最新研究表明 植物油會增加癡呆的風險!

Eating a diet rich in vegetable oil could put you at risk for dementia, experts claim.

有關專家表示，食用富含植物油的食品會置你於癡呆的風險之中。

Emerging research shows the oil is more likely than others to cause plaque build up in the brain, a known precursor to serious neurodegenerative diseases.

新興研究表明，植物油比其他種類的油更易造成大腦斑塊淤積，衆所周知，這是嚴重神經組織退化疾病的前兆。

In the mid-20th century, Americans were increasingly concerned about the growing rate of heart disease and were told to ditch saturated fats - such as butter and cream - in favor of vegetable oil.

20世紀中葉，美國人越來越關注心臟病的增長率，並被告知棄用諸如黃油和奶油等含有的飽和脂肪酸，傾向於用植物油。

But Dr Catherine Shanahan, a nutritionist and family physician, says this was a serious mistake.

但是，營養學家兼家庭醫生凱瑟琳·沙納漢博士表示，這是一個嚴重的錯誤。

Dr Shanahan explains that in the 1950s, consumers were told to stop eating saturated fats and turn to products like vegetable oil, which soon became a pantry staple. But there was another factor to its popularity.

沙納漢博士稱，在20世紀50年代時，消費者們被告知停止食用飽和脂肪酸，轉向植物油之類的產品，這很快便成爲一種廚房主食。但是促成它人氣的還有另一個因素。

She told Daily Mail Online: 'Restaurants and other establishments turned to vegetable oil because of the cost and availability. Olive oil is 10 to 50 times more expensive than vegetable oil.'

她在接受《線上每日郵報》採訪時表示：“餐廳和其它機構出於對成本和可用性的考慮，轉向植物油。橄欖油比植物油要貴10-50倍。”

'Also, it's very easy to use in cooking because there's not a high smoke point and it doesn't have a flavor like olive oil. So it has a one-size-fits-all factor.'

“同樣地，做飯時使用植物油也很方便，因爲它煙點低，沒有橄欖油的那種味道。所以它是廚房的萬全之策。”

Vegetable oils comes in a variety of forms - canola, palm, corn, soy, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, rice bran and grapeseed.

植物油的種類有很多--菜籽油、棕櫚油、玉米油、大豆油、葵花籽油、紅花油、棉籽油、米糠油和葡萄籽油。