Editing Palm oil (section)

==== Palmitic acid ====
Excessive intake of [[palmitic acid]], which makes up 44% of palm oil, increases blood levels of [[low-density lipoprotein]] (LDL) and total cholesterol, and so increases risk of [[cardiovascular diseases]].<ref name="aha"/><ref name="ejcn"/><ref name=CSPI>{{Cite book |first1=Ellie |last1=Brown |first2=Michael F. |last2=Jacobson |year=2005 |title=Cruel Oil: How Palm Oil Harms Health, Rainforest & Wildlife |url=http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/palm_oil_final_5-27-05.pdf |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |oclc=224985333 |pages=iv, 3–5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306124811/http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/palm_oil_final_5-27-05.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2009  }}</ref> Other reviews, the [[World Health Organization]], and the US [[National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute]] have encouraged consumers to limit the consumption of palm oil, palmitic acid and foods high in saturated fat.<ref name="WHO Technical Report">{{Cite report |date=2003 |title=Diet Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/who_trs_916.pdf |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1348239076FHWAJDADVT?url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/who_trs_916.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2012 |website=World Health Organization |pages=82, 88 table 10 |access-date=13 February 2013 }}</ref><ref name=aha/><ref name=CSPI/>