A Taiwanese research group reports that frying oil may increase risk of diabetes.
Mice fed the equivalent of a fried-food diet had reduced insulin secretion and high blood glucose levels. One very important finding was that islets of langerhans (the tissue that produces insulin, as well as glucagon) showed signs of damage. Glucagon and insulin work together to keep blood sugar stable. It seems likely that oxidative damage would occur throughout the body, so its probably best to avoid fried food even if diabetes or metabolic syndrome is not one of your concerns.
In brief, a diet high in fried food may put people at risk of diabetes or metabolic disorder by interfering with production of hormones regulating blood sugar. Vitamin E is an important anti-oxidant and is protective against the effects of High Oxidized Frying Oil. It has also been found that adding Vitamin E to the diet reduces the effects of an Oxidized Fat diet.
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Ya-Fan Chiang, Huey-Mei Shaw, Mei-Fang Yang, Chih-Yang Huang, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh and Pei-Min Chao (2010). Dietary oxidised frying oil causes oxidative damage of pancreatic islets and impairment of insulin secretion, effects associated with vitamin E deficiency British Journal of Nutrition : 10.1017/S0007114510005039
Chao, P., Huang, H., Liao, C., Huang, S., & Huang, C. (2007). A high oxidised frying oil content diet is less adipogenic, but induces glucose intolerance in rodents British Journal of Nutrition, 98 (01) DOI: 10.1017/S000711450769000X
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