Todd Reed wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has any information about this food product?  It's
> probably the most un-paleo like substance I get in my diet occasionally.
> I've googled the topic and gotten some information to the extent that
> fractionated palm kernel oil doesn't seem like a very healthy item to
> consume.

Palm oil (as opposed to palm *kernel* oil) is very similar to coconut oil.
It is also more "paleo" in that it's pretty easy to squeeze the oil out
the fruit, quite a lot easier than extracting oil from coconut copra,
actually.

Palm *kernel* oil comes from the same plant, but the oil is extracted 
from the seed rather the flesh of the fruit and is therefor a much more 
"processed" substance.

I have not found very much health-related information on either of these
oils, aside from their basic composition which indicates similarity to
coconut oil.

Palm oil (red palm oil or dendê oil) is /the/ traditional cooking oil
where I live (Bahia, Brazil). 

:j