KILLING MILLIONS TO MAKE MILLIONS - Volume 1 (Issue 1), 2025.
IS PALM OIL SO GOOD FOR YOU?
PART ONE
Author: Ekemini Ituen (ebituen@gmail.com)
I am very sure that you are very familiar with palm oil – the red syrupy extract from the fruit of palm tree. Undeniably, palm oil is one of the most widely consumed vegetable oils globally. We even use it to make several products, like soaps, cosmetics, and even biofuels.
You can agree with me that palm oil offers several health benefits, but what if I tell you that production and consumption of palm oil is associated with a lot of risks and concerns? U go believe me?
Oya na, let’s take a deeper look at palm oil from another light…health and safety - the good, the bad and the ugly. Don’t worry, I no go bore you with my chemistry or too much science…we go do am the layman’s way!
Let's go...
PALM OIL (PO) - THE GOOD
PO is rich in nutrients – very good amount of vitamin E, i.e. tocopherols and tocotrienols. My mouth shut up…sorry, I say I no go bother you with chemistry, but just maage that ‘toco’ something. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight oxidative stress. That one go come make your body fresh and not prone to chronic diseases. Your body cells no go damage, and you no go quick grow old…Chai…you don see natural fresh skin before?… palm oil consumption fit run am.
Let’s keep going….PO is also rich in beta-carotenes – na this one dey give am that red colour. Check out ‘carotene’ and ‘carot’, you can imagine the red colour, e clear now, abi? Beta-carotene easily converts into vitamin A and this plays great roles in eye vision and immune building. Wow! We go talk about this one another time if you remind me.
PO makes our cookies delicious – it is stable at high temperatures due to its high smoke point, so it fits for all our delicious cooks, fries and bakes. I dey even carry palm oil fry stew sef. You know that taste palm oil gives with yam, roasted yam, plantain and cocoyam? Cha…I dey salivate sef.
PO does not contain trans-fat like the partially hydrogenated oils that people buy and consume to show ‘rich kid’ or ‘big man’ vibes. I no wan mention names of some of those hydrogenated oil products because I no get money for court cases. But I go mention butter, anything wey wan happen mek e happen.
Butter or margarine na hydrogenated oil. Mek I stop there for now. I doubt if those products are so good for your heart, especially when you cross 40. I no be medical doctor sha, or dietician. However, from the point of biological chemistry (what you call biochemistry), your palm oil is comparably better alternative for the heart to other vegetable oils, even olive oil wey dey try sumol.
Having said all these, can such a product that is this ‘good’ and useful has a bad side? The things and things wey I go clear you unto the bad and the ugly side of palm oil go shock you! Just stay tuned! Part 2 on it’s way!
Please feel free to comment, like and share. I am not a medical doctor or dietician, but now a researcher in chemical toxicology. I no go do research and I no come bring you up to speed.
IS PALM OIL SO GOOD FOR YOU?
PART ONE
Author: Ekemini Ituen (ebituen@gmail.com)
I am very sure that you are very familiar with palm oil – the red syrupy extract from the fruit of palm tree. Undeniably, palm oil is one of the most widely consumed vegetable oils globally. We even use it to make several products, like soaps, cosmetics, and even biofuels.
You can agree with me that palm oil offers several health benefits, but what if I tell you that production and consumption of palm oil is associated with a lot of risks and concerns? U go believe me?
Oya na, let’s take a deeper look at palm oil from another light…health and safety - the good, the bad and the ugly. Don’t worry, I no go bore you with my chemistry or too much science…we go do am the layman’s way!
Let's go...
PALM OIL (PO) - THE GOOD
PO is rich in nutrients – very good amount of vitamin E, i.e. tocopherols and tocotrienols. My mouth shut up…sorry, I say I no go bother you with chemistry, but just maage that ‘toco’ something. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight oxidative stress. That one go come make your body fresh and not prone to chronic diseases. Your body cells no go damage, and you no go quick grow old…Chai…you don see natural fresh skin before?… palm oil consumption fit run am.
Let’s keep going….PO is also rich in beta-carotenes – na this one dey give am that red colour. Check out ‘carotene’ and ‘carot’, you can imagine the red colour, e clear now, abi? Beta-carotene easily converts into vitamin A and this plays great roles in eye vision and immune building. Wow! We go talk about this one another time if you remind me.
