Lard, commonly known as lard and meat oil, is made from the fat of big fat pigs by boiling at high temperature. The freshly cooked lard is a translucent yellowish oily liquid, which will condense into a white solid after cooling. Lard has been used for thousands of years, even decades ago, and has been the mainstream edible oil in China. In the past, almost every household loved to use it for cooking, and the fried dishes were fragrant and many people loved them. In addition to cooking, people often eat lard bibimbap. The delicious lard bibimbap is a memory of many people.

However, in recent years, the status of lard has changed dramatically. Many experts began to say that eating lard is not good and healthy, and also listed lard as an accomplice of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, thinking that vegetable oil is better. As soon as these remarks came out, many people dared not eat lard and ate vegetable oil instead. So, is lard really that terrible? There used to be several American research institutions that animal oils such as lard were not as healthy as vegetable oils, so people were advised to eat more vegetable oils. In addition, a project personnel wanted to pay attention to the fact that vegetable oil was better than animal oil, so they did relevant experiments.

The experimental results show that the incidence of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and even mortality in vegetable oil group is nearly five percentage points higher than that in animal oil group. So vegetable oil is not necessarily healthier than animals. Besides, lard is not so terrible. In fact, it is rich in nutrients, vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids, which is beneficial to human body. Although lard powder also contains more than 99%, if it is used in moderation, it will not have much impact on the body. Some friends may be worried about the cholesterol in lard. It is true that lard contains cholesterol, but some studies have found that the cholesterol content in lard is very small, not as high as that in eggs, butter or chicken that we often eat.

Therefore, it is ok to eat some lard properly. In that case, why do some experts say that eating lard is not good? This may be related to saturated fat in lard. Relevant scientific research shows that lard contains about 50% fatty acids. Eating too much lard will really accumulate more fat in people's bodies, which will make users gain weight or affect blood vessels, which is not conducive to human health. So some experts will think that eating lard is unhealthy. But in fact, everyone pays attention to lightness now, and the amount of cooking oil is just right, so don't worry.

In addition, not only lard, but also any food should not be used excessively. If you don't control your mouth a little in your life, eating fried food, junk food or other high-calorie foods often will lead to obesity and other phenomena that are not conducive to your health. Therefore, it is unreasonable to blame all the causes of some diseases on lard. Therefore, for lard, as long as the intake is controlled within a reasonable range, everyone can eat it if they want. Do you like lard or vegetable oil?