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OKIsItJustMe

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Mon Jul 27, 2015, 08:26 PM Jul 2015

Soybean Oil Causes More Obesity Than Coconut Oil and Fructose

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/30416
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Soybean Oil Causes More Obesity Than Coconut Oil and Fructose[/font]
[font size=4] UC Riverside scientists found mice on high soybean oil diet showed increased levels of weight gain and diabetes compared to mice on a high fructose diet or high coconut oil diet[/font]
By Sean Nealon on July 22, 2015

[font size=3]RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A diet high in soybean oil causes more obesity and diabetes than a diet high in fructose, a sugar commonly found in soda and processed foods, according to a just published paper by scientists at the University of California, Riverside.

The scientists fed male mice a series of four diets that contained 40 percent fat, similar to what Americans currently consume. In one diet the researchers used coconut oil, which consists primarily of saturated fat. In the second diet about half of the coconut oil was replaced with soybean oil, which contains primarily polyunsaturated fats and is a main ingredient in vegetable oil. That diet corresponded with roughly the amount of soybean oil Americans currently consume.

The other two diets had added fructose, comparable to the amount consumed by many Americans. All four diets contained the same number of calories and there was no significant difference in the amount of food eaten by the mice on the diets. Thus, the researchers were able to study the effects of the different oils and fructose in the context of a constant caloric intake.

Compared to mice on the high coconut oil diet, mice on the high soybean oil diet showed increased weight gain, larger fat deposits, a fatty liver with signs of injury, diabetes and insulin resistance, all of which are part of the Metabolic Syndrome. Fructose in the diet had less severe metabolic effects than soybean oil although it did cause more negative effects in the kidney and a marked increase in prolapsed rectums, a symptom of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which like obesity is on the rise.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132672
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Soybean Oil Causes More Obesity Than Coconut Oil and Fructose (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Jul 2015 OP
What a ridiculous study. Gregorian Jul 2015 #1

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
1. What a ridiculous study.
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 08:36 PM
Jul 2015

Anyone who knows anything about insulin response could have concluded pretty much what they did without the study. Duh.

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