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Safflower Oil has Many Benefits
Learn how to chose the best one |
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Safflower oil is becoming one of the worlds most sought
after vegetable oils by health conscious individuals. It is
an almost odorless, light and quick to absorb oil that is
gaining recognition in the skin care field. It also has
become a frequently recommended dietary oil for several
reasons: because it is high in unsaturated fatty acids, it
is highly stable, has a high smoke point and significant
levels of vitamin E.
Regardless of the oil you have chosen, different extraction
methods will influence the characteristics of that oil.
There are two main methods used to obtain safflower oil from
the safflower plant; a chemical extraction method and a
mechanical extraction method. The method used does make a
difference in the finished product.
In the chemical process of extraction, the safflower oil is
extracted from the plant material and then refined using
chemicals including a solvent. The refinement process
removes or destroys compounds in the oil that are beneficial
to the skin and body such as vitamin E; this process can
also leave traces of the chemicals and solvents used for
extraction purposes in the finished product.
In the mechanical method of extraction, the oil is pressed
from the safflower seed without using any chemicals. This
process leaves intact the beneficial nutrients that are
naturally contained in the safflower and eliminates any
possibility of solvent residue remaining in the oil.
In the Potter's Hand Inc. uses naturally expeller pressed
safflower oil in our products, oil that does contain the
essential nutrients necessary for the safflower oil to be
moisturizing and healing to the skin.
Other considerations are also important when selecting a
product containing safflower oil or other vegetable oils:
As you examine the ingredient list on a product, look to see
where the oil is listed in relationship to the other
ingredients. The correct way for manufacturers to list the
ingredients is from the highest content to the lowest. The
closer that safflower oil is to first on the list, the more
safflower oil that product contains.
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