A. Moreover, it is extraordinary delicious food, babies drink these infant formulas with pleasure, thanks to them they gain weight well.
But the child's body is not able to extract useful substances from the oil, this is due to its high melting point. In addition, it actively removes calcium necessary for the proper formation of the child's skeletal system. Therefore, pediatricians have recognized that such mixtures are dangerous for newborns.
The consequences of such feeding can be as follows: 
- frequent regurgitation;
- persistent colic;
- constipation;
- loss of calcium.
Despite these repercussions, some parents believe the marketing messages for the product and continue to feed their babies with formulas that contain palm oil. But most scientists believe that the child's body is not ready for the stresses that this product brings.
Can you eat or avoid foods containing palm oil?
For Russia, this is a relatively new product, disputes about its harm and benefits have not subsided for several years. It really has unique beneficial properties. But this only applies to expensive red oil. It does not get into widespread food products. The commercial interests of manufacturers do not allow the use of expensive raw materials, so they add technical oil to their products, which is dangerous to humans.
Therefore, it is better to exclude foods that contain this ingredient from the diet. Of course, you can't get away from it completely, but you can try to reduce its amount in the diet. To minimize harm, you should:
- carefully read the label, more and more often it is written on them which oil is used. If anonymous vegetable fats are indicated on it, it is better to refuse the product;
- look at the shelf life, confectionery products that have a long shelf life probably have this ingredient;
- to give up fast foods, it will help to avoid obesity.
How to replace delicious palm oil foods? The best solution would be homemade baking, fresh milk and dairy products from local producers. This delicious and healthy food great alternative harmful modern products.
In fact, what is palm oil? What is the best way to characterize it? How can you tell if it's useful? So, obtained from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm, vegetable oil, which is called palm, began to be used in the food industry.
In general, it has been put in baked goods, sauces or pastries for quite a long time, in large quantities as a main product containing fat. Nowadays, it is no longer unusual to find palm oil (L.m.) in products.
Palm oil: health benefits and harms?
The large scale of the use of oily substance in the food industry has caused a wave unfavorable responses, but are they justified?
TV screens often talk about harmful properties of PM in products; the media say that it is precisely this product that is considered the impetus to obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, that it negatively affects health and its benefits are questionable.
But is it really P.m. is that harmful? So what is it: benefit or harm to health?
Manufacturing process
Pm, which, according to the World Wildlife Fund, is in more than 50% of food products, is made from the softest part of the oil palm fruit. It is precisely because of this that it differs from other oils: linseed or sunflower, obtained from plant seeds. This oil palm seed product is called palm kernel.
The homeland of the oil palm is Malaysia, Indonesia and the African states, where plantations are located, the price of labor is low and transportation is relatively affordable, which greatly reduces the cost of the manufactured product.
Untreated m. is a rather thick orange or reddish liquid substance with a pleasant nutty taste and aroma that brings back memories of milk cream. The composition of this substance is very similar to ordinary butter in many ways.
Palm oil application
Depending on the fraction (melting temperature of the PM), the product is used in various fields of use. So, there are 3 states of a substance:
- Stearin is a tough substance with a melting point of approximately 47-52 degrees, which looks like margarine.
- The actual oil, which is a semi-liquid product, begins to melt at 40-43 degrees Celsius.
- Palm olein is an oily liquid with a melting point of 18-21 degrees Celsius that looks like a cosmetic hand cream in appearance.
Food industry
Using the PM in the food industry dates back to the study of the unique composition of the product by South American scientists in 1985. They examined in detail the positive properties of harm of this product... By the way, before this stage, the oily substance was used only for technical purposes.
So what is palm oil in? It is primarily used for the preparation of food with a long shelf life. in order to storage: ready-made confectionery products, cottage cheese desserts, processed cheese curds, condensed milk, waffles, cakes and creams. It is also capable of improve taste and make products cheaper.
Often just P.m. replace milk fat, this is especially necessary for people who suffer from intolerance to certain components of milk. So, the use of this product is less dangerous than using dairy products. And, accordingly, P.m. more useful.
Not a single country in the world has banned the use of an oily substance, but some time ago a bill was introduced in the Russian Federation prohibiting the introduction of an unrefined substance in the food industry, considering that it is harmful.
