The truth about palm oil: the surprising facts that not all are known! Bashny.Net

Palm oil — a product with a rather dubious reputation. Many fighters for a healthy lifestyle believe that it should be excluded from the diet. The fact that palm oil contains a high percentage of saturated fats, which raise cholesterol levels and contribute to the development of heart disease.





Palm oil is composed of liquid and solid fractions. Because of the refractoriness of the solid fraction of the substance is very slowly excreted from the body, and partly accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract.

In recent years there have been many studies that refute the fact that palm oil can cause serious harm to our body. However you should not consider them objective, since this product is actively used by leaders of the food industry and that funded such research.





Palm oil in productfast several reasons that guide producers, adding palm oil in food products. First — the raw material is very cheap of production, and secondly it is stored a long time, and also has the ability to extend the life of products.

Most commonly , palm oil is added to cheese, ice cream, butter, sour cream, yogurt, milk and condensed milk. At home you can test these products for the presence of palm oil.

1. Leave a small piece of cheese in a warm room. Milk cheese in such circumstances wither and palm slightly chapped.
   
   
   
2. RUB a small amount of ice cream between the toes. If on hand will be barely visible film, so the composition is palm oil.
   
   
   
3. Put yogurt or sour cream in the refrigerator, then set the temperature 1-2 degrees. Natural milk products at a temperature slightly thicken, but the "palm" does not change its consistency.
   
   
   
4. Experts advise to try the condensed milk taste: they argue that natural milk is slightly bitter.
   
   
   

Despite the fact that palm oil is harmful to eat, it is very useful as cosmetics for skin. Beauticians around the world are actively using this substance for the preparation of nourishing masks.

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Victoria Poplavskaya Believes that art knows no rest! Enjoys drawing, used to look at life with a painter's eye. Cleaning the house and cooking finds work, a pleasure after all to any business can be creative! Loves unorthodox methods of solving problems. Favorite book Victoria — "Three comrades" E. M. Remarque.