导读:你是不是每天都在用蔬菜油做饭？你是不是觉得动物油不健康，橄榄油太贵？科学表明，虽然蔬菜油便宜并且易于烹饪，它仍会增加患痴呆的风险。
Eating a diet rich in vegetable oil could put you at risk for dementia, experts claim.
专家称，食用富含植物油的食品会置你于痴呆的风险之中。
Emerging research shows the oil is more likely than others to cause plaque build up in the brain, a known precursor to serious neurodegenerative diseases.
新兴研究表明，植物油比其他种类的油更易造成大脑斑块淤积，众所周知，这是严重神经退行性疾病的前兆。
In the mid-20th century, Americans were increasingly concerned about the growing rate of heart disease and were told to ditch saturated fats - such as butter and cream - in favor of vegetable oil.
20世纪中叶，美国人越来越关注心脏病的增长率，并被告知弃用诸如黄油和奶油等含有的饱和脂肪酸，倾向于用植物油。
But Dr Catherine Shanahan, a nutritionist and family physician, says this was a serious mistake.
但是，营养学家和家庭医生凯瑟琳博士说，这是一个严重的错误。
Dr Shanahan explains that in the 1950s, consumers were told to stop eating saturated fats and turn to products like vegetable oil, which soon became a pantry staple. But there was another factor to its popularity.
凯瑟琳博士说，20世纪50年代时，消费者们被告知停止食用饱和脂肪酸，转向蔬菜油之类的产品，这很快便成为一种厨房主食。但是促成它人气的还有另一个因素。
She told Daily Mail Online: ’Restaurants and other establishments turned to vegetable oil because of the cost and availability. Olive oil is 10 to 50 times more expensive than vegetable oil.
她告诉《线上每日邮报》：“餐厅和其它机构出于对成本和可用性的考虑，转向蔬菜油。橄榄油比蔬菜油贵10-50倍。”
’Also, it’s very easy to use in cooking because there’s not a high smoke point and it doesn’t have a flavor like olive oil. So it has a one-size-fits-all factor.’
“同样地，做饭时使用蔬菜油也很方便，因为它烟点低，没有橄榄油的那种味道。所以它是厨房的万全之策。”
Vegetable oils comes in a variety of forms - canola, palm, corn, soy, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, rice bran and grapeseed.
蔬菜油种类多样——菜籽油、棕榈油、玉米油、大豆油、葵花籽油、红花油、棉籽油、米糠油和葡萄籽油。
