riverman wrote:

Try to track that down, Joel, just for curiosity. This site
http://mpob.gov.my/nut_12fact.htm says just the opposite, but we all know
about scientific research, especially the kind funded by the manufacturers
of the product itself.

Another site said how Palm Oil is the number two most consumed oil in the
world, behind Sunflower oil! I had no idea how large an industry it was.

Most of the palm oil in the world is used for industrial purposes. It's
where the brand name Palmolive came from.....

You ever get to Eastern Congo, have rice and beans at the market in
Bukavu..... tomatos, onions, pilipili, and swimming in palm oil...
tastes so good you won't care you're arteries are clogging.