Fights Many Types of Cancer Liver Detoxification Reduce Cholesterol Levels Up to 40% Protect Against Strokes & Heart Attacks Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease High Antioxidant Properties Could Slow Down Hair Loss Protects & Moisturizes Your Skin Why is this red palm tree oil so powerful and good for you? One of the magic ingredients of the oil is carotene that’s a powerful antioxidant found in tomatoes and carrots. If you combine the amount of beta carotene in carrots and tomatoes it still doesn’t match the amount of carotene in red palm oil. The other ingredient in the oil is tocotrienol which is an incredibly powerful form of vitamin E. It’s the tocotrienols in the the red palm oil that increase blood flow to your brain and stops damage done by free radicals. This is where the Alzheimer’s prevention and Dementia fighting properties come from. Red Palm Oil For Your Hair An incredibly popular use of African Americans is using red palm oil for their hair. Hair care with the oil is touted as one of the healthiest things you can do to treat your hair by moisturizing it and making your hair stronger, thicker and has even been said to prevent hair loss. You can even read about people discussing this palm tree oil in hair loss forums like WorldHairLoss.org on how it has stopped hair loss and grew hair back much ticker. Why haven’t you heard about this miracle health supplement before that is used all over the world? It seems that doctors and researchers in the United States have been reluctant to look into this oil because of saturated fats that are a big part of the make-up of red palm tree oil. There was one interesting moment during the Miracle Products of 2013 episode of Dr. Oz when they displayed at least 15 different oils like Almond Oil, Walnut Oil, Sesame Oil, Sunflower Oil, Pumpkin Seed Oil and more. After displaying all of those oils the Red Palm Oil was displayed to the right and Dr. Oz said, “If you put all these oils together they don’t have the same antioxidant power of this one bottle of Red Palm Oil.” Red Palm Oil vs Other Oils How much red palm oil are you supposed to take to get it’s benefits? Dr. Oz and Bryce Wylde show two tablespoons with the fairly thick oil and recommend that is daily dose you would want to consume to start benefiting from red palm fruit oil. While you wouldn’t want to eat the oil directly it’s very popular and easy to cook with. Red Palm Oil Recipes, Taste & Cooking There are lots of people that have shared interesting red palm oil recipes. A lot of dishes are African based with things like Plantains in Palm Oil, Dahomeny Fish Stew, Palm Butter Soup and Palm-Oil Chop. Soups and red palm oil in the African culture are very pervasive and a main ingredient that is very popular in most soups. Other creative uses people have done are things like using the oil for shortening in your cooking, red palm salad dressing and replacing all cooking oil with red palm oil. If you add the palm oil to your food you might be concerned as to the type of flavors, smells or changes it could make to your dishes. So what does red palm oil taste like? Most cooks report that the oil is tasteless and doesn’t effect flavors and operates just like other oils you might be used to cooking with like vegetable oil, canola oil and olive oil. Beta-Carotene in Red Palm Oil Research Fruits and vegetables that have red, orange and yellow pigments in them almost always contain high levels of beta-carotene. Red Palm Oil’s beta-carotene levels are higher than almost anything you can eat and then it gets converted into Vitamin A in your body. The U.S. National Library of Medicine states that beta-carotene can help prevent and cure the following, “Beta-carotene is used to decrease asthma symptoms caused by exercise; to prevent certain cancers, heart disease, cataracts, and age related macular degeneration (AMD); and to treat AIDS, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, epilepsy, headache, heartburn, high blood pressure, infertility, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, schizophrenia, and skin disorders including psoriasis and vitiligo.” In fact the National Library of Medicine lists many other things that beta-carotene, one of the main ingredients in red palm oil can actually cure or prevent. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can be treated with healthy doses of beta-carotene. Breast cancer in women can be prevented when consuming recommended amounts of red palm oil and cooking with it. The list really goes on and on and you can probably find your own healthy uses for this miracle palm oil. Losing weight can also be easier when adding red palm oil to your diet when compared to other types of cooking oils like margarine or vegetable oil. The way that the palm oil is metabolized in your body allows it to go straight to the liver and ends up increasing your metabolic rate. While other oils that you cook with take your body a long time to break down and get stored as fat, red palm tree oil will be burned up quickly and get your metabolism revved up. Where to Buy Red Palm Oil With all of these health benefits this magic oil has, it’s probably a good thing to find out where you can get red palm oil and where it comes from. The palm oil is manufactured in Africa and Malaysia and imported into the United States. Health food stores and specialty outlets like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s carry red palm order in stock throughout every season. It’s best to try and get raw organic and virgin red palm oil for the best health. There is also two different types of the oil available with unrefined red palm oil and refined red palm oil. You want the unrefined palm oil and you’ll know when you’ve found it because it will be a red thick substance. Other locations you can get the product online are shopping sites like Amazon and you can even find raw types of the oil on eBay. If that wasn’t enough, there is another very popular use for red palm oil that concerns animals. It seems that using the oil with tropical birds like parrots, African Greys, Timneh Grey, Scarlet Mcaws and more will help people breed their birds. Parrots start breeding when red palm oil is around because it is typically in season in their natural habitat during breeding season. This brings out the natural instincts of parrots to start breeding and people that raise birds have noticed much higher rates of succ