Lard is an animal oil, the main component of which is fat. As one of the three nutrients, fat is harmless. Fat can provide energy for human body, is an important part of cells, and can also promote the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K and E. Lard also contains many other nutrients, such as zinc, vitamin A and vitamin E. Chinese medicine also believes that lard can strengthen the spleen, help digest food, and can also replenish the lungs and relieve cough. Moreover, lard has a unique fragrance, which can greatly increase people's appetite with green vegetables.

But it turns out that everything is the opposite. Although lard is delicious, you can't eat more. Eating too much lard can easily lead to obesity. 40% of the fat in lard is saturated fatty acid, which will increase cholesterol and increase the risk of coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Obesity is also a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and stroke. Therefore, it is ok to eat lard occasionally as a flavoring agent, but it is not recommended to use lard as a household oil. Excessive consumption of lard is really harmful to health.

Nutritionist: There is no bad food, only bad collocation. "In fact, it cannot be said that lard has been rehabilitated." Tan Rongshao, director of the Nutrition Department of Guangzhou Red Cross Society, said that when people say that a certain food is good and a certain food is bad, it is often said that as far as individual nutrients are concerned, they are "only looking at one, not as good as the rest".

And all foods are a combination of various nutrients; Our daily meal is a combination of various foods. "In our nutrition, we have never said what kind of food is good and what kind of food is not good. Any food is useful to us. " Tan said to him:

Take lard for example, it does contain a lot of nutrients. He gives patients a nutritious meal list every day, and also asks patients to stir-fry and fish with lard. But it is aimed at patients with poor appetite and malnutrition. "What they need is to replenish energy, and lard has the characteristics of high energy and attractive aroma to stimulate appetite, which just allows them to eat. Eating it is better than not eating it." But if you don't eat anything else, just eat lard as a meal, it will cause some overnutrition and some undernutrition, which will lead to illness.

If lard is compared with butter containing a lot of trans fatty acids, lard is obviously more in line with the definition of health, and butter is easy to compare. Foreign media reports also pointed out that lard is healthier than mutton fat and butter.