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Vegetable oil cancer link leads scientists to recommend lard and butter
2015-11-09
[MIRROR.CO.UK] Cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases, according to new research.

A study has claimed cooks should use olive oil , coconut oil, butter or even lard as a substitute.

Scientists found that heating up vegetable oils led to the release of high concentrations of chemicals called aldehydes, which have been linked to illnesses including cancer, heart disease and dementia.

In contrast, heating up butter, olive oil and lard in tests produced much lower levels of aldehydes. Coconut oil produced the lowest levels of the harmful chemicals.

Official advice has previously advocated the use of cooking with oils rich in polyunsaturated fats - such as corn oil and sunflower oil.

Health chiefs have previously said they are better for the health than the saturated fats in animal products.

Martin Grootveld, a professor of bioanalytical chemistry and chemical pathology, said that his research showed "a typical meal of fish and chips", fried in vegetable oil, contained as much as 100 to 200 times more toxic aldehydes than the safe daily limit set by the World Health Organisation .
Posted by:Fred

#14  If the GIVERnment stopped paying for people's healthcare they could stop worrying about what people put in their frying pans and what free citizens put in their bodies.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-11-09 19:25  

#13  Haven't heard that coconut oil denatures in heat. There isn't much in it chemically that is able to denature in heat, it's all saturated fat. Have a citation for that?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-11-09 17:36  

#12  From Sleeper:

Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk."
Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible.
Posted by: JHH   2015-11-09 14:00  

#11  Maybe it's a typical meal of fish and chips that should be banned.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-11-09 12:25  

#10  Mullet (Lisa) is required to be deep fat fried in lard.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-11-09 12:17  

#9  Coconuts and olives are fruit, not vegetables. Dunno what that means to the research. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2015-11-09 10:56  

#8  Oxygen is a carcinogen.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-11-09 10:33  

#7  Cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases, according to new research

Exposure to sunlight is 'scientifically' known to lead to skin cancer. Of course, lacking sunlight and its generation of vitD leads to other life threatening problems.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-11-09 09:45  

#6  I prefer my fish and chips cooked in lard
Posted by: BernardZ   2015-11-09 08:40  

#5  Lard Rules! All Hail Pork Fat!
Posted by: Spinesing Gray3122   2015-11-09 08:27  

#4  Not sure that the research and the headline were written by the same person.

Smoke point is often a good gauge of when to put the food in the pan.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-11-09 08:06  

#3  This "research" is total nonsense on a par with climate lysenkoism.

Frying with Olive Oil is a total disaster. It denatures in heat far more than rape-seed/canola oil does. As does coconut oil, leave that to stick on your skin/hair (it kills athletes foot and dandruff nicely).

Butter has a very low smoke point.

Whoever wrote this "research" has never been in a kitchen.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-11-09 07:11  

#2  I wonder who funded this research.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-11-09 01:46  

#1  "Coconut oil produced the lowest levels of the harmful chemicals." If that isn't a vegetable oil, what is? "Scientists now recommending avoidance of cooking with certain vegetable oils" just doesn't make the same catchy headline.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-11-09 00:19  

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