Researchers from the University of Chicago also noted that eating deep-fried foods in high temperatures has been linked with metabolic disorders. It is also noted that long-term deep-fried oil supplementation can contribute to neurodegeneration. Fast food chains are known to reuse oil over one day, a few days or weeks.
Researchers from the University of Chicago also noted that eating deep-fried foods in high temperatures have been linked with metabolic disorders.
New Delhi: Fried foods might be the source of happiness on days when one feels too low or when you are in the mood to gorge on some unhealthy treats like French fries, fried chicken, or even chips. However, as per a new study, binge eating fast food can cause long-lasting brain damage not just to oneself but to unborn children as well. Scientists from the University of Chicago evaluated the effects of fried food, those prepared in old cooking oil and this, as per researchers, contains brain-damaging properties that gradually seep into the food one eats.
How does junk food affect the brain?
For this, researchers fed high-fat food cooked in reused oil to see how it affects the many signs of inflammation in the liver that are believed to speed up cognitive decline and raise dementia risk. Researchers also found more signs of brain damage in rats that were given foods cooked in reheated oil as compared to the control group. The same brain damage was also passed down to the children of the same rats.
Researchers from the University of Chicago also noted that eating deep-fried foods in high temperatures has been linked with metabolic disorders. It is also noted that long-term deep-fried oil supplementation can contribute to neurodegeneration. Fast food chains are known to reuse oil over one day, a few days or weeks.
For this study, rats were divided into five groups and they were all given standard food to eat or they were supplemented with reheated or unheated sesame or sunflower oil. The reheated oil was then used to stimulate the effects of reused frying oil. Rats that ate reheated oil had higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation in the liver. They also experienced damage to the colon. Researchers found that changes in the liver meant low movement of omega-3 fats DHA to the brain.
Omega-3 fats are essential for the brain and are found in abundance in salmon and sardines. This resulted in neurodegeneration in the rats and their children. Earlier, too, this association was established, between diet and mental health.
