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 GREEN ENERGY
PALM OIL
BIODIESEL
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Palm Oil - Uses - Health
Palm oil has many health advantages, which are exploited by the health and cosmetic industries that manufacture products such as various skin care products, lip moisturizers, soaps and shampoos, toothpastes; and also detergents.
The components of palm oil that are beneficial to human health include:
Beta carotenes, which are knows antioxidants.
Carotenoids, serving as a source of vitamin A, which plays an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division and differentiation. Carotenoids are also antioxidant that protect cells and tissues from the carcenogenic effects of free radicals, and are beneficial to the immune system. Crude palm oil is considered the richest natural source of carotenoids.
A variety of vitamin E and isomers (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta-tocopherols and alpha, beta, gamma, and delta-tocotrienols). Tocotrienols in vitamin E also act as antioxidants – preventing skin aging, preventing fat oxidation, reducing blood pressure, inhibiting human breast cancer cells and lowering both blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Palm oil is the only natural source to contain such a variety and quantity of vitamin E.
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