Don't eat animal fat: Misconception

Nowadays, many families do not eat animal fats because they believe that they cause diseases such as high blood fat, heart disease, and cancer. However, according to doctors, this is a wrong view.

The habit of using vegetable oil is present in most families, especially in urban areas. However, according to Dr. Hoang Sam - Director of the Vietnam Institute of Traditional Medicine, the habit of not eating animal fat is a wrong habit.

Doctor Sam said that animal fat is very good for health. In the encyclopedia of pathology volume 2, encyclopedia publisher, article "Food and Medicine" page 418, Professor of Food and Medicine Le Minh wrote: "Vegetable fat and animal fat should be present in the diet together. The ratio of animal fat and vegetable fat should be 1/1.5" The professor pointed out the mistakes of families, schools, nutrition consultants... only eating vegetable oil, not animal fat.

Many families do not eat animal fats because they believe they cause many dangerous diseases.

During the body building stage of children, the ratio of animal fat/vegetable fat = 70/30; During the body's maturity to middle age, the ratio of animal fat/vegetable fat = 50/50; During the stage of old age, the ratio of animal fat/vegetable fat = 30/70.

Doctor Sam said that there was no need to do further research, just experience that people born in the highlands, had no contact with vegetable fat, which was a luxury, only ate pork, beef, buffalo, and goat fat, so no one was nearsighted. There were many old people over 90 years old who still threaded a needle without glasses. Maybe since childhood, she had eaten enough cholesterol, Sphingosine (2-amino-4-octadecene-1,3-diol) from animal fat to create enough sphingomyelin to form the myeline sheath of the nerve at the bottom of the eye.

According to Dr. Sam, most hormones in the body are made from cholesterol. For example, if there is a lack of cholesterol, there will be no raw materials to produce Androgen, the male hormone. If there is no Androgen, there will be no way to produce Estrogen, the female hormone. A lack of cholesterol can cause sexual dysfunction.

In addition, scientists around the world have now confirmed that: animal fat contains a lot of cholesterol, which is necessary for cell structure, hormone production, especially nerve cells, which is not present in vegetable oil or if present, it is very little. Moreover, saturated fatty acids in fat, if used in moderation, will have the effect of stabilizing blood capillaries, protecting the body's circulation, preventing cerebrovascular accidents (cerebral hemorrhage...) and cardiovascular diseases.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke are the three leading causes of death for humans. If we only use vegetable oil and not animal fat, the beneficial effects of fat on our body will be reduced, which will be harmful to our health.

Therefore, nutrition experts recommend that: in daily meals, it is necessary to combine the harmonious use of both vegetable oil and animal fat, especially for young children. A reasonable diet is to have fat (fat) of animal origin/fat should be taken from vegetable oil in the ratio of 1: 1.5 or 2/3 as mentioned above... in each person's daily diet.

According to Gia dinh.net