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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Frying means heating the food in oil. Some of the oil absorbs and gets eaten. That oil (fat) makes the food have more calories and the same nutrition, which unless you are underfed equates to “less healthy”.

And no, adding fry oil calories to an Oreo does not make it more healthy.