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Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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Re: Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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Well, this study passes the "we dumped a bunch of X on cancer cells in a petri dish and they did a funny thing" red flag test.

Xenographs (implanting human cancer cells into mice) have their own caveats (the immune system is almost always severely compromised), but this seems like a cool study. I'm no expert on oral cancers however.

Curious to see the implication of the neuronal cells here, I'm looking forward to reading the whole manuscript.

Re: Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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Interesting article. One thing to note is that this study seemed to (correct me if I'm wrong) focus on palmitic acid, which can be found primarily in palm oil, but can also be found in meat, cheese, and butter, to name a few other sources.

Re: Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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Yet another thing on the cancerogenic pile sigh At some point you have to ask yourself if everything but water gives us cancer.

Gotta watch out for lead in the water too!

But if my veins aren't lead lined, what will protect me from banana radiation?

Re: Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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Hopefully good news for Orangutans if this leads to less palm oil consumption.

If palm oil wasn't as profitable they will just grow the next most profitable thing in the orangutan habitat. The problem is one of not setting aside land for preserves vs one particular industry or another. Anything will expand to fill the space if land is offered for sale and zoned for industry.

Re: Palm oil favors tumor expansion

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post #7

Interesting article. One thing to note is that this study seemed to (correct me if I'm wrong) focus on palmitic acid, which can be found primarily in palm oil, but can also be found in meat, cheese, and butter, to name a few other sources.

Palm oil seems to be in everything.
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