
Oil & Globalisation, Obesity and Sustainability
Image from FoodNavigator Globalisation increases the flow of money, people, knowledge and resources. The global food trade has been growing rapidly in last decades and made the same kind of food available everywhere. Oil is one of the most global traded commodity. Poor oil becomes one way to get cheap calories
Vegetable oils, particularly palm and soybean oil are two of the most consumed oils. These oils are cheap because countries likes Malaysia, Indonesia and China export

The New Method to Partial Hydrogenate Oils From Seeds To Produce Trans Fats Free PHOs Is Or Is Not C
63 countries and the World Health Organisation blame partial hydrogenation for producing trans fats in oil, which in turn aided every 1 out of 3 family in Asia having a chronic illness. According to the Nutrition Insight’s post, the new method called HVACP seems to solve the problem. Does this mean the new PHOs* do not harm anymore any longer? Unfortunately 99% of the scientists do not test the oil in the work place. The scientists acting for the manufacturer or Council for C

Unsatisfactory Result of Okoer's Soybean Oil Evaluation in China
Last year Okoer's evaluation of extra virgin olive oil in China, got an unsatisfactory result. It revealed 10 distributors are selling unsafe & counterfeit oils. See: The OKOER Report Exposes 10 Extra Virgin Olive Oil Distributors are Selling Unsafe & Counterfeit Oils in China This year Okoer done a similar test for Soybean oil, oil that is commonly consumed. The result is not good. A total of 10 soybean oil products were tested, there is 1 rated superior, 3 rated Good/Medium