Palm Oil Processing and Health: Nutritional components, risks, contaminants, and safety in rural production
Palm oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Although the supplied text describes traditional, manual production, palm oil is medically relevant because its chemical composition influences nutrition, cardiometabolic risk, and contaminant exposure. Health outcomes depend on (1) the refining level (crude versus processed), (2) the presence of… Read More »