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Ilustrasi – Petani mengangkut tandan buah segar ((TBS) kelapa sawit di Aceh Timur. (ANTARA FOTO/Syifa Yulinnas)

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minyak sawit ternyata tidak hanya bisa dikonsumsi sebagai bahan kebutuhan dapur untuk memasak atau menggoreng makanan, namun memiliki kandungan gizi yang bermanfaat bagi kesehatan.

Dosen Program Studi Gizi Universitas Binawan Jakarta Rizqiawan, S.Gz, M.Si menjelaskan bahwa minyak sawit merah menekan potensi resiko penyakit kanker dan tumor.

“Minyak sawit merah memiliki kandungan karotenoid dan tokoferol serta komposisi asam lemak yang seimbang sehingga dapat berperan sebagai antioksidan,” ujarnya di Jakarta, Sabtu.

Ujicoba di pria dewasa yang mengalami dislipidemia (kondisi di mana kadar lemak dalam darah meningkat yang berisiko penyebab penyakit jantung dan stroke) , mereka diberikan kue kering yang diolesi minyak sawit merah.

Menurut dia, hasilnya adalah menurunkan kolesterol total, LDL-C, MDA dan LDL teroksidasi serta meningkatkan aktivitas enzim SOD serum secara nyata.

Dijelaskan Angga, kue kering yang diolesi minyak sawit merah ini juga diberikan pada penderita tumor jinak payudara selama 8 minggu. Penelitian yang dilakukan pada 2020 ini terbukti dapat meningkatkan kadar SOD (Antioksidan meningkat), menurunkan kadar TNF-α dan 8-isoprostan serum serta terjadi pengecilan ukuran tumor payudara secara signifikan.

“Isu sawit sebagai penyebab kanker dan tumor dapat di-counter dengan berbagai riset yang dilakukan terutama minyak sawit merah. Selain itu,Minyak sawit merah juga bisa membantu menanggulangi kekurangan vitamin A yang penting bagi tumbuh kembang anak,” katanya.

Hal senada dikatakan Direktur PT Nutri Palma Nabati Dr. Darmono Taniwiryono, bahwa minyak sawit sehat adalah lemak sawit (sehat) yang di dalamnya terlarut betakaroten dan Vitamin E dalam konsentrasi yang tinggi serta Co-Q10, likopen, DAG, MAG, dan ALB, rendah Omega 6, tidak mengandung kolesterol, transfat, 3-MCPD dan GE.

“Sewaktu berkunjung ke Afrika, saya lihat masyarakat setempat mengonsumsi minyak sawit merah yang tidak melalui proses rafinasi dan deodorisasi. Dari situ saya lihat, orang Afrika jarang menggunakan kacamata,” ujarnya.

Menurut dia, kandungan vitamin E di dalam minyak sawit dalam bentuk tocotrienol, sejatinya lebih tinggi dibandingkan minyak nabati lain.

“Potensi antioksidan jauh lebih tinggi dari minyak nabati lainnnya. Sebagai antioksidan, kekuatan tokotrienol minyak sawit 16 kali lebih tinggi daripada tokoferol,” katanya.

Lemak jenuh di dalam minyak sawit sangatlah bagus bagi tubuh manusia, tambahnya, secara tidak sadar, masyarakat mengonsumsi virgin coconut oil yang kadar lemak jenuhnya mencapai 90 persen. Di dalam Air Susu Ibu (ASI), kadar lemak jenuh mencapai 37 persen.

“Masyarakat seharusnya tidak perlu takut mengonsumsi lemak jenuh karena sedari kecil sudah ada dalam tubuh melalui ASI,” katanya.

Ia mengatakan Virgin Red Palm Oil atau minyak sawit merah dapat ditambahkan ke makanan dan minuman. Sebagai contoh, mie instan dapat diberikan tambahan minyak sawit merah, juga dapat ditambahkan ke kue kering, kue basah, dan kopi susu.

“Dari uji laboratorium, kue kering yang menggunakan Virgin Palm oil mengandung betakaroten sebesar 45 IU. Alhasil mengandung vitamin E lebih tinggi karena vitamin E tahan terhadap suhu tinggi,” ujar Darmono.

