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PALM OIL HEALTH BENEFITS

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Healthier Hearts

More people get hospitalized or die an early death due to heart attacks than road accidents!
Heart disease happens when cholesterol (a white, fatty substance in the blood) seeps into the walls of the blood vessels. Over time, the blood vessels thicken and harden. Eventually, the inside surface may rupture or tear, causing blood clot that blocks blood flow to the heart.
Cholesterol starts seeping into the blood vessel walls as early as adolescence. It is a natural thing to happen in your body.
The rate of cholesterol entering your blood vessel walls depends on many factors. Among these are exercise, diet, weight and smoking. Numerous studies have shown that palm oil in the diet lowers total blood cholesterol and 'bad' LDL cholesterol and increases the 'good' HDL cholesterol. It contains little to no trans-fats that raise LDL cholesterol and increase the risk of heart disease.
Palm oil also does not promote the formation of plaques in the arteries and has an anti-blood clotting effect, both which helps prevent heart disease.

  The Road to Healthier Heart  
   
 
1.
Exercise regularly.
Don't just sit in front of the television or computer. Enjoy the great outdoors with your family and friends. Play football, tennis, ride your bike, jog or do anything as long as it's active.

 
2.
Eat a nutritious diet that includes palm oil.
You won't be able to stay active without sufficient energy and nutrients from your food.

 
3.
Watch your weight!
Young adults especially! You are at the stage where your height and weight will increase faster than ever before. With all that growing to do, you are probably eating more than your parents. That's because your body needs the extra energy and nutrients. But be careful not to overeat. Stop eating just before you're full.

 
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Don't Smoke!
It is probably the worst thing you can do to your health. It not only poisons your heart, the smoke also harms the people around you. Most adults who have suffered a heart attack due to smoking wish they had never touched a cigarette in their life!

 
 
 
Beautiful Skins

Skincare and Cosmetic Products
Hot weather and the sun's ultra-violet rays can damage the skin. That's why people use moisturizing creams and lotions for protection. For added beauty, they also use cosmetics.
Believe it or not, most cosmetic products are made of palm oil. As a versatile vegetable oil, palm oil is suitable for making cosmetic products like lipsticks for example. Palm-based cosmetic products have also been proven to be the best in quality in terms of moisturisation properties.
 

Anti-Ageing Palm Oil?
Palm oil is rich in Vitamin E (tocopherols & tocotrienols). In fact, no other vegetable oil has as much Vitamin E compared to Palm Oil. Vitamin E is a powerful anti-oxidant, capable of reducing the harmful types of oxygen molecules (free radicals) in the body. This means they may help to protect you from certain chronic diseases, while delaying the body's ageing process. Latest research shows that the tocotrienol form of Vitamin E reacts more effectively than tocopherols.
 


Diets and Eating

The RIGHT kind of Diet
Consign the misconception of dieting to the past with all the information you need to know! Learn about the right diet, and the right way to apply it, with palm oil of course! Use the calorie counter to calculate your daily calorie intake.


Basic Diet Requirements
Know about the basic ingredients in a well-balanced diet that will keep you healthy while providing your body all the energy it requires to perform daily chores. There are also Weekly Tips and lots of facts & figures about food that everybody MUST know.
 


Preventing Cancer

Do you know that Palm Oil contains chemical compounds that are scientifically beneficial towards preventing cancer?
Palm oil and fats made from palm oil serve as good food material that are both safe and free from trans fatty acids found in hydrogenated fats . Recent research has shown that trans fatty acids are very harmful to health. They have been linked to various diseases such as cancer (breasts cancer and colonic cancer) and heart disease.
One of the easiest ways to prevent cancer is to avoid consuming hydrogenated fats by selecting food products that use palm oil or fats made from palm oil. Palm oil-based products are free from trans fatty acids because they are produced without having to undergo the hydrogenation process. For more info on Hydrogenated Fats and Trans Fatty Acids click here.
 


Excellent Energy

All living organisms need energy to stay alive and to function. Believe it or not, you even need energy just to sleep! Just like a car that can't run if the fuel tank is empty, you need to eat food to get energy. Make palm oil a part of a balanced diet because it is a great source of energy.
Energy is measured in terms of calories. It can be confusing because this can be stated in many ways. For example, 1,000 calories = 1 kilocalorie = 1 Kcal = 1 Cal (with a capital 'C', of course!)
Click here for more info on how Palm Oil is a good source of energy.
 



 


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Nutrition

 
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side  MPOC Official Reports 4 : The  Transfat Dilemma  
 
side  MPOC Official Reports 2 : The  Current Health Dilemma  
 
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Palm Biofuel

 
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side  The Palm Oil Advantage in Biofuel  
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