Expert: Palm oil not linked with diseases


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 14 Apr 2019

PUTRAJAYA: Some critics have claimed that palm oil is linked with heart disease and other non-communicable diseases.

But a nutritional biochemist pointed out that many studies have shown that saturated fat may not have an impact on heart disease risk.

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