Direktur Industri Agro Kementerian Perindustrian RI Putu Juli Ardika menambahkan kandungan nutrisi di dalam minyak sawit sangat mendukung pemenuhan kebutuhan gizi masyarakat.

Kandungan tokotrienol dan vitamin E serta antioksidan memberikan manfaat positif bagi masyarakat, diantaranya nutrisi di dalam minyak sawit dapat mengurangi resiko penyakit dimensia dan stroke.

“Pengalaman saya sewaktu ke Belgia, produsen coklat setempat mengakui dapat menghasilkan coklat enak karena adanya sawit. Kita beruntung memiliki sawit karena mendukung adanya pembuatan makanan yang baik, sehat dan enak,” ujarnya dalam webinar “Tren Bisnis Pangan dan Kuliner UKMK Berbasis Minyak Sawit Sehat”.

 

Sumber : papua.antaranews.com

Published On: Maret 28, 2022
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Illustration – Farmers transport oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in East Aceh. (BETWEEN PHOTOS/Syifa Yulinnas)

Jakarta (ANTARA) – In addition to being consumed as an ingredient in the kitchen for cooking or frying, palm oil is found to contain nutritional properties that are beneficial to health.

Lecturer of Nutrition Study Program at the Binawan University Jakarta, Rizqiawan, S.Gz, M.Si, explained that red palm oil suppresses the potential risk of cancer and tumors.

“Red palm oil contains carotenoids and tocopherols as well as a balanced fatty acid composition that can act as an antioxidant,” he said in Jakarta, Saturday.

In adult men who had dyslipidemia (a condition in which blood fat levels rise and creates a risk for heart disease and stroke), they were given cookies spread with red palm oil.

According to him, this resulted in a lower total cholesterol levels, LDL-C, MDA, and oxidized LDL while also increased the activity of serum SOD enzymes significantly.

Angga explained that pastries spread with red palm oil were also given to patients with benign breast tumors for 8 weeks. The research, which was conducted in 2020, was shown to have increased the SOD (increased antioxidant) levels, lower serum levels of TNF-α and 8-isoprostan while also significantly reduce the size of breast tumors.

“The issue of palm oil as a cause of cancer and tumors can be countered with various studies, especially on red palm oil. In addition, red palm oil can also help overcome deficiency in vitamin A, which is important for children’s growth and development,” he said.

Similar tone was expressed by the Director of PT Nutri Palma Nabati, Dr. Darmono Taniwiryono, that healthy palm oil is a (healthy) palm fat which contains beta-carotene and Vitamin E in high concentrations as well as Co-Q10, lycopene, DAG, MAG, and ALB, low in Omega 6, and does not contain cholesterol, transfat, 3-MCPD, and GE.

“During my visit to Africa, I saw the local people consume red palm oil that did not go through the refining and deodorization process. From there, I saw that Africans rarely used glasses,” he said.

According to him, the content of vitamin E in palm oil in the form of tocotrienol, is actually higher than other vegetable oils.

“The antioxidant potential is much higher than other vegetable oils. As an antioxidant, the power of tocotrienols in palm oil is 16 times higher than that of tocopherols,” he said.

Saturated fat in palm oil is very good for the human body, he added, without realizing it, people consume virgin coconut oil, which saturated fat content reaches 90 percent. In breast milk, the saturated fat content reaches 37 percent.

“People should not be afraid to consume saturated fat because since we were children, it already existed in the body through breast milk,” he stated.

He said that virgin red palm oil can be added to food and beverages. For example, red palm oil can be added into instant noodles, as well as pastries, wet cakes, and milk coffee.

“From laboratory tests, pastries with virgin palm oil ingredient contains beta-carotene of 45 IU. As a result, it contains higher vitamin E because vitamin E is resistant to high temperatures,” Darmono explained.

Director of Agro Industry at the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika, added by saying that the content of nutrients in palm oil is very helpful in meeting people’s nutritional needs.

The content of tocotrienols and vitamin E as well as antioxidants provide positive benefits for people, including nutrients in palm oil which can reduce the risk of dementia and stroke.

“My experience when I went to Belgium, the local chocolate producers admitted that they could produce delicious chocolate because of palm oil. We are lucky to have palm oil because it supports the creation of good, healthy, and tasty food,” he said in the webinar titled, “UKMK’s Healthy Palm Oil-Based Food and Culinary Business Trend”.

 

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