What exactly does the process of frying a food break down to make it unhealthy? Does the opposite happen to unhealthy foods when fried (i.e. an Oreo)?

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What exactly does the process of frying a food break down to make it unhealthy? Does the opposite happen to unhealthy foods when fried (i.e. an Oreo)?

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It breaks down nothing different than usual cooking, but you are literally cooking it in oil. The food absorbs a decent bit of said oil, and makes it significantly less healthy for you. No you cannot make an unhealthy food healthier by coating it in breading and dipping it in boiling cooking oil, it just makes it even more unhealthy.