> > Does anyone know if coconut oil and palm oil are the same health wise?
I
> am
> > refereing to non-hydroginated natural versions.
> >
> > David,
> > Your answers are in here I'm betting.....   Oliva
>
> I thought that at last I will find out what palm oil is but no! I did not.
> To me palm is a tree - some of them have bananas and some coco nuts. Some
> have nothing, I think. From what parts of the tree do you get the oil you
> call palm oil?  We find it quite often in Swedish food, often under the
name
> of vegetable oil, which I am suspicious of in general. Many Swedes think
> that vegetable oil is a mark of high quality and I cannot even make out
what
> palm oil is. Is it from the coco nut tree? Can anyone inform me and some
> other arctic circle area inhabitants? Please!

no 2 differents trees and no all palm oils are of the same quality

http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/red_palm_oil.htm

jean-claude