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The World Health Organization says adequate amounts of vitamin A are crucial for the survival of pregnant women and their unborn children. With vitamin A deficiencies a serious global issue , particularly in developing nations, attendees of the European Palm Oil Conference (EPOC) were eager to learn if carotene-rich palm fruit oil is the answer. In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers sought to learn if incorporating red palm fruit oil or sunflower oil into an expectant mother’s diet increased the concentration of carotenes in her plasma and breast milk. Image of pregnancy and the demand for vitamin A The demand for vitamin A is highest for both the unborn child and the mother during the last trimester. Pregnant women in high-risk areas are especially prone to night blindness, a manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. For this six-month study, 90 rural, pregnant Tanzanian women during their third trimester were selected from ...

Red palm oil is taken from the fruit of the oil palm tree and comes from the same part of the palm tree as regular palm oil, but it is less processed and retains its red color. According to the Livestrong , red palm oil has been consumed for over 5,000 years and holds numerous health benefits for our body and hair. It is an edible vegetable oil that is extracted from the fruit of the oil palm or Elaeis guineensis. It gets its red color from the carotenes like alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and lycopene, which are the same nutrients that give tomatoes and carrots their rich colors.  Red palm oil is also rich in vitamin E and that benefits the hair by promoting cell growth of the hair follicles, which results in stronger hair. Vitamin E also decreases graying of the hair and hair loss. The carotenes in red palm oil is also responsible for the growth and division of cells and will prevent the hair from becoming weak and brittle. Oilypedia says that the saturated fats and lipid...

The palm fruit oil extract used in cooking Banga Soup / Stew is quite different from the red palm oil used in cooking other food recipes. Palm Oil is pure oil extracted from the palm fruit pulp at high temperatures while the palm fruit oil extract used for the Banga Soup is extracted at a very low temperature and is a mixture of oil and water. Palm fruit oil extracted for Banga Soup contains less saturated fat than palm oils due to the temperature required in both instances. Ingredients for Banga Soup 1 kg Palm Fruits or 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate Beef Dry Fish Vegetable: Scent Leaves for Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup 2 medium onions 2 tablespoons ground crayfish Salt and Chilli Pepper (to taste) Ogiri Okpei (Iru) 1-2 big stock cubes Before you cook the Nigerian Banga Soup Extract the palm fruit concentrate from the palm fruits. If using the tinned palm fruit concentrate, the tin and set aside. Cook the beef and the dry fish with 1 bul...

Few years back, Malaysia got its tenera oil palms from Nigeria. Today Malaysia is the world’s biggest palm oil-producing country, accounting for about half of the world production. This was as a result of Malaysia’s research and development (R&D) program in oil palm breeding, by its Department of Agriculture’s exchange program with Nigeria in the 1960s. Herein, is a nation that can see into the future. Less a decade after, by the 1970s, Malaysia had established a special university, known as the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM), to train agricultural and agro-industrial engineers and agro-business graduates to conduct further research and training in oil palm production. The major driving force, behind the government’s oil palm dream, is the use of oil palm production as major tool to create employment and invariably reduce poverty.  By 1995, Malaysia had become the world’s largest producer with 51% of world production. For instance, Federal Land Development Authori...