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  • In his new book, Max Haiven digs into the history of palm oil production and its role in almost every facet of contemporary life. Art by Amanda Priebe
    Max Haiven explains palm oil [replay]
    Kayte Young
    What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap food production?
  • In his new book, Max Haiven digs into the history of palm oil production and its role in almost every facet of contemporary life. Art by Amanda Priebe
    Palm oil is everywhere–Max Haiven talks about why that matters
    Kayte Young
    What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap food production?
  • Doctors were confounded by people with low body fat who couldn't stop eating. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Skinny Diabetes
    Walker Rhea
    A lot of doctors have been stumped by slim patients showing signs of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes. They'd see or hear about someone who had all of these conditions associated with excess fat, but who didn't have an ounce of extra fat on their bodies.