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SHOCKING AND SAD FACTS ABOUT PALM OIL

Added on: 4th Sep 2016

 

 

PALM OIL IS EXTREMELY HIGH IN SATURATED FAT.

ONE TABLESPOON OF PALM OIL CONTAINS AS

MUCH AS 55 PERCENT OF THE DAILY

RECOMMENDATION OF SATURATED FAT

palm oil

 

 

SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE LINKED PALM OIL TO HIGHER

RISKS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE DEATHS

(68 DEATHS PER 100,000 INCREASE)

heart disease

 

 

PALM OIL IS NOT USED IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY ONLY.

TODAY, AROUND 50 PERCENT OF ALL THE GOODS

WE USE EVERY DAY CONTAIN PALM OIL, FROM

PROCESSED FOODS TO CANDLES, COSMETICS,

WASHING DETERGENTS AND “BIO-FUELS”

cosmetics

 

 

PALM TREES HARVESTED FOR THE OIL NEED HIGH

TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY TO GROW AND

FRUIT, WHICH IS WHY THEY FLOURISH IN

RAINFOREST AREAS

Palm trees

 

 

ACCORDING TO THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, AN

AREA THE EQUIVALENT SIZE OF 300 FOOTBALL

FIELDS OF RAINFOREST IS CLEARED EVERY HOUR

TO MAKE WAY FOR PALM OIL PRODUCTION

deforestation

 

 

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PALM PLANTATIONS

ARE SO LARGE IS BECAUSE EVERY OIL PALM THAT

IS PLANTED NEEDS OVER 3 M (10FT) DIAMETER

CLEAR AROUND EACH TREE

palm plantations

 

 

PALM OIL IS ALSO PRODUCED IN REGIONS SUCH AS

CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA OR CENTRAL AMERICA

BUT IS IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA WHERE THE

VAST MAJORITY OF THE OIL IS PRODUCED. IN FACT,

JUST THESE TWO COUNTRIES ACCOUNT FOR

AROUND 90% OF THE ENTIRE WORLD PALM OIL

PRODUCTION

palm oil

 

 

UP TO 80% OF THE TOTAL DEFORESTATION IN

INDONESIA IS REPORTED TO BE PERFORMED ILLEGALLY

deforestation

 

 

BURNING OF THE FORESTS TO CLEAR LAND FOR

CULTIVATION HAS EVEN MADE INDONESIA THE

WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE

GASES (AFTER CHINA AND THE US)

Asian haze

 


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