Vegetable Oils (corn, soybean, canola, sunflower etc), which are in almost every packaged food, have been found to be one of the most harmful foods, and can have damaging effects on your DNA.
Vegetable Oils (corn, soybean, canola, sunflower etc), which are in almost every packaged food, have been found to be one of the most harmful foods, and can have damaging effects on your DNA.
Some oils are much worse than others. Despite being heavily reduced, a certain amount of trans fats are still allowed (USA.) Those are ALWAYS bad and to be avoided. Anything deep fried should be viewed with suspicion. If vegetable oil was used, there's a good chance of trans fats, oxidized (burnt) fats, and other nasties. At least according to one faction, in that case the old way (lard or tallow) was healthier. On the other hand, if you cooked an item yourself in olive oil or perhaps even better, sesame or walnut, you are probably doing no harm (except to your wallet!) As with nearly everything, excess is often the issue and oil (fat) is no exception.
Vegetable Oils (corn, soybean, canola, sunflower etc), which are in almost every packaged food, have been found to be one of the most harmful foods, and can have damaging effects on your DNA.
Some oils are much worse than others. Despite being heavily reduced, a certain amount of trans fats are still allowed (USA.) Those are ALWAYS bad and to be avoided. Anything deep fried should be viewed with suspicion. If vegetable oil was used, there's a good chance of trans fats, oxidized (burnt) fats, and other nasties. At least according to one faction, in that case the old way (lard or tallow) was healthier. On the other hand, if you cooked an item yourself in olive oil or perhaps even better, sesame or walnut, you are probably doing no harm (except to your wallet!) As with nearly everything, excess is often the issue and oil (fat) is no exception.