*Is palm oil good or bad for you?
Palm oil is a great source of antioxidants, however, the same aspects that make palm oil useful may sometimes cause complications for people with certain medical conditions. The vitamin E found in palm oil has been connected to improved brain health.
*Why is palm oil used so much?
Because of its high yields, oil palm produces about 35% of all vegetable oil on less than 10% of the land allocated to oil crops. As well as being much higher yielding than its closest competitor crops, palm oil also has lower production costs, relative to these potential substitutes.
