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
SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE LINKED PALM OIL TO HIGHER
RISKS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE DEATHS
(68 DEATHS PER 100,000 INCREASE)
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”
PALM TREES HARVESTED FOR THE OIL NEED HIGH
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY TO GROW AND
FRUIT, WHICH IS WHY THEY FLOURISH IN
RAINFOREST AREAS
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
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 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
UP TO 80% OF THE TOTAL DEFORESTATION IN
INDONESIA IS REPORTED TO BE PERFORMED ILLEGALLY
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)
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