Re: palm oil (was Refined Coconut Oil)

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In a message dated 8/1/04 1:47:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

sabine@... writes:

> Their coconut oil is refined and tastes quite bland, but they do

> produce a unrefined palm oil (what is that ????),

Palm oil is taken from the fruit flesh of the oil palm. It has a very

different fatty acid profile than coconut oil, but it is also very nutritious.

It

is extremely high in carotenes and vitamin E.

It is my opinion that palm oil is *the* best source of vitamin E. While it

has considerably less than wheat germ oil, it is more cost-effective than wheat

germ oil by an extremely large margin, and, it has a *much* higher E to PUFA

ratio than wheat germ oil, which, it seems to me, makes it richer in vitamin E

in terms of net E gain, since the PUFA increases your need for antioxidants.

Additionally, it has a much fuller spectrum of vitamin E, being very high in

tocotrienols.

Palm oil is also the most ecologically efficient (yield oil per acre) plant

oil.

The Tropical Traditions stuff is a deep orange/red.

Palm oil cannot replace coconut oil, since it does not have significants of

any of the fatty acids unique to coconut oil. (lauric, capric, caprylic, etc)

Chris

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Hi .

interstingabout Palm oil; however, I do not want to add another oil to my diet

as coconut oil plus olive and butter are enough.

I eat wheat germ every day, not just for health but because I love the taste.

How much vitamin E do I get per tablespoon of wheat germ?

Sharon

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Re: palm oil (was Refined Coconut

Oil)

> Hi .

> interstingabout Palm oil; however, I do not want to add another oil

to my diet as coconut oil plus olive and butter are enough.

> I eat wheat germ every day, not just for health but because I love

the taste. How much vitamin E do I get per tablespoon of wheat germ?

> Sharon

Here is reference you might find useful, Sharon. The USDA

database of foods. Just plug in the food & see what is in it.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search_edit.pl

Alobar

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In a message dated 8/2/04 2:23:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

smaas@... writes:

> I eat wheat germ every day, not just for health but because I love the

> taste. How much vitamin E do I get per tablespoon of wheat germ?

I don't know... doesn't it say it on the package? I was referring to wheat

germ oil, not whole wheat germ.

Chris