Everybody loves a product with a story. And the story behind Jungle Product’s Red Palm Oil is so good, it could have come right out of a movie.
Jungle Products CEO Ted Robb and his brother were both diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as children. SMA is a chronic motor neuron condition which weakens muscles throughout the body and is often fatal. But a passion for natural health and love for her children propelled Robb’s mother on a quest to find a cure.
According to Robb, his mother, a trained biologist, discovered tropical oils while doing Internet research on stimulating the myelin sheaths, the coating that protects the nerves. After experimenting with palm & coconut oil, she was impressed by the healing power of the antioxidants and other nutrients they contain.
Red palm oil contains a rich, balanced mixture of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, providing a higher level of bioavaliable nutrients than any other vegetable source. Like coconut oil, palm oil is rich in medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), which mobilize body fat stores, increase the metabolic rate and are a great source of energy.
Palm oil is a rich source of antioxidants, especially vitamin E. While the health benefits of Vitamin E are widely know, less widely know is the fact that Vitamin E is a complex of many constituents broken into two groups: tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma and delta) and tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma and delta). And while alpha tocopherol is the form most commonly marketed as vitamin E, the full spectrum of both tocoperols and tocotrienols are required for optimal assimilation.
The super-antioxidant tocotrienols are particularly important for optimal health. These natural antioxidants act as free radical scavengers and are believed to play a protective role in cellular aging, atherosclerosis, cancer, arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers now believe that the tocopherols and tocotrienols together provide constituents that help limit damage during a heart attack.
Jungle Products Red Palm Oil is made from the native Dura Palms of West Africa, harvested from trees that grow along the streams & rivers, and in small scale farms. The oil is purchased directly from a women’s cooperative in West Africa, where it is handmade in small batches to maintain the original integrity. No fruit from commercial plantations is used, and the oil is non-GMO and not refined in any way.
Red Palm Oil is one of nature’s most versatile creations. You can use it in place of any cooking oil for baking, sautéing, frying or spreading. Or, you can take it by the spoonful, or, as new research suggests, rub it on your skin for maximum antioxidant absorption.
How this red palm oil is made:
This oil contains the fruits of the oil palms that grow along the streams and rivers and small scale farms throughout West Africa. No commercial plantation-grown palm fruits are used in production. The palm fruit is carefully inspected by hand, and only the best quality fruits are selected.
The fruits are separated, washed, and then gently steamed for a few minutes to soften the pulp. They are then poured into a large mortar and pounded until the flesh separates from the nut. The nut is set aside to dry and is used to produce virgin palm kernel oil. By the time the flesh has separated from the palm nut, oil has already begun to appear.
The entire mass of oil and fiber is scooped into a hand-operated screw press, which presses the oil out of the fiber mass. The red oil is heated slightly (below 105 degrees F) to remove all the remaining water, then let sit for 24 hours for all of the impurities to descend down to the bottom of the tank. After the 24 hours, the red oil is filtered through the traditional gravity filtering system to further remove any impurities. (Note that the filter is of 100 microns, therefore the process does not refine the pure red oil.)
The end result is a natural, handcrafted red palm oil that is the best tasting and most authentic product available.
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