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Warning from the expert: Fat-free diet not sound and convenient!

The Academic Member, Dr. Ayşe Huri Özkarabulut, who is the Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Istanbul Gelisim University, said: ‘’It is possible to satisfy the fat requirement of the body with 10-15 hazelnuts, raw almonds or 5-6 walnuts that we may consume on daily basis.’’

The consumption of fat (oil) having substantially important position in the nutritional system left its place to alternative nutrition(s) together with rising oil prices especially in recent days. The Academic Member, Dr. Ayşe Huri Özkarabulut, who is Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Istanbul Gelisim University,   said ‘’It is necessary for us to consume fat (oil), even if just a bit, in order to take the vitamins melting in oil into our body. In this respect, we can raise the consumption of fish as an alternative to the vegetable oils and meet a part of our fat/oil requirement with oilseeds. At the same time, the fat requirement of the body may be met with 10-15 hazelnuts, raw almonds or 5-6 walnuts that we may consume on daily basis.’’  

‘’VEGETABLE OILS KEEP CHOLESTEROL UNDER CONTROL’’

The Academic Member, Dr. Ayşe Huri Özkarabulut, who is the Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Istanbul Gelisim University, and emphasized that it was absolutely necessary to take the oils that are very valuable in terms of omega such as olive oil, sunflower oil, soya, corn oil and so on externally on absolute basis said as follows: ‘’If you are not a vegan, you can take the saturated fats from the animal-origin foods and prevent the consumption of additional saturated fat consumption. However, while the olive oil from the omega-3 and omega-6, which we describe as unsaturated oils, keeps the cholesterol under control, the vegetable oils such as sunflower oil and so on, has an effect of reducing the level of cholesterol. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to take in     these types of oil externally in a balanced manner.’’

In daily life, however, the sound oil-take-in may be possible by adding walnut instead of liquid oil in salads or consuming 10-15 olives at breakfasts.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION CAUSES CANCER

Taking a proportion of 10-25 % of the polyunsaturated fats such as sunflower oil, corn oil, soya oil and so on as omega-3 prevents the cardiac diseases. These vegetable oils playing an important role in the reduction of cancer risk will definitely have to be given a place in the healthy nutrition system.

The excessive consumption of fat raises the level of cholesterol and causes the accumulation of cholesterol on the vein walls and as a result, vasoconstriction. Since the fact that such vasoconstriction will reduce the amount of blood going into the heart, it may cause a cardiac attack. In the meantime, Mrs. Özkarabulut, who indicated that there was a relationship especially between the breast cancer and oil consumption in the researches so made, also emphasized that excessively fried oil consumption increased the risk of the cancer occurrence (stomach).