Abstract

EDIBLE OILS: AN OVERVIEW WITH DIABETES PERSPECTIVE

Ankit Gupta and Astha Nigam*

ABSTRACT

Metabolic syndromes including diabetes, obesity along with dyslipidemia have become a growing health problem affecting the quality and wellbeing of human life globally. Changes in the world food economy are reflected in shifting dietary patterns, which has undergone so many swings over the ages, for example, increased consumption of energy-dense diets high in fat, particularly saturated fat, and low in unrefined carbohydrates. This shift in dietary habit, accompanied by reduced physical activity and leisure period lead to increase in diabetes and obesity over time. Edible oils derived from plant sources like olive, canola, avocado, palm, rice bran etc. have been suggested for their positive impacts in diabetes mellitus. These edible oils contain different proportions of fat along with minor components like tocotrienols, tocopherols, oryzanol, phytosterols which are likely related to insulin resistance and metabolic control. In this context, awareness and strategic pricing of edible oils areimportant to regulate its cheap availability and immoderate consumption which can consequently lead to adverse health effects.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Vegetable oils, PUFA, MUFA.