Day: February 6, 2019

Have you ever noticed the oil color in the frying pan when buying fried food?  How many times do you fry your food in the same oil?  The secret to tasty fried food is to deep fry it in a lot of oil.  It might seem wasteful not to recycle cooking oil after one usage, but do you realize how much danger you are putting your family and loved ones in by reusing the oil? Repeatedly used oil consists of “Polar compound”.  Animal testing found that Polar compound effects the body development, causes abnormality in the liver and kidney, and increases the risk of stomach cancer and coronary artery disease.  (Reference from “Mor Chao-Baan” Journal, 25th year, 2003 July, pg. 17-24). It is recommended to avoid using recycled cooking oil for a healthier diet because nothing is worth more than good health.

Vegetable oil is one of the food cooking ingredients that many people, especially ladies, try to avoid, but how many people actually know that oil is among one of the Five Food Groups essential in your diet. Oil gives energy and heats your body. Vegetable oil helps the body absorb Vitamin A, D, E and K as these vitamins are soluble in vegetable oil. Apart from exercising to maintain good health, consuming vegetable oil that has non-saturated fatty acid such as soybean oil, sunflower oil and rice bran oil in a reasonable amount is essential. The consequences of oil deficient dietAn oil deficient diet might cause your body to lack energy and become underweight.  Another consequence is a lack of Vitamins that are soluble in oil as well as a lack of essential fatty acids which help your body system to function properly.  For example, Lynoleic acid can help reduce blood cholesterol by dissolving the cholesterol, which can prevent heart disease and some arthrosclerosis conditions. The consequences of consuming excess oilExcessive oil in the diet means the body is getting more energy than needed.  The energy will turn into fat, increasing the risk of being overweight and obese.  In people over 40, consuming over 40 percent of calories from food high in saturated fatty acid will stimulate the production of LDL cholesterol which might increase high blood cholesterol and triglycerides causing heart disease and some arthrosclerosis conditions.