One of the components of palm oil, tocotrienol, is rich in vitamin E. Once assimilated by our body, it would be able to activate our immune system.
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- Tocotrienol, present in palm oil, would have the ability to strengthen our immune system.
- Tocotrienol is a rare form of vitamin E, essential for our body, found in vegetable oils, fatty fish and certain shellfish.
- Thanks to the large quantities sold and produced, palm oil would thus be the least expensive product containing the most vitamin E.
Even in what is bad, you can get good. If it is known for its excessive use in our Western diet and for the disastrous environmental consequences it generates, palm oil would still have benefits. An international team made up of Malaysian and Libyan researchers studied the effects of tocotrienol contained in palm oil. The results were published in the journal Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
Tocotrienol is a rare form of vitamin E, which would protect brain cells, prevent certain cancers and help lower cholesterol. In this study, researchers investigated its effect on the livers of mice.
A boost for the immune system
When given to rodents, tocotrienol activates NrF2, a protein which is called a transcription factor, i.e. it serves to get a molecule inside a gene, in this case it’s what it does with tocotrienol.
Once inside the gene, the researchers realized that tocotrienol activated the cellular defense mechanism. A happy discovery for Azman Abdullah, corresponding author of the study and researcher at Kebangsaan University in Malaysia.
“We observed that the maximum effect of Nrf2 translocation in the liver cell nucleus after palm oil extract administration occurred within 60 minutes of administration. The increased concentration of Nrf2 in the liver nucleus corresponded to increased transcription levels of several Nrf2-regulated genes.”
Present in large quantities in oils
The same effect could occur in human beings, who are also able to assimilate vitamin E. Although palm oil is poorly perceived by the public, it should be noted that economically, it remains the source of cheapest vitamin E.
In humans, vitamin E, in addition to boosting our immune system, also serves to brain development, protects our heart from cardiovascular diseases and has a strong antioxidant power. It is found primarily in fatty foods of plant origin, such as nuts, seeds and other oilseeds. Certain fruits such as kiwi, peach or blackberry, oily fish such as salmon and sardines, or shellfish such as mussels and winkles, are also full of it.
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