Palm oil contains more than 50% saturated fatty acids, and its nutritional quality is worse than lard. When the temperature drops, it will condense into a white solid like lard. Long-term consumption of palm oil will lead to excessive intake of saturated fatty acids in human serum, which will lead to the increase of cholesterol, triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein, thus causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Palm oil introduction
Although palm oil is the second largest edible oil in the world after soybean oil, it is also the cheapest edible oil in the international market. However, we seldom use it for cooking in our daily life. Mainly because palm oil contains a large number of saturated fatty acids, namely palmitic acid and stearic acid, the total * * * can reach more than 50%, which is harmful to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.
Therefore, if it is eaten as daily edible oil, the harm to the body can be imagined.
Although palm oil is not used as daily edible oil, it may be contained in many foods. Such as fried food, instant noodles, potato chips, biscuits, snacks, hydrogenated oil, blended oil, etc. Palm oil is regarded as an important oil of these foods, on the one hand, because hydrogenated vegetable oil is harmful and customers don't recognize it.