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Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

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Re: Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

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What is soybean oil traditionally called in the US? I've never actually seen "soybean oil" myself (though it surely exists). Is this the same as "vegetable oil"?

"Vegetable oil" can be soybean oil but it can also be other things. And I do often see "soybean oil", or something like "vegetable oil (soy and/or palm and/or canola)" in a list of ingredients.

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What is soybean oil traditionally called in the US? I've never actually seen "soybean oil" myself (though it surely exists). Is this the same as "vegetable oil"?

Yes, soybean oil is marketed as vegetable oil, e.g. Crisco vegetable oil is soybean based.

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TLDR; I spent way too long thinking about this in the short time I looked at it. I still want to post my rambling but at the same time take it all with a good dash of salt. That title though. Why does the UoC feel the need to use clickbait titles? I guess it becomes a mouthful when it is "America's most consumed cooking oil, which is soybean oil, causes genetic changes in the brain." But my first though is ... I've n…

Yes, vegetable oil is typically soybean oil.

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Soybean oil the most widely consumed? I would never have guessed. Figured canola would be.

I figured the cheapest oil ( vegetable, canola, etc ) would be the most widely used cooking oil as well. I've never even heard of soybean oil let alone know anyone who uses soybean oil.

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What is soybean oil traditionally called in the US? I've never actually seen "soybean oil" myself (though it surely exists). Is this the same as "vegetable oil"?

If you check the ingredients list, it will list soybean oil. It has to for soy allergies.

From looking at cooking oils yesterday, you'll see either a mix (soy, canola, olive, etc) or a specific oil (canola) in the ingredients list.

Re: Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

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> The same UC Riverside research team found in 2015 that soybean oil induces obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, and fatty liver in mice. Then in a 2017 study, the same group learned that if soybean oil is engineered to be low in linoleic acid, it induces less obesity and insulin resistance. > “The hypothalamus regulates body weight via your metabolism, maintains body temperature, is critical for reproduction and…

It's interesting to try and square the multiple conflicting findings about the effect of the modern diet on the brain and other observed phenomena such as The Flynn Effect (https://ourworldindata.org/intelligence) that mean IQ is increasing over time.
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