Some types of cooking oil may increase colon cancer risk in youth.

Cancer causing oils: Some types of cooking oils are increasing the risk of colon cancer in American youth. This has come to light in a study. However, it is said that excessive consumption of oils made from sunflower, canola, corn and grape seeds increases the risk of inflammation in the body. In this study, this conclusion was reached after studying 80 patients suffering from colon cancer. The study found that the tumors of these patients had higher levels of bioactive lipids. Such lipids develop due to the breakdown of seed oil molecules in the body. These lipids are fatal for the body in two ways. Firstly, they increase gas-burn (bloating) in the stomach and secondly, they weaken the body’s ability to fight such tumours.

Although such evidence has not been found yet, it is believed that ultraprocessed foods may prove to be more harmful. Because it contains seed oil, fat, sugar and other chemicals that increase inflammation in the digestive process.

However, the leading organizations dealing with cancer and heart disease in the US have so far said that there is no evidence that moderate levels of seed oil consumption increases the risk of colon cancer or any such tumors. But apart from this, studies are also coming out in recent times which show that excessive consumption of such edible oils or seed oils increases the risk of inflammation in the body. As a result, the risk of heart disease and diabetes increases.

A team from the University of South Florida conducted this new study. It was published in Gut Journal on Tuesday. This conclusion was reached after studying the tumors of about 80 people aged 30-85 years. 90 percent of these cases occurred in people under 50 years of age. Half the patients had stage III or IV cancer. The third had stage two cancer.

According to the study, the average American consumes about 100 pounds of seed oil per year, a thousand times more than in the 1950s. In America, in the post-World War II era, seed oiling became very popular due to advanced technologies in the field of agriculture.