Should we eat lard or cooking oil, how to eat it to be best for health?

GĐXH - You should balance the amount of oil and fat. If you have to fry, you should reduce the amount of oil and replace it with fat.

Lard and cooking oil are familiar ingredients that make dishes more attractive and delicious. According to Master, Doctor Nguyen Hoai Vu, Department of Cardiology - Tam Anh General Hospital , Hanoi , lard and cooking oil both provide fat and participate in many activities of the body.

Lard contains a lot of saturated fat, vitamin A, vitamin D; can regenerate cholesterol. Lard also contains components that make up nerve cells that vegetable oil does not have. However, lard is more difficult to absorb than oil.

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Vegetable oils include unsaturated fats, vitamin E, vitamin K, etc. Due to the unbalanced ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, consuming too much cooking oil increases the risk of inflammatory reactions in the body. Cooking oil is easily oxidized, so it is quickly absorbed in the intestines, and at the same time, it is easily changed in nature and can form substances that are not beneficial to health.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh - Institute of Biotechnology and Food - Hanoi University of Science and Technology, nowadays people mainly eat oil, but this product is easily oxidized. On the other hand, under the effect of high temperature, oil can burn, changing its nature. Therefore, you should reduce the amount of oil for frying, replacing it with lard.

Balance the amount of oil and fat, if you have to fry, you should fry with lard. However, lard also has a high content of saturated fatty acids, if you use too much, it will be too much, this is the cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Excessive use of cooking oil and lard leads to excess fat, causing weight gain, dyslipidemia, fatty liver, atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke... Therefore, you should use a reasonable amount, alternating lard and vegetable oil in your daily diet.

How to eat lard and cooking oil is best for health?

Dr. Vu recommends the amount of fat used daily and how to use fats and oils to stabilize cardiovascular health as follows:

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- Diet should not exceed 30% of calories from fat.

- For normal adults and children over 1 year old, the amount of vegetable oil and animal fat used is in a 50 - 50 ratio.

- For children under 1 year old, the ratio of fat to oil is 70 - 30.

- People who are overweight, obese, have dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases should only use vegetable oils. Vegetable oils that are good for health include olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, etc.

- Use appropriate heat for fried and stir-fried dishes to avoid changes in the quality of oil and fat: stir-frying temperature is about 120 degrees Celsius, frying temperature is from 160 - 180 degrees Celsius, baking temperature is 180 degrees Celsius.

- Do not reuse grease more than twice because the amount of toxic substances increases, possibly releasing carcinogens.

- People with cardiovascular disease need to pay attention to their diet and daily activities. If you have symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, shortness of breath... or suspect a relapse, you should go to a Cardiology specialist for examination and treatment.

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