Healthy Life from Oil | What are the effects of excessive intake of edible oil on health?

Excessive intake of edible oil can lead to obesity and various related chronic diseases, and it is showing a trend of younger age. The average daily cooking oil consumption per capita in Chinese households has reached 43.2 grams, and more than half of the residents consume more than the recommended upper limit of 30 grams per day. In addition, the hidden fats in deep-processed foods, especially high-saturated and high-cholesterol animal fats, hydrogenated fats, etc., are also harmful to the health of the body and cannot be ignored. The main component of edible oil is triglyceride. After each gram of edible oil is digested and absorbed by the human body, it can provide 37.6 kilojoules of energy, which is equivalent to twice the same mass of protein and glucose. If the intake of edible oil is too much, far exceeding the energy required for human physiological activities, the excess energy will be converted into fat and stored under the skin or around the organs, causing obesity. The accompanying lipid metabolism disorders, intestinal flora imbalance, chronic inflammation, etc. will further lead to a series of metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.

In 1948, obesity was defined as a disease by the International Classification of Diseases. In medicine, obesity is often referred to as the king of all diseases, the first of cancer, and the source of all diseases. The explosive growth of obesity in my country is a key cause of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, cerebral stroke, and multiple cancers. According to the "Report on the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Status of Chinese Residents (2020)", the overweight and obesity rates of Chinese residents continue to rise, and the overweight and obesity rates of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 and under 6 have reached 19% and 10.4% respectively, with a clear trend of younger age. The mortality rate caused by chronic diseases in my country accounts for 88.5%, among which the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia among residents aged 18 and above is 27.5%, 11.9%, and 8.2%, respectively. Therefore, in my country, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction have become the number one killer and the disease with the highest mortality rate. my country is the country with the largest number of diabetes patients, with 116.4 million patients in 2019 and an estimated 147.2 million by 2045. The incidence of liver cancer and colorectal cancer among Chinese residents is 293.9 per 100,000 people, and is still on the rise. The resulting medical care expenditure is also quite huge.

The type and amount of edible oil intake can affect the occurrence and development of obesity-related chronic diseases and various cancers to varying degrees. Everyone should control the intake of edible oil and eat less oil. For example, try to use an oil pot with a scale to effectively control the amount of oil used in daily cooking such as cooking, and try to reduce the intake of hidden oils from deep-processed foods such as fried foods, cakes, and instant noodles. In addition, improving the quality of edible oil intake is also particularly important. For example, try to reduce animal fats and increase the intake of vegetable oils rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. Scientific and reasonable combinations can also minimize the harm to the body caused by excessive intake of edible oil. In short, eat less oil and eat good oil.

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