Disadvantages of reuse of cooking oil and precautions to take while reusing!

Today, everywhere people are asking the same question, 

What are the disadvantages of reusing cooking oil?

Indians are very fond of cooking food using oil. And if there are any special occasions in India or even the Indian festivals are not complete without making pooris and pakodas that are definitely deep fried.

But it has been seen that we often use the same oil again and again to prepare our food, in order to save the cost and also minimize the wastage of oil. Not only in our house, but in roadside food stalls, hotels and restaurants everywhere the oil is being reused. But, nobody ever talks about the adverse effects of repeatedly reusing the same cooking oil.

Let us understand today what happens when the cooking oil is being reused again and again

Repeated use and frying of edible oil forms Total Polar Compound (TPC) which makes it unfit for human consumption. The nutritional properties of cooking oils are also affected drastically because of reheating it again and again.

How does reuse of cooking oil impact our health?

A number of studies have proved that reheating cooking oil can:

1. Release toxins that are harmful
2. Increase the amount of trans- fats in it
3. Be no longer fresh and hence can taste or smell bad
4. Create some very harmful reactions

Reheating oil can be very harmful for people's health. It can have very severe harmful effects.

What precautions can we take in using oil for cooking?

There are some measures to reduce the harmful effects while reheating the oil. They are:

1. Do not overheat the oil for a lot of time
2. Do not add salt to foods before deep-frying
3. Avoid accumulation of food particles in the oil to minimize contamination.

However, it is always better to strictly regulate the reuse of edible oil to help save us from the harmful effects of reheated cooking oil.

Source:-1https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336800574_The_Effect_of_Repeatedly_Cooking_Oils_on_Health_and_Wealth_of_a_Country_A_Short_Communication 

2. https://fssai.gov.in/upload/media/FSSAI_NEws_Oil_Insider_30_09_2019.pdf