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Does cottonseed oil have any medicinal effects?
Cottonseed oil, as its name implies, is the oil squeezed from cottonseed. Compared with other edible oils, cottonseed oil has many functions and functions because it contains a lot of fatty acids that our body needs. Cottonseed oil is best matched with animal fat.

1, China scholars found that eating crude cottonseed oil can cause damage to spermatogenic cells, leading to testicular atrophy, but not producing sperm, leading to infertility.

In China, farmers in cotton-producing areas once suffered from testicular atrophy and infertility due to long-term consumption of crude cottonseed oil. Gossypol is a toxic glycoside containing phenol and a strong spermicide. Gossypol is highly toxic to liver, blood vessels, intestines and nervous system. Free gossypol can also affect the loss of libido in most men.

2. The refined cottonseed oil from which gossypol has been removed is edible and will not produce the above disadvantages. According to the national hygienic standard, gossypol content is lower than 0.02%. When gossypol in cotton oil is not higher than 0.02%, it has no effect on human body.

3, cottonseed oil cottonseed oil contains a lot of essential fatty acids, it is best to mix with animal fat, because the linoleic acid content in cottonseed oil is particularly high, which can effectively inhibit the rise of cholesterol in the blood and maintain human health.