No, your refined cooking oil cannot be heart-friendly nor can it control your diabetes
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The Truth About Hexane
Reusing refined oil which is a very common practice at restaurants and even at homes in India produces toxic elements that may cause cancer. Health risks increase more when oils are turned into solid fats like shortening or margarine. These contain harmful trans fats which have been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks. The WHO has actually been trying to eliminate trans fats from the food supply chain. And here is where palm oil comes in. Palm oil has up to 50% saturated fat content and it helps the process of solidification of other oils faster during the process of hydrogenation. It also helps control levels of trans fats in hydrogenated vegetable oil mixtures. One liter of cold pressed or extra virgin
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