Even if you’re not an avid cooker or baker, odds are you’ve used oil in even the simplest recipes a time or two by now. Whether you’re just making a piece of chicken or fish or getting a little more elaborate with your cooking, using oil in your pan or in your recipes is usually a general go-to.
Oils like olive or sesame are popular, and vegetable or canola are go-to’s for many avid fryers out there, but what if we told you red palm oil could provide you with the rich flavor you love from your favorite oils – but now with more flavor and added health benefits? Well, as it turns out, that’s exactly what we’re saying!
So how can incorporating palm oil into your diet help your health, while also benefiting the environment and local farmers?
Red Palm Oil in Cooking
When using red or regular palm oil in your recipes and cooking, something as simple as using a tablespoon in the bottom of your pan can bring you a lot of health benefits.
Not only does this oil have a rich and decadent flavor that will help bring any recipe to the next level, but this versatile oil can also help you fight against heart disease and high cholesterol. Unlike a lot of other oils, though red palm oil might also contain saturated fats, it also fights heart disease instead of adding to its causes.
Health Benefits of Red Palm Oil
Incorporating red palm oil into your recipes and into your diet can help remove plaque build up from your arteries and reverse the buildup process itself, which can help prevent artery blockages.
Red palm oil can also help lessen the effects of a possible stroke due to its high levels of Vitamin E. This natural form of Vitamin E found in palm oil protects the brain’s nerve cells and can reduce stroke impact by up to 50%.
In addition to guarding against heart attack and stroke, red palm oil can also lower and maintain healthy cholesterol levels and improve blood pressure because of its anti-inflammatory properties and its naturally high antioxidant levels.
A noted metabolism booster, palm oil can also help those looking to lose weight, and is broken down easier by the body than other cooking oils. Red palm oil can also improve or protect against a variety of other health issues like asthma, osteoporosis, arthritis, liver disease, and more.
How Sustainable Palm Oil Helps You & The Environment
The best way to take advantage of all of these health benefits in your cooking while also benefiting the environment and local farmers is by making sure you’re using sustainably sourced palm oil from a partner of Natural Habitats or Palm Done Right.
Using sustainably sourced palm oil not only brings you a world of health benefits, but works to support efforts in place to stop the destruction of non-sustainable palm oil practices and the companies who are behind the deforestation and species displacement that non-sustainable practices cause.