The unsaturated fatty acid content of natural pure mustard oil reaches 93%, which has the gold proportion of natural fatty acid. Compared with other edible oils on the market, mustard oil has the lowest saturated fatty acid content and higher unsaturated fatty acid content, slightly lower than olive oil, but at the same time, the proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids is the best, which is 3 1%.
Fatty acid ratio is the most important index to evaluate the nutritional value of oil. The lower the saturated fatty acid of oil, the healthier it is. Cholesterol in food is not the main reason for high cholesterol in blood.
Instead, the body uses saturated oil to soften it into cholesterol, which accumulates in the liver and blood. So it is very important to reduce the intake of saturated oil.
All oils and fats contain three kinds of fatty acids, saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The intake of saturated fatty acids will increase cholesterol in the blood.
Monounsaturated fatty acids are not easy to increase blood cholesterol concentration and are not easy to be oxidized; Polyunsaturated fatty acids have been proved to reduce cholesterol in blood.
At the same time, the vitamin content of natural pure mustard oil is 73.8 mg/ 100 g. Different from other edible oils, vitamin E in mustard oil is naturally formed and is not added.
Natural vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, also known as tocopherol, and is one of the most important antioxidants. Soluble in fat, ethanol and other organic solvents, insoluble in water, stable to heat and acid, unstable to alkali, sensitive to oxygen and insensitive to heat, but the activity of vitamin E decreased obviously during frying.
Natural vitamin E has the effects of antioxidation, anti-aging and beauty beauty, and has certain effects on irregular menstruation and infertility of women and regulating male hormone secretion.
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