Why does frying food make it unhealthy?
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It isn’t unhealthy, necessarily. Anything in excess is bad for you, but eating fried food isn’t inherently bad. Oil contains fat and when you fry something in oil, especially if it’s absorbent, it will increase its fat content. If you eat a bunch of fried chicken all the time, it will likely contribute to negative health outcomes. If you eat it a few times a month it likely won’t.
The bigger issue is if you use oils high is trans fats, and you use oil that isn’t meant for high heat. Ingesting trans fat is bad, and ingesting food cooked in low heat oils could increase your risk of consuming carcinogens and free radicals.
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