PO makes our cookies delicious – it is stable at high temperatures due to its high smoke point, so it fits for all our delicious cooks, fries and bakes. I dey even carry palm oil fry stew sef. You know that taste palm oil gives with yam, roasted yam, plantain and cocoyam? Cha…I dey salivate sef.
PO does not contain trans-fat like the partially hydrogenated oils that people buy and consume to show ‘rich kid’ or ‘big man’ vibes. I no wan mention names of some of those hydrogenated oil products because I no get money for court cases. But I go mention butter, anything wey wan happen mek e happen.
Butter or margarine na hydrogenated oil. Mek I stop there for now. I doubt if those products are so good for your heart, especially when you cross 40. I no be medical doctor sha, or dietician. However, from the point of biological chemistry (what you call biochemistry), your palm oil is comparably better alternative for the heart to other vegetable oils, even olive oil wey dey try sumol.
Having said all these, can such a product that is this ‘good’ and useful has a bad side? The things and things wey I go clear you unto the bad and the ugly side of palm oil go shock you! Just stay tuned! Part 2 on it’s way!
Please feel free to comment, like and share. I am not a medical doctor or dietician, but now a researcher in chemical toxicology. I no go do research and I no come bring you up to speed.
KILLING MILLIONS TO MAKE MILLIONS - Volume 1 (Issue 1), 2025.
IS PALM OIL SO GOOD FOR YOU?
PART ONE
Author: Ekemini Ituen (ebituen@gmail.com)
I am very sure that you are very familiar with palm oil – the red syrupy extract from the fruit of palm tree. Undeniably, palm oil is one of the most widely consumed vegetable oils globally. We even use it to make several products, like soaps, cosmetics, and even biofuels.
You can agree with me that palm oil offers several health benefits, but what if I tell you that production and consumption of palm oil is associated with a lot of risks and concerns? U go believe me?
Oya na, let’s take a deeper look at palm oil from another light…health and safety - the good, the bad and the ugly. Don’t worry, I no go bore you with my chemistry or too much science…we go do am the layman’s way!
Let's go...
PALM OIL (PO) - THE GOOD
PO is rich in nutrients – very good amount of vitamin E, i.e. tocopherols and tocotrienols. My mouth shut up…sorry, I say I no go bother you with chemistry, but just maage that ‘toco’ something. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight oxidative stress. That one go come make your body fresh and not prone to chronic diseases. Your body cells no go damage, and you no go quick grow old…Chai…you don see natural fresh skin before?… palm oil consumption fit run am.
Let’s keep going….PO is also rich in beta-carotenes – na this one dey give am that red colour. Check out ‘carotene’ and ‘carot’, you can imagine the red colour, e clear now, abi? Beta-carotene easily converts into vitamin A and this plays great roles in eye vision and immune building. Wow! We go talk about this one another time if you remind me.
PO makes our cookies delicious – it is stable at high temperatures due to its high smoke point, so it fits for all our delicious cooks, fries and bakes. I dey even carry palm oil fry stew sef. You know that taste palm oil gives with yam, roasted yam, plantain and cocoyam? Cha…I dey salivate sef.
PO does not contain trans-fat like the partially hydrogenated oils that people buy and consume to show ‘rich kid’ or ‘big man’ vibes. I no wan mention names of some of those hydrogenated oil products because I no get money for court cases. But I go mention butter, anything wey wan happen mek e happen.
Butter or margarine na hydrogenated oil. Mek I stop there for now. I doubt if those products are so good for your heart, especially when you cross 40. I no be medical doctor sha, or dietician. However, from the point of biological chemistry (what you call biochemistry), your palm oil is comparably better alternative for the heart to other vegetable oils, even olive oil wey dey try sumol.
Having said all these, can such a product that is this ‘good’ and useful has a bad side? The things and things wey I go clear you unto the bad and the ugly side of palm oil go shock you! Just stay tuned! Part 2 on it’s way!
Please feel free to comment, like and share. I am not a medical doctor or dietician, but now a researcher in chemical toxicology. I no go do research and I no come bring you up to speed.
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