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Vegetable oils have been recommended as a healthier alternative to saturated animal fats for decades. But emerging data suggest the opposite—at least when it comes to the heavily refined, denatured seed oils most people are consuming.
Most vegetable oils, which primarily consist of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, are more prone to oxidation than saturated animal fats.
This oxidation can lead to inflammation and the formation of cancer-causing byproducts, such as aldehydes, according to professor Martin Grootveld from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom, who specializes in bioanalytical chemistry and chemical pathology….