Palm Oil....Canola?

There's a strong campaign against palm oil as an additive to food products such as biscuits and cakes and snack foods, largely because the production of palm oil is taking place in Asia where native forests- habitat for orangutans and other species whose existence is threatened - is being removed at an alarming rate causing loss of biodiversity and contributing significantly to increased carbon in the atmosphere.

I looked up a website on this and it started with the following-

Palm Oil itself is not the issue, apart from the fact that it is full of saturated fat and extremely bad for your health. 

I have long been avoiding palm oil in foods by reading the labeling and not buying that which has it listed. I have done this because an acquaintance whose father died of a heart attack was told by the cardiologist (ten years ago) that he should avoid palm oil as it was deadly but it is in so many foods without people being aware it's there, or that it's bad for them.The trouble is too, that many foods just say vegetable oil without specifying what plant the oil originates from and this can be in fact palm oil. And I read somewhere that some emulsifiers contain palm oil. Apparently palm oil is cheaper and easier to use. So generally speaking I avoid cake and biscuits and try to buy only products whose labels specify what oil they contain, like say sunflower oil, in the hope that I'm avoiding much palm oil and not consuming as much bad stuff, while acknowledging that no doubt some gets to me.

Sister Meredith, married to a doctor, sometimes reads medical journals that her husband subscribes to. In one of these she saw an article written by a leading cardiologist where he advised doctors not to recommend canola oil to patients as a heart healthy alternative, as in his opinion it contributed to blocked arteries. Now if you have a look you will see that canola oil is also in so many foods and is sold as a straight line cooking oil in every supermarket and store and is probably in the pantry of 90% of households. Nowhere do I see publicity that it is bad for your heart so the public is generally unaware. Canola is one of the major crops grown in rural Australia, its cultivation and its use in food manufacture and marketing of the oil is seriously big industry.

Somewhere in this there's a question of ethics. Perhaps ethics are now non existent, or only apply with precedence to economics foremost.

Probably the solution is to eat as few processed foods as you can. Raw is good, plenty of fruit and vegetables, nuts, eggs thumbs up, and a variety and moderate amount of meat and dairy food, and fish. If the obesity problem is as bad as reported lately the general population could improve diet greatly.