The law was never adopted, but the bulk of manufacturers are already "diluting" PM. many other vegetable oils, and on the packaging of the product they show that the composition contains “ substitute milk fat ”, and buyers have a question about whether such products are useful.
Next, consider the question, how often do we find palm oil in foods? In what specific products is it found? Almost all bakery and confectionery products delicious pasta(chocolate, vanilla, nutty, etc.), the chocolate itself, semi-finished meat products, chips and fries - given scroll quite wide.
It is easier to list products that do not contain this oily substance than those in which it is. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the use of the product in high-calorie dairy products. mixtures for babies, but the harmfulness of palm oil in baby food has not been confirmed.
Then the question begs itself, so why is palm oil dangerous? Maybe there is still more benefit in it than harm?
Chemical industry, cosmetology and medicine
Excellent ability heal small wounds and other skin lesions, nourishing and moisturizing qualities, excellent composition - all this makes it possible to use it in the production of creams for aging skin, healing ointments, pharmaceutical substances that are used to treat a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal pathologies path, problems of ophthalmology. In these cases, P.m. benefits.
Where else is PM used, not counting the food and pharmaceutical industries? In the chemical industry, the product has the useful ability to be used in the manufacture of soap, detergents
, decorative and ordinary snow-white candles, washing powders. They are made from an oily substance biofuel, which can replace the usual.
There are several types of palm oil:
- red
- deodorized and refined
- hydrogenated
- technical
Therefore, palm oil can be used in:
- in the food industry
- in the technical industry (in the manufacture of various creams, soaps, etc.)
Influence of components of palm oil on the body
What harm does Palm oil? The usefulness and harm of a product for humans depends on where and what type of oil is used. Reddish (unprocessed), refined and industrial oils should be used in a variety of industries. So what are the properties of palm oil? How can you tell if it's a healthy product?
It is fundamental to take into account, in fact, that the harm of palm oil for human well-being, as a rule, is often caused not by its composition, but rather by the chemical treatment of a natural product in pursuit of lowering the cost. finished products.
Red oil
Red oil is a natural plant product that has rich naturally red-orange pigments. It undergoes the least processing, due to which almost all the necessary properties are preserved.
Untreated (red) L.m. - harm or benefit? The product has some great features, but it also has negative qualities. So, red palm oil is a product with the highest content of vitamins E and A, in fact, which gives it the ability to effectively fight free radicals that provoke cancer. Reddish palm oil positively affects the appearance of the skin, nourishes the hair, maintains the immune state, and also improves visual acuity.
Does the application bring reddish palm oil or not? Its use in significant numbers has the ability provoke disease of the cardiovascular system or add the risk of cancer (thus, the product at the same time and tends to increase and decrease the risk of neoplasms).
From palm oil to tremendous quantities, it is possible to gain extra pounds. Due to its high melting point (40 degrees), reddish palm oil is slightly more difficult to digest than other foods and, as a rule, is poorly excreted from the body. At superfluous consumed in food, it settles in the internal organs in the form of toxins.
What should the consumer do? Should and how to eliminate palm oil? The substance will not accumulate in the body if the amount of natural products is increased in the diet.
Refined and deodorized
In the food industry, as a rule, it is used just refined oil. It is more profitable than untreated, and has a longer shelf life, which, in fact, helps to lower the cost of finished products and extend the shelf life.
Apart from this, the oil is practically devoid of all useful qualities and has an extremely bad effect on the human body. Has a negative effect when used in food, especially on the digestion and cardiovascular system of the body.
Why is refined palm oil harmful, that is, oil in a purified form? Most saturated fat can become prerequisite the emergence of major problems of the cardiovascular system and aggravate the situation of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. It also has another negative effect: by improving the taste of goods, it provokes obesity.
The harm of palm oil to human well-being is not limited opportunity weight gain, as palm olein is considered a carcinogenic product.
used in production baby food, but absolutely not to lower the price of the finished product, as is commonly believed. Butter is a source of palimitic acid, which is important for a full-fledged baby's nutrition and is found in large quantities in breast milk; palimitic acid is not found in cow and goat milk.
Palm olein is introduced into the composition of children's consistencies just in order to bring the composition of food as close as possible to breast milk.
Hydrogenated oil
Hydrogenation- the process of saturation with carbon to bring the oily solution into a solid state. Any hydrogenated fatty product literally loses all the necessary qualities and becomes a harmful product, since this process affects its chemical composition.
