Vegetable butter, also known as hydrogenated oil, is harmful to human health. Hydrogenated oil is widely used in food baking fields such as bread, cheese, margarine, cakes and biscuits. Hydrogenated oil will produce a large number of trans fatty acids, increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and lead to female infertility, so that some scientists compare the harm of hydrogenated oil with DDT, a widely used pesticide in the last century.

Harm of trans fatty acids

1, increase blood cholesterol level, increase the risk of heart and brain diseases, accelerate arteriosclerosis and promote the occurrence of coronary heart disease. Statistics from American research institutions show that if the daily intake of trans fats increases by 2%, the risk of coronary heart disease will double.

2, increasing blood viscosity and cohesion, leading to thrombosis and damaging vascular function;

3, inducing diseases such as tumors, asthma and allergies; Reduce insulin sensitivity and increase the risk of diabetes;

4, leading to obesity: in the same energy intake, the more trans fats, the easier it is to cause obesity, especially abdominal obesity. Therefore, eating 1 trans fat is equivalent to eating 7 mouthfuls of ordinary fat or 4 mouthfuls of fat.

5, affecting men's health, reducing male androgen levels and affecting sperm production; It may also lead to female infertility.

6. It is bad for children's nervous system and affects memory; It also interferes with the metabolism of essential fatty acids and adversely affects the growth and development of adolescents;

7, cause premature aging of the brain, and promote the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease.