The harm of palm oil

Palm oil is a kind of oil in our daily life, and many people use it as daily cooking oil. So, what are the dangers of palm oil? This is a thought-provoking question, and it is also an issue that deserves everyone's attention. In reality, there are many kinds of edible oils, such as rapeseed oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, salad oil, lard, palm oil, etc. These oils are generally consumed by people.

However, compared with rapeseed oil, soybean oil and salad oil, relatively few people consume lard and palm oil, because in the eyes of most people, lard and palm oil are not safe oils, but they cannot tell what the specific problem is. The only thing they know is that lard is high in fat. So, let’s talk about the dangers of palm oil.

Palm oil is a tropical woody vegetable oil. It is currently the world's largest produced, consumed and internationally traded vegetable oil variety. It is known as the "world's three major vegetable oils" together with soybean oil and rapeseed oil, and has a edible history of more than 5,000 years. In recent years, Chinese companies have begun to increase their investment in the palm oil industry. Chinese companies represented by Tianjin Julong Group have opened plantations upstream of the Southeast Asian industrial chain, which has become an important symbol of China's agricultural going global and breaking the monopoly of international grain and oil giants.

Palm oil is a mixture of fatty acids with a carbon chain length of 16-18. It is divided into the following categories according to its melting point in industry, and its uses are also different. 1. Palm oil with a melting point above 40 degrees is used to make soap and cosmetics and cannot be eaten; 2. Palm oil with a melting point of more than 30 degrees is used to make margarine and cocoa butter substitutes; 3. Palm oil with a melting point of 24 degrees can be used for frying foods, such as instant noodles, or as oil for biscuits and other pastries; 4. Palm oil with a melting point of 12 degrees can be used as a general practical vegetable oil. Curious people will ask, they are all palm oil, why are the melting points different? Anyone with a little knowledge of chemistry should know that the higher the saturated fatty acid content of the oil, the higher its melting point, and the same is true for palm oil.

In fact, palm oil is a liar, a liar who destroys people's health under the guise of vegetable oil. The most easily available palm oil on the market is the one with a melting point of 24 degrees, and its price is much cheaper than other similar vegetable oils, but its saturated fatty acid content is indeed over 50%, which is much higher than the average level of 10+% of other vegetable oils, and even higher than the lard that we have always believed to be very unhealthy, the saturated fatty acid content of which is about 43%. The most direct consequence of excessive intake of saturated fatty acids is obesity, and then the level of high-density lipoprotein (HLDL) in the body will increase, and then atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart disease will come to you.

Through the detailed introduction of palm oil above, it is not difficult to discover some of the hazards of palm oil. These hazards are often more serious than we imagined, and sometimes can completely damage our bodies, so try not to eat palm oil in the future. In addition, we must also use our social circles to publicize the harms of palm oil to prevent others from being harmed.