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HEALTH & WELLNESS HEALTH & WELLNESS

RED PALM OIL

Chioma Phillips

Red Palm Oil is extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree (not the
kernel). The beautifully colored oil is rich in healthy saturated fats, much
like coconut oil, which is very beneficial. It gets its beautiful red color
from the beta carotene and lycopene that it’s just waiting to bless your
body with. It is also said to have 20 other carotenes as well as Vitamin E,
Vitamin K, CoQ10, Squalene among other elements. These nutrients are
found in the raw, unrefined oil, not the white colored oil which has been
called purified but is actually stripped of most of its benefits.

Benefits

The raw Red Palm Oil has nutritional and
healing benefits that were being enjoyed in
Afrika long before it started being shared with
the rest of the world. It can be used in cooking,
in making of soaps and skin care products and
as a food flavoring.

The benefits it brings are as follows:

• Protective properties against heart disease
• Lowers blood pressure
• Improves blood circulation
• Helps regulate cholesterol levels
• Helps prevent against various types of cancer
• Strengthens the body’s immune function
• Enhances absorption of vitamins D, A and E
• Promotes bone, eye, oral, lung, skin, liver and
brain health (Protects against osteoporosis, arthritis,
macular degeneration, cataracts, liver disease, Alzheimer’s,
dementia)
• Offers protection against sunburn
• Ignites metabolism and helps regulate weight
• Improves liver detoxification
• Helps protect against premature aging
• Helps cuts heal faster

Look into it for yourself and give it a try.
It just might surprise you.

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