Abstract
About 85% of palm oil produced is used in food applications and continuous effort is needed update and share the benefits of palm oil for human health. Research on nutritional benefits of palm oil over the past three decades, have demonstrated the nutritional properties of palm oil and its products. Numerous studies have demonstrated that palm oil exhibited similar effects as unsaturated oils with regards to the effects on blood lipid parameters. Palm oil has also been shown to be a healthy alternative to partially-hydrogenated fats containing trans-fatty acids which have been demonstrated to have deleterious effects on health especially cardiovascular disease risks. It is hypothesized that the similar effects of palm oil on blood lipids, which is comparable to other vegetable oils could be due to the structure of the major triglycerides in palm oil and the positional distribution of its fatty acids, namely unsaturated fatty acid in the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone. Additionally, palm oil is rich in phytonutrients beneficial to health, such as tocotrienols, carotenoids and phytosterols. An updated overview of studies on palm oil and palm phytonutrients will be presented.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-287,
title = {The Benefits of Palm Oil for Human Health},
author = {Kanga Rani Selvaduray},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {About 85% of palm oil produced is used in food applications and continuous effort is needed update and share the benefits of palm oil for human health. Research on nutritional benefits of palm oil over the past three decades, have demonstrated the nutritional properties of palm oil and its products. Numerous studies have demonstrated that palm oil exhibited similar effects as unsaturated oils with regards to the effects on blood lipid parameters. Palm oil has also been shown to be a healthy alternative to partially-hydrogenated fats containing trans-fatty acids which have been demonstrated to have deleterious effects on health especially cardiovascular disease risks. It is hypothesized that the similar effects of palm oil on blood lipids, which is comparable to other vegetable oils could be due to the structure of the major triglycerides in palm oil and the positional distribution of its fatty acids, namely unsaturated fatty acid in the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone. Additionally, palm oil is rich in phytonutrients beneficial to health, such as tocotrienols, carotenoids and phytosterols. An updated overview of studies on palm oil and palm phytonutrients will be presented.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Malaysian Palm Oil Board},
keywords = {carotenoids, health, lipid, nutrition, palm oil, phytonutrients, tocotrienols},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}