hi ilties, I am deepa venkat a silent reader of il. DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT IS " WHEAT GERM OIL" AND WHERE DO WE GET IT? pl do answer me. bye deepa.
Hi Deepa, This is wat i found in wikipedia abt wheat germ oil but dont have a clue of where u can get it Wheat germ oil is extracted from the germ of the wheat kernel, which makes up only 2½% by weight of the kernel. Wheat germ oil is particularly high in octacosanol - a 28 carbon long-chain saturated primary alcohol found in a number of different vegetable waxes. Octacosanol has been studied as an exercise and physical performance enhancing agent.<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference">[1]</sup> Very long chain fatty alcohols obtained from plant waxes and beeswax have been reported to lower plasma cholesterol in humans.<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup> Wheat germ oil is also very high in Vitamin E and has the highest content of Vitamin E of any food that did not undergo prior preparation or vitamin fortification.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference">[3]</sup> As a cooking oil, wheat germ oil is strongly flavored, expensive and easily perishable luv, deepi.