The product is hydrogenated for use in the composition margarines and margarine consistencies. For human well-being, the harm of hydrogenated palm oil is very great, since there are very few necessary substances in such products (as well as in hydrogenated olive or vegetable oils).
Products made using hydrogenation technology are presented as dietary, but in reality contribute to only an increase in the degree of cholesterol and accelerate the aging process of the arteries, provoke a violation of fat metabolism and are not recommended for use by people who have a tendency to diseases associated with the cardiovascular system.
Palm industrial oil
Technical oily substance is used for cooking cosmetics, medicines, soaps, candles and washing powders. In the food industry, the use of this product is unacceptable. Why? The modified acid-base composition makes the oleic product absolutely inapplicable for adding it to food, makes impossible digestibility, of course, deprives foods of all the necessary qualities and often contributes to the appearance of cholesterol plaques or malignant neoplasms.
Palm oil legends
So, the harmfulness of palm oil for the body (or its benefits) at the moment has not been confirmed by any reputable medical organization or research center. This contributes to the emergence of a lot of controversy and legends around this product. Some people will try to give it up as much as possible, others will not.
The bulk of the legends about palm oil is based on the misconception that this product is banned in many developed countries. In reality, for example, in the USA, the use of this oily substance only grows from year to year, and in the states of Africa and the Asian territory, it is used every day by the majority of the population for making food and is considered useful.
Palm oil is a fairly new product in our consumer market. According to the assurances of manufacturers, oil can be widely used not only for baking, but also in cosmetology, industry, as well as for the treatment of various ailments. However, more and more nutritionists agree that this product is the strongest carcinogen, and, therefore, not only harmful, but also dangerous to human health. So is palm oil useful for humans, or is it still harmful?
Palm oil is extracted from the oleaginous type of palm (namely the pulp of fruits that are first boiled and then squeezed), which grow mainly in tropical countries, in particular in West Africa. In its natural form, the product is a liquid substance, has an orange-yellow color and has a rather pleasant aroma and sweet taste. At temperatures below thirty degrees, the butter becomes hard, resembling margarine in structure. Palm oil is the only one in the world that is called hard vegetable oil, which is similar in composition to animal fats.
In its composition, the oil contains in huge numbers palmitic acid, but, despite this, it also contains other saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, in particular, stearic, oleic, arachidic, linoleic, myristic, lauric, etc. In addition, the oil contains vitamins E, D, K, lecithin, phytosterols, squalene, coenzyme Q10, magnesium, phosphorus, etc. This product is very high in calories, the energy value is about 900 kcal per 100 g of product.
The benefits and properties of palm oil.
The use of palm oil has a positive effect on the condition of the heart and blood vessels, therefore, doctors often recommend it as a preventive measure to prevent heart attacks, strokes, inflammatory vascular diseases, cardiomyopathy - irreversible damage to the heart muscle, coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, atherosclerosis and other diseases ...
This product is able to compensate for the lack of vitamin A in our body, therefore it is often recommended to use it for various eye diseases. In addition, its properties are the normalization of intraocular pressure, improvement of blood supply to the eyes, as well as protection of the lens, retina and cornea of the eyes. It is often recommended to be included in your daily diet as a preventive measure and treatment for tired eye syndrome, cataracts, conjunctivitis, night blindness, and glaucoma.
The use of palm oil also has a beneficial effect on the work of the gastrointestinal tract, it prevents inflammation, helps to accelerate the healing process in case of damage to the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, prevents the accumulation of excess fat in the liver, and has a stimulating effect on the formation and secretion of bile. Experts often recommend palm oil for the treatment of diseases such as biliary dyskinesia, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, colitis and enterocolitis, gastritis and many others.
Palm oil is also useful for obesity and diabetes, with frequent colds and respiratory diseases, as well as with a tendency to them, in the presence of bronchial asthma and tuberculosis.
Separately, it is worth talking about the benefits of palm oil for the female body. Its constituent vitamins A and E, unsaturated fatty acids and phytosterols have a beneficial effect on the female reproductive system, since they have the ability to regulate hormonal balance (namely, estrogen hormones), maintain it in balance, and also have an anti-inflammatory effect in the presence of uterine diseases, breasts or ovaries. In addition, these substances and vitamins contribute to the full development of the fetus during pregnancy, and during lactation they increase the quality and improve the composition and taste of breast milk. It can be used both for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes, in particular for anemia and diseases of the female genital area, PMS and menopause.
