Often Ignored, These Are 4 Bad Effects of Using Used Cooking Oil for Health

The use of cooking oil in food processing is still the main choice for most people in Indonesia. This is because food prepared with cooking oil such as palm oil will give a taste sensation that is savory, delicious, crunchy and addictive.

However, behind the savory and delicious taste of food prepared with palm oil or cooking oil, there are things that are harmful to health that some people often do, namely using cooking oil repeatedly, aka using used cooking oil.

So, what are the dangers that can be caused by using used cooking oil for health? Here’s the discussion.

1. Increases the Risk of Degenerative Diseases

Research has found that the use of vegetable oils, such as palm, canola, corn, soybean and sunflower oils which are heated repeatedly will form harmful chemical compounds such as 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE). When it enters the body, HNE will react with DNA and RNA and affect the performance of body cells.

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Foods that are fried in used cooking oil and contain HNE will increase the risk of causing various degenerative diseases, such as heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer’s as quoted Healthshot.com

2. Increase Blood Cholesterol Levels

Cooking oil that has been heated repeatedly will oxidize and increase the amount of saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids in it, so that it will increase LDL or bad cholesterol levels for people who consume it, as quoted NDTV.com

3. Increases the Risk of Bacterial Infections

Cooking oil that has been used or heated repeatedly is an ideal place for the growth of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria that causes botulism. Botulism itself is a serious type of food poisoning that can threaten a person’s life, as quoted Livestrong.

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4. Increases Cancer Risk

Based on studies from Food Chemistry, found the fact that used cooking oil is a source of free radicals due to the oxidation process from repeated heating. As a result, these free radicals will be absorbed into foods that are fried using used cooking oil and attack the cells in the body.

If someone consumes it too often, these free radicals will accumulate more and become a carcinogen that causes various types of cancer which are certainly very dangerous for the body.

Those were the four bad effects of using used cooking oil for health. Hope it is useful!

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