A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity
and respiratory health,
strengthening’s one’s body defenses against the coronavirus that is causing the Covid-19 disease.
The product, also known as virgin red palm oil,
can help maintain an adequate amount of a substance crucial for the body’s immune system.
Sri Raharjo, researcher of food technology and agricultural products at Gajah Mada University,
said that alveoli, tiny sacs in human lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanges, are covered with emulsifiers
or surfactant which contains palmitic acid, palmitate.
Sri Raharjo said in a virtual seminar.
Sri Raharjo said, Virgin red palm oil also contains pro-vitamin A,
vitamin E,
vitamin C,
and beta carotene,
nutrients that are essential to guard the body against Covid-19.
Sri Raharjo said that virgin red palm oil also has 15 times higher pro-vitamin A than carrots
and high tocotrienols, which boosts the immunity system.
Vitamin E,
tocotrienol and pro-vitamin A dissolved in virgin red palm oil are powerful antioxidants that can ward off free radicals.
Sri Raharjo said the clearer the oil, the fewer nutrients left in the oil.