For those suffering from diseases such as vaginitis, colpitis, erosion of the cervix, it is recommended to insert tampons with palm oil into the vagina.
Palm oil is an effective treatment for cracked mothers nipples during breastfeeding. The oil is an excellent means of protecting against the penetration of infections and a means of accelerating the healing process.
The benefits of this product can be appreciated by women. Regular inclusion of palm oil in your diet, starting at the age of thirty, will help to avoid osteoporosis in the future (during menopause). Similar properties of this product make it possible to use it in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
Palm oil is especially useful for children, because its constituent substances are actively involved in the formation of bones, joints and teeth, as well as the organs of vision, brain and nervous tissue. In addition, its use increases the level of the body's defenses and contributes to its normal growth.
The benefits of palm oil in the daily human diet are also great. It should be used more often in the presence of chronic fatigue syndrome, psychoemotional disorders, as well as to strengthen memory, attention, and improve mental abilities. It is also recommended for nervous and mental illnesses, to strengthen the body's immune defenses, in order to prevent cancer. Palm oil is very useful to include in your diet for residents in places with unfavorable environmental conditions, as well as for patients who have undergone radiation and chemotherapy.
This product has also found its application in the treatment of dental problems, in particular, with gum disease, it is recommended to apply gauze napkins pre-soaked with this oil to the affected areas.
Microclysters are also made with this oil or tampons are inserted rectally in the presence of anal fissures, hemorrhoids and constipation. In addition, palm oil is used topically for psoriasis, burns, cuts, trophic ulcers, pressure sores, neurodermatitis, acne and other skin problems. In this case, the oil is applied to the affected areas of the skin. To increase the effectiveness, the oil is taken orally.
In the field of cosmetology, palm oil is also widely used. It is added as an ingredient in various cosmetics. For example, this product is often added to tanning products. Thanks to such means, the skin not only acquires an even and beautiful tan, but also remains protected from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation, keeping it youthful and fresh.
In the field of culinary use, palm oil can be compared with coconut oil... Confectioners unanimously claim that this product is simply irreplaceable in the production of their products, especially those intended for long-term storage. It is used in the production of margarine and other natural substitutes. butter, is an ingredient in the manufacture of condensed milk, croutons, crackers.
The harm of palm oil.
Despite the mass of these positive properties, nutritionists insist that palm oil has minimal benefits for our body. With its excess, the work of the digestive system is disrupted. Saturated fatty acids (palmitic acid) significantly increase the level of cholesterol in the blood, which further leads to the emergence and development of dangerous diseases - vascular thrombosis, atherosclerosis and other diseases of the cardiovascular system.
In addition, this oil is the strongest carcinogen. In many countries, a ban has long been introduced on the use of this product in their food industry, and if it is included in the composition of any product, a note about this fact is necessarily put on the packaging!
In spite of useful composition oils, the body will not be able to process these substances and assimilate them due to the melting temperature (40 degrees, while the temperature of our body is 36.6 degrees). Palm oil is poorly excreted from our body, most of it settles in it in the form of toxins and clogs up the vessels, intestines and other vital organs. Fatty acids, gradually sticking together blood cells, contribute to the development of oncology of various organs, provoke a heart attack, infertility and impotence.
Palmitic acid, which is the base of palm oil, is an essential ingredient in infant formula. According to the latest research by scientists, this acid, when it enters the body of an infant, combines with calcium, as a result of which insoluble compounds are formed, which, when excreted from the body, capture most of the calcium with them. As a result, the child does not receive the necessary amount of healthy fats and calcium, despite the remaining amount of nutrition, which are so important during the growth and development of the baby. In addition, it has been proven that mixtures with palmitic acid in the composition lead to bloating and belching in infants, cause mineralization of bones and colic.
Despite all the negative aspects, palm oil is ubiquitous and used in the production of products so beloved by our beloved children (chocolate, condensed milk, chips, etc.). Of course, it is quite difficult to refuse a purchase request for a child, but before you buy another delicacy, read the composition, and if you find palm oil in it, think a hundred times before buying it.