Palm oil might not be as unhealthy as they say
Have you ever heard that palm oil is unhealthy? That it raises blood cholesterol or that it even CONTAINS cholesterol? This research took me a long time because I wanted to make sure I was looking through the right research papers. And from the information I found, it seems like the idea that palm oil is unhealthy came from just the fact that it is saturated fat. A researcher even claimed that that notion was developed as a way to boost the sales of vegetable oils. In other words, it was a political agenda that was orchestrated almost 40 years ago. Sigh! The reason why I got interested in this topic was because I have high levels of cholesterol (LDL) which seem to be genetic and hasn’t reduced (I’m still hoping it does as I get stricter with my diet and work out). As a result of this condition, I cut down on a lot of oils and food types, and palm oil was one of them. It was really hard because that’s a staple in Nigeria that I grew up with. But I just thought I should