Amazing Health Benefits of Adding Red Oil to Babies’ Pap

Consultant Public Health Physician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Modupe Akinyinka, has said that mothers should fortify their babies’ pap by adding other nutrients, including palm oil.

This will reduce their risk to micronutrient deficiency, Akinyinka said. The physician noted that palm oil is a rich source of vitamin A, which a child requires for proper growth and development.

Research states that palm oil is safe for babies, and is used as a key ingredient in some of the healthiest organic formulas in the market.

The only potential drawback of palm oil as a fat source is that it may decrease calcium absorption, however.

A 2018 study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health states that palm oil is widely used in the food industry for its chemical and physical properties, low cost and wide availability.

According to the researchers, focus was on nutritional characteristics and health effects of the use of palm oil with regard to children, seeking to determine whether there is evidence that justifies fears about the health effects of palm oil.

“Our review showed that palm oil represents a significant source of saturated fatty acids, to which scientific evidence attributes negative health effects when used in excess, especially with regard to cardiovascular diseases.

“However, to date, there is no evidence about the harmful effects of palm oil on the health of children.”

The scientists add that, nevertheless, palm oil has possible ill health effects linked to its composition of fatty acids, though its consumption is not correlated to risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in young people with a normal weight and cholesterol level.

“The elderly and patients with dyslipidaemia abnormal amount of lipids in the blood] or previous cardiovascular events or hypertension are at a greater risk,” the scientists say.

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