Nutritional Effects of Palm Oil

NUTRITIONAL EFFECTS OF PALM OIL 7.1. General Nutritional Properties... 

A review of earUer published investigations of palm oil showed that its nutritional effects had only rarely been studied. The few results available indicated that subjects blood cholesterol level was always lowered on a diet rich in palm oil, as compared with the level on the customary diet. Greater reductions were usually obtained when high levels of polyunsaturated oils were fed (Anon, 1987). 

Fattore, E. and Fanelli, R. (2013). Palm oil and palmitic acid a review on cardiovascular effects and carcinogenicity. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 64, 648-659. 

Because of its high nutritional value and the beneficial effects that some of its compounds exert, the price of VOO is relatively higher if we compare it with other edible oils. This fact could explain why so many adulterations have been found for VOO this matrix is susceptible to adulteration with cheaper olive oil categories (olive oil pomace, refined olive oil) and/or other edible oils. Com, cottonseed, canola, palm, peanut, soybean, and sunflower oils have been detected in adnlterated VOOs. 

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