Healthy Life from Oil | How to combine vegetable oil and animal oil more reasonably?

Most vegetable oils are in liquid form at room temperature, such as rapeseed oil and soybean oil, while animal oils are in a solidified state, such as lard and tallow. The main difference between animal oil and vegetable oil is the different content of unsaturated fatty acids. It is generally believed that animal oil has a high content of saturated fatty acids and vegetable oil has a high content of unsaturated fatty acids, but this is not absolute. For example, fish oil is an animal oil, especially deep-sea fish oil, which contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids. Coconut oil and palm oil in vegetable oil also contain more saturated fatty acids. Therefore, both animal oil and vegetable oil should be consumed in reasonable amounts. In addition, vegetable oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and essential nutrients for human development such as vitamin E and vitamin K, which are very important for human health, but unsaturated fatty acids are prone to oxidation. If a large amount of oxidized oil is consumed, the level of peroxides in the human body will increase, promote aging, and increase the risk of disease. The saturated fatty acids in animal oil can not only provide energy, but also be stored in the body to make the skin smooth and prevent stroke and high blood pressure. However, animal oil is rich in cholesterol, and excessive consumption can easily induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, a reasonable combination of these two oils can improve human health.

In daily life, we can alternate or combine vegetable oil and animal oil in three meals a day, which is beneficial to prevent arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. In addition, we can eat more animal fats with low saturated fatty acid content, such as chicken, duck, fish (especially deep-sea fish) to control excessive intake of saturated fatty acids; infants, middle-aged and elderly people and patients with gastric ulcers should eat more vegetable oil and algae oil; patients with hyperlipidemia can eat more flaxseed oil, sunflower seed oil, safflower seed oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and fish oil rich in ω-3 fatty acids.