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  • Do you know what's in your food by the shedload? Palm oil

    The biggest problem I found regarding food when living in Thailand is that I ate out twice per day, usually rice or noodle dishes, and I had no idea what the ingredients were, but it's highly likely that the meals were full of **** like palm oil and MSGs. Since leaving I am able to fully check these things and avoid them, but it's interesting to go into an asian supermarket, where EU import regulations require an ingredient and nutritional breakdown label, and see most of the foods there list palm oil as a major ingredient.

    I consume only flaxseed oil or olive oil these days.

    http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-...l-good-for-you

    Q:A: Palm oil, made from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), is one of the most widely produced edible fats in the world. The oil palm yields two types of oil: One is extracted from the flesh of the fruit (palm oil), and the other from the seed, or kernel (palm kernel oil). Palm oil is consumed in many countries in vegetable oil, shortening, and margarine. In the United States, it accounts for a very small percentage of overall fat consumption.
    Saturated fat
    HDL cholesterol. Most trans fat is artificially created through hydrogenation. Partially hydrogenated oil, used in many processed baked goods and snacks and for frying foods, is a major source of trans fat.

    In 2006 the FDAHarvard
    Last edited by Exexpat; 08-23-2014, 04:23 PM.

  • #2
    Nothing wrong with a little palm oil...

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    • #3
      Originally posted by KalasinJeff View Post
      Nothing wrong with a little palm oil...
      A little dash of palm oil, no... but have you ever seen them frying an egg in a wok, 'swimming' in 3 cm. of oil and constantly doused with the stuff? You need a lot of those pink napkins to dab that...errr...egg.

      And of course hope they use palm oil. Wouldn't be surprised if what you see in the video also happens in Thailand.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Ampersand View Post
        A little dash of palm oil, no... but have you ever seen them frying an egg in a wok, 'swimming' in 3 cm. of oil and constantly doused with the stuff? You need a lot of those pink napkins to dab that...errr...egg.

        And of course hope they use palm oil. Wouldn't be surprised if what you see in the video also happens in Thailand.

        More myth than anything....
        Vacant knowledge.

        Palm is not the cooking oil of choice throughout Thailand or anywhere else throughout Asia, for that matter.

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        • #5
          One will be more likely to come across palm oil [et al] throughout the civilised processed Western diet - more so than not.

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          • #6
            So what do they use then? This should be funny . . .

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            • #7
              Originally posted by KalasinJeff View Post
              More myth than anything....
              Vacant knowledge.

              Palm is not the cooking oil of choice throughout Thailand or anywhere else throughout Asia, for that matter.
              You're quite wrong there, Jeff. Palm is THE major oil used

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              • #8
                I'd say soyabean oil is nr.1 (the cheapest) here in TH, followed by palm oil, coconut oil. A few might use peanut oil or the more expensive sunflower-, corn- or rice bran oil.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Exexpat View Post
                  The biggest problem I found regarding food when living in Thailand is that I ate out twice per day, usually rice or noodle dishes, and I had no idea what the ingredients were, but it's highly likely that the meals were full of **** like palm oil and MSGs. Since leaving I am able to fully check these things and avoid them, but it's interesting to go into an asian supermarket, where EU import regulations require an ingredient and nutritional breakdown label, and see most of the foods there list palm oil as a major ingredient.
                  I haven't seen palm oil as a major ingredient in any food in Asian supermarkets... sure you know how to interpret the lists of ingredients?
                  Originally posted by Ergenburgensmurgen;n186588
                  What are you talking about, I don't post on Teakdoor.


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Exexpat View Post

                    I consume only flaxseed oil or olive oil these days.
                    We only use rice bran oil. Bit more expensive but supposed to be very healthy .

                    Q. How does rice bran oil compare to olive oil?

                    Written by Catherine Saxelby on Tuesday, 18 June 2013. Posted in Fats and Oils




                    The question in full
                    Q. I was wondering how rice bran oil compares to virgin olive oil. Good fats, antioxidants, cholesterol lowering effects, etc. It sounds pretty good by what I have read on the labels, and have been using both in my cooking. What's your opinion?

                    A. Rice bran oil is a healthy oil and compares well to olive oil except for the cold-pressing which I cover below.
                    Much of the advertising for rice bran oil is over the top with claims that trumpet it's "The World's Healthiest oil" but in reality its nutrition profile is similar to other oils. There's only a couple of points of difference over other oils.
                    How rice bran oil is similar

                    Like other liquid oils, it is free of trans fats and relatively low in saturated fat (20%), although not as low as canola (8%) or olive oil (14%). It contains 32% polyunsaturates and 40% monounsaturated which makes it similar in composition to cottonseed or sesame oil. This alone will ensure that it lowers cholesterol as other oils do.
                    What makes rice bran oil stand out

                    It's high in two unusual compounds called oryzanol and tocotrienols. Other oils don't have much - if any - of these two.
                    Oryzanol been shown to block the absorption of cholesterol into the body. It acts like the cholesterol-lowering margarines (brand names Logicol and Pro-activ) which are approved by Heart Foundation. They have the sterols added and these are generally derived from soy.
                    Tocotrienols are a group of related fat-soluble compounds that are converted into vitamin E which is a well-researched antioxidant for the heart. They're a form of the vitamin that hasn't been as widely researched as the more well-known alpha-tocopherol form. While corn, wheatgerm and soybeans contain tocopherols, tocotrienols are found in palm and rice bran oils (as well as barley, oats).
                    Rice bran oil - how it cooks

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                    • #11
                      Btw, dangerboy, the ingredients of packaged food in Thai supermarkets are also meticulously listed. Has it never occurred to you to look at it when you were there?
                      Originally posted by Ergenburgensmurgen;n186588
                      What are you talking about, I don't post on Teakdoor.


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                      • #12
                        I never went to Thai supermarkets, dimwit. I used to eat out twice per day and never ate at home.

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                        • #13
                          So you had no friends . . . and can't cook.

                          Figures . . and you call serrolt a dimwit?

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                          • #14
                            Never going to a supermarket in Thailand = have no friends?
                            Not cooking at home in Thailand = can't cook?

                            My, you are mighty weeeeeeird

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Exexpat View Post
                              I never went to Thai supermarkets, dimwit. I used to eat out twice per day and never ate at home.
                              But you do go to Asian supermarkets now, because you miss the food so much. Or is it just to inspect the labels?

                              Jeesh, danger boy got caught in his own web again... dumb trolls are just boring.
                              Originally posted by Ergenburgensmurgen;n186588
                              What are you talking about, I don't post on Teakdoor.


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