Muscat Municipality Reveals the Dangers of Oils & Fats in Seminar for Consumer Protection
Muscat Municipality, represented by the Directorate General of Health Affairs, presented a working paper entitled "fats and oils in food processing and its impact on health", as part of the seminar of the Oman Association for consumer protection.
The working paper included educational and informational aspects of the harms of oils and fats, and their direct relationship to obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other disorders that harm the body.
The paper also explained the risks of reheating frying oil several times, which leads to health complications such as stroke, obesity, chest pain, stomach pain, indigestion, and even heart disease, as high consumption of trans fats increases the levels of harmful cholesterol in the body.
Therefore, the paper has created several alternative solutions to reduce these damages, which were the use of olive oil in frying, frying without using oil, drying fried foods with paper towels, and not waiting until the food becomes brown.
It should be noted that within the objectives of Oman association for consumer protection is to raise the awareness among consumers about the quality of foods and their relationship to consumer health and safety, and to guide consumers on ways to ensure the suitability and suitability of consumables for use, especially food, which intersects with one of the most important competencies of Muscat Municipality in the field of food.