Re: palm butter (was: Help me get ready for the beach)

[Guest guest]

> Speaking of palm butter, does anyone know of a good source of it,

or of palm

> oil?

I got the oil and the butter from Tropical Traditions.

[Guest guest]

> Re: palm butter (was: Help me get ready for the beach)

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>> Speaking of palm butter, does anyone know of a good source of it,

>or of palm

>> oil?

>

>I got the oil and the butter from Tropical Traditions.

>

>

Ah! Of course - Tropical Traditions! Thanks . Do you, or does anyone

know if Palm *butter* or *oil* is a better source of tocotrienols? I'm

thinking of getting the butter because it's more saturated, and I'll be

getting more sun exposure soon, and I think I get enough unsaturates,

anyways. If there's not a big difference in tocotrienol content, then I will

most definitely get the butter. (And try to figure out a way to incorporate

yet another fat into my diet. LOL!)

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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“The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

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[Guest guest]

>Ah! Of course - Tropical Traditions! Thanks . Do you, or

>does anyone know if Palm *butter* or *oil* is a better source of

>tocotrienols? I'm thinking of getting the butter because it's more

>saturated, and I'll be getting more sun exposure soon, and I think I

>get enough unsaturates, anyways. If there's not a big difference in

>tocotrienol content, then I will most definitely get the butter.

(And try to figure out a way to incorporate yet another fat into my

>diet. LOL!)

I'm not sure. I hope someone here knows. The butter is higher in

saturated fats, but that's the only difference that TT states on

their website. The oil is a much deeper orange color. Other than

that, there really isn't much difference between the two that I can

detect. I cook using the palm oil or butter and sometimes use it as

a combination with butter or coconut oil. I use the palm butter as a

moisturizer at night.

[Guest guest]

> Re: palm butter (was: Help me get ready for the beach)

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>I'm not sure. I hope someone here knows. The butter is higher in

>saturated fats, but that's the only difference that TT states on

>their website. The oil is a much deeper orange color. Other than

>that, there really isn't much difference between the two that I can

>detect. I cook using the palm oil or butter and sometimes use it as

>a combination with butter or coconut oil. I use the palm butter as a

>moisturizer at night.

Hmmm...if the oil is much deeper orange, then it's probably got a lot more

carotenes, but not necessarily more tocotrienols, AFAIK. Unless they have a

preference for unsaturates. It sounds like it might be good to have a little

of both - and I think it's a great idea to use the butter as moisturizer!

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

“The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/26/04 10:46:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,

s.fisher22@... writes:

> Hmmm...if the oil is much deeper orange, then it's probably got a lot more

> carotenes, but not necessarily more tocotrienols, AFAIK. Unless they have a

> preference for unsaturates.

That's an interesting question. If the carotenes are more soluble in

unsaturates, it would seem that tocotrienols would also be more soluble in

unsaturates. That's not necessarily true, but it seems much more probable.

It would seem that unsaturates would be better solvents because there would

be less molecular aggregation and therefore more room to fit solutes in.

Chris

[Guest guest]

> Re: Re: palm butter (was: Help me get ready for the beach)

>

>

>In a message dated 3/26/04 10:46:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,

>s.fisher22@... writes:

>

>> Hmmm...if the oil is much deeper orange, then it's probably got

>a lot more

>> carotenes, but not necessarily more tocotrienols, AFAIK. Unless

>they have a

>> preference for unsaturates.

>

>That's an interesting question. If the carotenes are more soluble in

>unsaturates, it would seem that tocotrienols would also be more soluble in

>unsaturates. That's not necessarily true, but it seems much more probable.

>

>It would seem that unsaturates would be better solvents because

>there would

>be less molecular aggregation and therefore more room to fit solutes in.

Well, if you look at the chart on the TT website

(http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/red_palm_oil.htm), it shows that the more

unsaturated oils have considerably more tocopherols as well as tocotrienols.

So it seems that it's probably true.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

" The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

----------------------------

[Guest guest]

Suze-

>Speaking of palm butter, does anyone know of a good source of it, or of palm

>oil?

Yup!

http://tropicaltraditions.com/red_palm_oil.htm

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