Nutrition & Health
POTS Digital: Virtual PINC 2021 Summary (Session 1)
During the recent Virtual Palm International Nutra-Cosmeceutical Conference (PINC 2021), speakers highlighted recent developments in palm tocotrienols research and the current clinical trials undertaken using palm tocotrienols for disease management.
Palm Oil : The Better Choice for Repeated Frying
Many households are accustomed to reusing vegetable oils for frying to ensure cost effectiveness. In Malaysia, the most commonly used vegetable oils are palm and soybean oil. However, reheating vegetable oil at high temperature leads to the production of rancid odour and flavour due to oxidation. Hy...
Virtual Palm International Nutra-Cosmeceutical Conference (PINC) 2021: Sustaining Healthy Lifestyles from Fats and Bioactives 6-8 January 2021
Malaysian Palm Oil Council will be presenting its Virtual Palm International Nutra-cosmeceutical Conference (PINC 2021) in conjunction with the Digital Palm Oil Trade Seminar, Kuala Lumpur (POTS Digital 2021). With the theme “Sustaining Healthy Lifestyles from Fats and Bioactives”, this virtual conf...
DIET, HEART DISEASE AND PALM OIL : EMERGING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
Palm oil is one of the 17 edible oils cited by Codex Alimentarius, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAQ) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as an edible oil suitable for human consumption.
Palm Olein the Golden Oil
Numerous studies have shown that in healthy, normocholesterolemic populations, diets enriched with palm olein does not adversely affect plasma lipid profiles. In fact, palm olein and MUFA-rich oils such as olive oil showed identical lipid modulation effects.
The use of red palm oil during lactation
Red palm oil is a natural minimally processed vegetable oil. It is rich in carotene and tocotrienols. Palm oil is the most widely used commercially available cooking oil with high amount of provitamin A carotenoids and vitamin E tocotrienols.
