Palm Oilby Adam Zhou | 01-01-2019 13:15 |
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 Palm Oil is all around us. It's most likely that whatever kitchen item we pick up, the manufacturing process or ingredient will have involved it. The largest palm oil manufacturers have a huge profit, and companies that exploit such will also get a huge profit margin due to the growing economy and the relatively low prices of raw palm oil. And yet, due to the many negative consequences it carries with it, how come it still prospers. This is because of misrepresented data it sends to the general public. For them, monetary gain outweighs the environmental consequences. It is a fact that the term sustainable is misused by these said companies in order to deceive its audience. The following are some examples of them: Unilever: ¡°Through our Sustainable Agriculture Programme, we have been working towards the sustainable cultivation of oil palms for more than ten years.¡± Kellogg: ¡°¡¦all of the palm oil we use today is 100 percent sustainably sourced through a combination of GreenPalm certificates, mass balance and segregated, sustainably grown supply.¡± Nestle: ¡°¡¦committed to traceable sustainable palm oil¡¦.by end 2012, we will achieve a total of 80% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil.¡± And yet, they do not acknowledge how palm oil plantations force out the natural environment. Tropical rain forests are growing more and more scarce, and the natural resources, the creatures that reside in these said habitats, as well as the contaminants released are detrimental to all biodiversity on Earth. Since emphasis on these are ignored, perhaps it's better to place it on something else. Health. It is more at the forefront of humans' field of focus. Extensive processing of this, along with the many chemical inhibitors present in palm oil make it extremely bad for humans to consume. It inhibits the body¡¯s natural signals from leptin and insulin and can lead to obesity related diseases like blood cholesterol increases as well. So, what is the alternative? Coconut oil is one especially good constituent. It eradicates the negative consequences listed above, but the only downside is its price. If corporations realize the extent of the damages, prices may be adjusted accordingly.
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