Dr Eng. Joanna Grzelczyk

Assistant professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences.

Scientific interests and research topics pursued:

  • Bioactive compounds in food.
  • Designing health-promoting foods.
  • The relationship of diet to health status.
  • Thermal and chromatographic analyses.
Palm oil can be found in foods such as cakes and pastries, creams, ice cream, candy bars, popcorn, chips, frozen French fries, hamburger buns, ready-made pizza dough, margarines, powdered soups, cereals, infant formula and many others. It is also very widely used in the manufacture of cosmetics as an ingredient in body lotions, creams, conditioners shampoos, soaps, bath lotions, lipsticks or face primers. We may not always be aware that a food or cosmetic product contains palm oil, as manufacturers often do not indicate the exact origin of the raw material used and refer to it as 'vegetable oil'. For the sake of our health and the environment, we should limit our consumption and use of palm oil.
We often wonder what makes people healthy, what makes them age slower, what makes their skin so radiant? We suppose that factors like genes, climate, diet, or places where we live are responsible. Certainly all of these matter, but according to many studies, diet and its specific ingredients are key.