Palm Oil and Health

Abstract

Palm oil is an oil which is obtained from palm tree’s fruit,although being vegetable oil,
contains high saturated fat (% 50) and semi-solid in the room temperature. Because of
being cheaper than other oils, it’s commonly used in the food industry. In the sector, it is
prefered to make prepared foods like biscuit, cake and margarine, Increasing demand,
palm oils production areas increasingly growing. Malesia and Indonesia are the main
producers and exporters of palm oil. The reason palm oil contains much antioxidants like
tocoferols and carotens, it has the protective feature from disease like cancer, diabetes,
cardiovaskuler at the same time the reason it contains high saturated fat, it is a risk factor
for disease progress. Saturated fats accelarate the cardiyovasculer disease by increasing
the cholesterol levels. Therefore palm oils effects on health are controversial. In last years,
palm oils common use in food industry increase the interest to palm oil and various studies
have been done about palm oil. In this study, palm oil, palm oil’s ceontent, productin
process, situation in World and Turkey. It’s aimed to present palm oil’s effects on health
by compilng the studies about palm oil.