Medicinal Value of Rice Bran Oil

In daily life, it is said that vegetable oils such as peanut oil and hemp oil have high nutritional value, but in fact rice bran oil has higher nutritional value and also has medicinal value. So, do you know about or have eaten rice bran oil? The survey found that as people pay more and more attention to their physical health, many people's pursuit of edible oils is getting higher and higher, and rice bran oil has become a must-have edible oil in almost every family in Western countries.

What kind of medicinal value does rice bran oil have? First of all, rice bran oil is rich in various nutrients. Many patients with hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can improve their conditions to a certain extent after regular consumption of it. If you still don't believe that rice bran oil has high medicinal value, you might as well listen to the experts' analysis.

Rice bran oil has high medicinal value

Rice bran oil is a nutrient-rich vegetable oil with an absorption rate of over 90% after consumption. The fatty acid composition, vitamin E, sterols, oryzanol, etc. of rice bran oil are beneficial to the human body's absorption. It has the beneficial effects of clearing cholesterol from the blood, lowering blood lipids, and promoting human growth and development. Therefore, rice bran oil is a nutritious and healthy oil recognized both at home and abroad. At the same time, due to the good stability of rice bran oil itself, it is suitable as frying oil, and can also be used to make margarine, shortening and high-grade nutritional oil.

Rice bran oil contains about 38% linoleic acid and 42% oleic acid, with the ratio of linoleic acid to oleic acid being about 1:1.1. From the perspective of modern nutrition, oils in this ratio have higher nutritional value.

Rice bran oil is rich in oryzanol, a family of compounds composed of more than a dozen sterol ferulic acid esters. It can prevent the body from synthesizing cholesterol, lower the concentration of serum cholesterol, promote blood circulation, regulate endocrine and autonomic nerves, and promote the growth and development of humans and animals. Oryzanol can promote microcirculation in the skin, protect the skin, and is also effective in treating diseases such as concussion.

First of all, rice bran oil started abroad, so now many Western families have regarded it as the healthiest household cooking oil. As for China, on the one hand, because rice bran oil was developed relatively late and people know little about it, not many families in China consume rice bran oil. The medicinal value and efficacy of rice bran oil need to be further promoted to people.