Natural Edible Oils: Comparative Health Aspects Of Sesame, Coconut, Mustard (Rape Seed) and Groundnut (Peanut) A Biomedical Approach
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Fats and Oils are one of the large groups of organic compounds which are of great importance in the food. We eat oils because they are readily digested and utilized in the body. The chief contribution of fats and other lipids to the diet is their energy value and also satiety value. Fats and other lipids also contribute essential fatty acids to the diet which body cannot synthesized .Fats are also act as solvents for the fat soluble vitamins such as A,D,E and K and the protamine At, the Carotene. The Fats and lipids are therefore important in the diet for number of reasons. Edible oils have significant role in diet all around the world especially in India as Indian culture is based on idealism of well beings of all creatures of the earth. Edible oils are related directly to the health aspects of all the people and also to the farmers and businessmen. From long time according to the environment of the Local region and area, various natural oil seeds like sesame mustard, ground nut and coconut have been cultivated as a source of best fat in the different countries especially in India. The oil has been extracted through eco- friendly cold pressing technique called ‘Ghani’ which extract the oil from seed very slowly at low velocity and room temperature. The extracted oil is fresh, healthy, pure, and nutritious with natural color, flavor and odor. Traditional oils like Sesame , Coconut, Mustard and Groundnut oils are being used in India from long time, which may be used in cooking vegetables, deep frying and for storage purposes as pickles , therefore the fact is that mostly oil is treated at high temperature or stored for long period. Literature survey reveals that rancidity and reversion are found to be the major problems in the use of vegetable oils, which are caused due to tendency of unsaturated fatty acids to oxidize during thermal treatment and storage. This may be attributed to the fact that oil containing more poly unsaturation (PUFA) reacts more rapidly with air and rancidity and reversion like phenomenon takes place readily. Some other reactions like Oxidative polymerization and hydrogenation can occur during their thermal abuse and longer storage. According to literature of ancient Ayurveda sesame oil is the best for edible purposes and which has been used as dressing oil on freshly cooked traditional food items made by regional food grains which are very nutritious in all means, though mustard, groundnut and coconut oils are not only healthy but possess medicinal properties as well [1,2] whereas Safflower oil is said worst for eaten as an oil [1]. In the last few years these native edible oils have been supplanted by introducing recent oils such as palm, soybean, sunflower and safflower which have never been used in any part for traditional nutritious food of local region in world and India. Indepth scientific studies of these oils support traditional (Ayurveda) understanding and indicate that these new oils extracted and treated chemically are not only undesirable but are harmful for health, especially in Indian cuisine where they are mostly used for frying and for pickles.
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Rashmi Sharma, Arun Kumar Sharma
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