Sunday 25 October 2009
Today, I was stunned being informed personally by one of my dearest friends that she has cancer! Looking at her family history, she is very prone to get it. (Both her sisters are cancer patients but are now leading normal lives after their treatment). However, the most comforting thing about her issue is that the cancer had been detected early and that the infection is at Stage 1. Alhamdullillah.....God willing, she should be alright after her treatment.
A friend told me the other day that cancer is actually just a buildup of repressed feelings inside you. This emotional build-up which is not released out will trigger the cells to act and become cancerous. A case of your emotions affecting your physical self, a cause-and-effect reaction. But I am sure it is more complicated than that....
Reminds me of the R&D work on palm oil and breast cancer. Research has shown that the Vitamin E tocotrienol component of palm oil can reduce the effect of cancerous cells in the breasts. This R&D work at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board(MPOB) is still ongoing. For more updated information, kindly contact nesaretnam@mpob.gov.my
I sincerely believe that every disease in this world has a cure for it, God willing......
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Truth (about Palm Oil) has Prevailed!
6 October 2009
"The truth has prevailed!" said Tan Sri Yusof bin Basiron, Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) in the very informative documentary on palm oil produced by the Asian Food Channel Productions aired over ASTRO on 5 October 2009. AFC did a wonderful job of boosting up the good image of palm oil in their documentary entitled Palm Oil : Good Fat, Bad Fat. The authentic truths about palm oil, its health attributes, its versatility and the excellent frying qualities of the oil, the environmental-friendliness of the product has been revealed by various experts in the field, ranging from producers and actual consumers, from environmentalists, chefs and man-in-the-street. R&D also showed that palm oil is just as good as the age-old olive oil. In fact, many foreigners interviewed did not know about the existence of palm oil and are not aware that palm oil is used in almost all the daily products that they consumed everyday, from fries to creamers and soaps to cosmetics. Palm Oil has actually conquered the whole world!
Check it out at http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/
"The truth has prevailed!" said Tan Sri Yusof bin Basiron, Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) in the very informative documentary on palm oil produced by the Asian Food Channel Productions aired over ASTRO on 5 October 2009. AFC did a wonderful job of boosting up the good image of palm oil in their documentary entitled Palm Oil : Good Fat, Bad Fat. The authentic truths about palm oil, its health attributes, its versatility and the excellent frying qualities of the oil, the environmental-friendliness of the product has been revealed by various experts in the field, ranging from producers and actual consumers, from environmentalists, chefs and man-in-the-street. R&D also showed that palm oil is just as good as the age-old olive oil. In fact, many foreigners interviewed did not know about the existence of palm oil and are not aware that palm oil is used in almost all the daily products that they consumed everyday, from fries to creamers and soaps to cosmetics. Palm Oil has actually conquered the whole world!
Check it out at http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/
Friday, October 2, 2009
Palm Oil Image Overseas
3 October 2009
A concerned reader form Toronto Canada commented in The Star to neutralise negative views of palm oil. He suggested that MPOC reviews its own marketing strategies and public statements so that concerns raised by Western environmental groups can be addressed, rather than refuted. I agree that Malaysia has to distance itself from the slash and burn practices of the Indonesians. Our Malaysian planters are more professional in our land cultivation and management practices and that we have embarked upon projects that showed the world that Malaysian palm oil is sustainably cultivated. We have addressed the issue of the Orang Utans and other endangered species by developing the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah and preserving all the species there, including the rhinos, Malayan Tiger, etc. We avoided planting in areas deemed to have a much richer biodiversity by cultivating oil palm on less fertile soils, like peat and others. The Malaysian government also practise strict policing of sustainable policies on the ground. Whatever good we have done are not highlighted in foreign papers, hence our international readers only know about the bad side of palm oil, the recent one being the rape and apparent cover-up of the logging incidents. Malaysia must act fast to defend Malaysian palm oil, our major source of income.
A concerned reader form Toronto Canada commented in The Star to neutralise negative views of palm oil. He suggested that MPOC reviews its own marketing strategies and public statements so that concerns raised by Western environmental groups can be addressed, rather than refuted. I agree that Malaysia has to distance itself from the slash and burn practices of the Indonesians. Our Malaysian planters are more professional in our land cultivation and management practices and that we have embarked upon projects that showed the world that Malaysian palm oil is sustainably cultivated. We have addressed the issue of the Orang Utans and other endangered species by developing the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah and preserving all the species there, including the rhinos, Malayan Tiger, etc. We avoided planting in areas deemed to have a much richer biodiversity by cultivating oil palm on less fertile soils, like peat and others. The Malaysian government also practise strict policing of sustainable policies on the ground. Whatever good we have done are not highlighted in foreign papers, hence our international readers only know about the bad side of palm oil, the recent one being the rape and apparent cover-up of the logging incidents. Malaysia must act fast to defend Malaysian palm oil, our major source of income.
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