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Palm oil must be the most unjustifably maligned edible oil. In my view, this is the work of environmental groups Friends of the Earth at the behest or under the direction of anti-palm oil competitors.
You are right that red palm oil is extremely beneficial for our health and according to the Palm Oil Truth Foundation, it is an incredible rich source of anti-oxidants. I should know. I tried it and my doctor was so amazed at how my blood pressure had improved that he encouraged me to continue doing whatever I was doing.
If you read www.deforestationwatch.org, you'd find that the claims of significant loss of rainforest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia are but a tissue of lies, especially in Malaysia.
My wife and I joined a tour to Malaysia which included a our of rubber estates and palm oil plantations and we learnt that palm oil is the most sustainable of all oilseed crops on account of its extremely high productivity (up to 10 times that of its nearest competitors), which means that palm oil requires much less land than its competitors. Everywhere we went, we were greeted by greenery.
The ultra-competitiveness of palm oil could very well be the real reason for all the anti-palm oil nonsense!
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Palm oil is a versatile vegetable oil present in 1 in 10 supermarket products, and hence is the most significant cause of rainforest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia. According to
Friends of the Earth, Palm oil plantations destroybiodiversityand are associated with human rights violations and worker exploitation. And you have probably already heard about avoiding hydrogenated palm oil in your food, while Red Palm Oil is extremely beneficial for your health. So once again, I'm back to my mantra, read the ingredients.