Fry in olive oil or sunflower | no increased cardiovascular risk

Fry in olive oil or sunflower oil does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

A team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid demonstrated in their research. In Viviendosanos.com tell you more about the news.

If fried, but with olive oil or sunflower

• So far no different in terms of fried and it was believed could be harmful to cardiovascular health. However, research conducted by Professor Pilar Guallar-Castillon and his team at the Autonomous University of Madrid, have made ​​an interesting discovery.

• According to their findings fried foods in olive oil or sunflower are not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease or premature death, although the people in the study consumed an average high of fried.

• The study deals specifically with unsaturated fats such as fried with olive oil or sunflower oil, not saturated fats like butter.

Research

• 40,757 healthy adults were interviewed between 29 and 69 years to learn your eating habits for 11 years. During this time underwent several surveys for detailed diet, cooking methods, and in the case of frying oil type used.

• For the duration of this study, 11 years, there were 606 incidents involving heart disease killed 1,134 of the respondents.

The results

• Study results were published in the online edition of the "British Medical Journal."

• The researchers studied 606 cardiac events and found no link with the consumption of fried foods in the diet.

• Importantly, the study was conducted in Spain where the Mediterranean diet is common to include vegetables, fish, vegetables, can not be said that the result was the same in other countries that do not follow a Mediterranean diet and consumed example greater amount of saturated fat through meat.

• What is really shown is that consumption of vegetable fats specifically olive oil and sunflower oil together with a Mediterranean diet is healthy.

• The difference is that unsaturated fats like olive oil and sunflower help not increase cholesterol and saturated fats instead of butter as the cholesterol increase.

• Foods with saturated fat, lard, organ meats, peanut butter, butter, fatty cheeses, mayonnaise, fatty meats, cakes and pastries, whole milk, shellfish and crustaceans.

• Foods with unsaturated fats: olive oil, sunflower oil, palm oil, corn oil, nuts.

Fried in moderation

• The technique of frying adds calories from fat food, and even fry in olive or sunflower oil does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease should eat fried foods in moderation. Fried foods are more calorie and this may contribute to overweight and obesity.

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