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I've been living in Thailand with my family for the last three years, and I've lately been wondering
about something.
A lot of food here is cooked in a lot of oil, and I'm constantly seeing smoke (definitely not steam)
coming from woks as they cook whatever I'm about to eat. I basically understand that oil polymerises
(turns to plastic) at high temperatures, and that that is carcinogenic, but I'm not sure just HOW bad it
is.
I mean, this whole country seems to run on food cooked in smoking oil, and Thailand's cancer rates
don't seem to be particularly high (they're not in the top 50 list).
From what I've seen the main oil used here is palm, I think followed by soy.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to quantify the risk? Do I need to worry about it?
Thanks!
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fhtagnfool

Drinking Man's Diet23 points·12 hours ago

This paper sheds some light on the topic:
Evaluation of Chemical and Physical Changes in Different
Commercial Oils during Heating
https://www.actascientific.com/ASNH/pdf/ASNH-02-0083.pdf
It concludes that smoke point isn't actually a relevant cutoff, rather that omega 6 oils
progressively produce more byproducts at any temperature, while saturated and mono oils are
quite stable.
So I'd want the smoking palm oil over the smoking soy oil, if given the choice.
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melaberb

3 points·4 hours ago

Not directly related to your question - but still a good (narrativ) article however he has a really
good "science-rep" in the fitness comunity.https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-quest-
for-optimal-cooking-oil-heat.html
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3 points·7 hours ago
https://www.breaknutrition.com/omega-6-fatty-acids-alternative-hypothesis-diseases-civilization/
https://www.breaknutrition.com/episode-23-tucker-goodrich-dishes-bad-fats
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oehaut

7 points·5 hours ago

Would it be possible for you to link to the evidences used in these article that are relevant to OP
question? After a quick glance, they seem to address much more than what OP asked about, and I
am not too sure how relevant they are to the question that was asked.
Thanks!
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