JAKARTA – Palm oil has the same health benefits as other food ingredients, such as olive oil, and fish liver oils. The palm oil is also an important source of necessary compounds to nourish human brain, a well-known nutritionist and researcher of the United States of America (USA) said recently.
Alan L Watson, the USA health researcher, said that palm oil is one of the important source of lipids content that will nourish human brain. The lipids are compounds which are not soluble in water but can be easily soluble in organic solvents such as ether and chloroform. The lipids include fats and oils (triglycerides or triacyglycerols), fatty acids, phospholipids, and cholesterol.
“Margarines, beef fats, chicken and duck fats, lard, eggs, coconut oil, palm oil, cod liver oil and pure olive oil are the most important diets as the source of the protective lipids, which are necessary to nourish human brain,” Watson said in his Twitter account @dietheartnews as quoted by Elaeis.co.
Watson is known as the author of two popular books titled “21 Days to a Healthy Heart” (2002) and “Cereal Killer, the unintended consequences of the low fat diet” (2008).
The Watson statement has drawn high appreciations from a number of nutritionists and vegetable oils experts, including Dr. Darmono Taniwiryono, a palm oil expert from the Indonesian Palm Oil Society (MAKSI), who stated that Watson as a scientist had scientifically proven the health benefits of palm oil.
“He is against the trade mafia of soybean oil, corn oil, and rapeseed which has been legalized by the government through regulations. Even the researchers there have been directed to support their goal,” Darmono told Elaeis.co.
Considering such condition, Darmono asks local producers and consumers not to emulate the steps taken by certain American people who launch negative campaigns against palm oil while hyping other vegetable oils.
“We don’t need to vilify the soybean oil, corn oil, and rapeseed. What for? It’s better to utilize honest and supporting arguments such as that voiced by Watson. Such information is effective to counter the anti-palm oil campaigners as it provides irrefutable evidences on the many health benefits of palm oil,” Darmono asserted. (*)
Source: wartaekonomi.co.id | Featured image via checkyourfood.com