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It’s time to ditch corporate peanut butter brands and here is why
by: Damon Hines

(NaturalHealth365) Americans love shiny and brightly packaged foodstuffs. It’s why supermarket shelves are lined with a Willy Wonka wonderland of processed treats and glittery goodies, and Instagram is flooded with carefully stylized and curated foodtography. But if there’s one thing we love more than brightly colored foodstuffs, it’s non-stop convenience. If there’s one thing more convenient than the fact that Lays sells more than 20 flavors of potato chips, it’s that peanut brands like Jif and Skippy are made with palm oil and hydrogenated vegetable oil solely to keep the peanut butter from separating. But there’s a dark side to that convenience.

According to an Associated Press investigation, the $65 billion global palm oil industry exploits an army of children. Child labor has been identified as a serious problem by rights groups, the United Nations, and the U.S. government. Palm oil production has also been linked to deforestation, especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, producing 85% of the world’s palm oil. Hydrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed oil), on the other hand, have been shown to harm heart health, increasing LDL (bad cholesterol) and plasma lipid levels.

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