Comments on: CSPI vs Palm Oil http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:41:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mandy Hargitay http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-8279 Mandy Hargitay Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:34:57 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-8279 CSPI? Give me a break! Those are the guys who'd sell their mother if they are paid for it. Apart from originally campaigning hard for trans fats, now that trans fats are banned, they've to scratch their collective heads to determine how to reign in palm oil for their paymasters. Using "science" that'd fail to pass muster for a high school science project, CSPI has consistently fallen short of scientific standards in all their "scientific arguments"! To me, palm oil is such a threat to CSPI's paymaster's because it's cheap, widely available and is basically healthy for us and good for the environment. Yeah the Palm Oil Truth site has exploded a lot of the myths that dishonest organizations like CSPI has been trying to sell to us on behalf of the other oils that someone said "costs to much to be free!". Another useful site is www.smartbalance.com. CSPI? Give me a break! Those are the guys who’d sell their mother if they are paid for it.

Apart from originally campaigning hard for trans fats, now that trans fats are banned, they’ve to scratch their collective heads to determine how to reign in palm oil for their paymasters.

Using “science” that’d fail to pass muster for a high school science project, CSPI has consistently fallen short of scientific standards in all their “scientific arguments”!

To me, palm oil is such a threat to CSPI’s paymaster’s because it’s cheap, widely available and is basically healthy for us and good for the environment. Yeah the Palm Oil Truth site has exploded a lot of the myths that dishonest organizations like CSPI has been trying to sell to us on behalf of the other oils that someone said “costs to much to be free!”. Another useful site is http://www.smartbalance.com.

]]> By: Joanne http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-3363 Joanne Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:41:58 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-3363 Regarding the issue on trans fat, that's very ironic of them, i think that they need to say sorry to the public about that. I use palm oil and coconut nut everyday as well. It's healthier than those vegetable oils consumed by most health buffs who end up having lingering illnesses. Regarding the issue on trans fat, that’s very ironic of them, i think that they need to say sorry to the public about that. I use palm oil and coconut nut everyday as well. It’s healthier than those vegetable oils consumed by most health buffs who end up having lingering illnesses.

]]> By: Chicharronita http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-3108 Chicharronita Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:20:00 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-3108 Don't be so quick to laud CSPI; it's because of them that companies started using trans-fats in the first place. They were FOR using trans-fats until 1992! "The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) campaigned against the use of saturated fats for fast food cooking starting in 1984. When fast food companies replaced the saturated fat with partially hydrogenated unsaturated fats, CSPI's campaign against them ended. While CSPI defended trans fats in their 1987 Nutrition Action newsletter, by 1992 CSPI began to speak against trans fats and is currently strongly against their use." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat I use Palm oil and coconut oil almost every day. They are extremely healthy oils contrary to what you've heard. Spectrum has an organic palm oil that's sustainably harvested. Don’t be so quick to laud CSPI; it’s because of them that companies started using trans-fats in the first place. They were FOR using trans-fats until 1992!

“The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) campaigned against the use of saturated fats for fast food cooking starting in 1984. When fast food companies replaced the saturated fat with partially hydrogenated unsaturated fats, CSPI’s campaign against them ended. While CSPI defended trans fats in their 1987 Nutrition Action newsletter, by 1992 CSPI began to speak against trans fats and is currently strongly against their use.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat

I use Palm oil and coconut oil almost every day. They are extremely healthy oils contrary to what you’ve heard. Spectrum has an organic palm oil that’s sustainably harvested.

]]> By: Loki http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2839 Loki Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:10:22 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2839 I am from Malaysia and would like to defend my country on that issue. As Jennifer mentioned, it is mainly Indonesia that commits such atrocities. Look at the haze we receive every year caused by Indonesia's forest 'clearing' (burning) antics. And palm oil is healthy, especially compared to hydrogenated oils. Go read up about it: www.palmoiltruthfoundation.com I am from Malaysia and would like to defend my country on that issue. As Jennifer mentioned, it is mainly Indonesia that commits such atrocities. Look at the haze we receive every year caused by Indonesia’s forest ‘clearing’ (burning) antics. And palm oil is healthy, especially compared to hydrogenated oils. Go read up about it: http://www.palmoiltruthfoundation.com

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2516 Jennifer Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:56:35 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2516 I make an all natural food product using palm oil as a stabilizer. The palm I source comes from Malaysia and is listed by the American Palm Oil Council as farmed under sustainable practices in Malaysia. Indonesian palm oil business do not adhere to those standards. I agree that it is important for companies looking to replace hydrogenated oils to find responsible alternatives. I make an all natural food product using palm oil as a stabilizer. The palm I source comes from Malaysia and is listed by the American Palm Oil Council as farmed under sustainable practices in Malaysia. Indonesian palm oil business do not adhere to those standards. I agree that it is important for companies looking to replace hydrogenated oils to find responsible alternatives.

]]> By: Tacita http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2515 Tacita Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:37:17 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2515 Can I be totally honest? I am disgusted. My stomach is twiching and turning and I want to get away and land on another planet. I went to buy bathroom cleaning gel for my roommate today: she made nothing less than candles in the bathroom and now the place is a mess. I bought what I though to be the least bad, but even on that one, very reduced fosfates and no tensioactives (or the other way around) had not eco stamp on it. None had eco stamp on it. Is all this waste of material, all this food, all this pollution REALLY necessary??? Can I be totally honest? I am disgusted. My stomach is twiching and turning and I want to get away and land on another planet.
I went to buy bathroom cleaning gel for my roommate today: she made nothing less than candles in the bathroom and now the place is a mess. I bought what I though to be the least bad, but even on that one, very reduced fosfates and no tensioactives (or the other way around) had not eco stamp on it. None had eco stamp on it.

Is all this waste of material, all this food, all this pollution REALLY necessary???

]]> By: Danielle http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2514 Danielle Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:16:53 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2514 I was surprised to see this from CSPI as well. Who'da thunk that they'd care about orangutans. I was surprised to see this from CSPI as well. Who’da thunk that they’d care about orangutans.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2513 Cindy Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:20:19 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2513 Great post. I just read another post that showed that the World Wildlife Fund is working to promote discontinuation of palm oil due to the dangers it poses to endangered species. This may be where the animal rights bit has come from. Great post. I just read another post that showed that the World Wildlife Fund is working to promote discontinuation of palm oil due to the dangers it poses to endangered species. This may be where the animal rights bit has come from.

]]> By: K http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2512 K Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:21:45 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2006/06/07/cspi-vs-palm-oil/#comment-2512 Go figure on that stuff from those folks. That's a great find and interesting read, Ryan. Thank you for this post. Go figure on that stuff from those folks. That’s a great find and interesting read, Ryan. Thank you for this post.

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