Review - The Palm Oil Miracle
The Palm Oil Miracle, Dr. Bruce Fife, 2007, ISBN 9780941599658 This book is all about palm oil, a seemingly "miracle" vegetable oil that has been used for thousands of years, and is currently being used around the world. But it is generally unknown here in America. The reason for America's unfamiliarity with palm oil is that, for the last 30 years, Americans have been subjected to a huge amount of corporate propaganda (what else is new?). The culprit is the domestic vegetable oil industry. They have convinced the average citizen that tropical oils, which are high in saturated fat, are a leading cause of high cholesterol and heart disease. Supposedly, poly- and monounsaturated fats are the way to go. If that's true, why are the rates of heart disease much higher in America than in the rest of the world? Many medical studies have shown that palm oil can protect against a huge number of common ailments (the book references over 300 studies). For instance, it can protect...