Study Links American’s Favorite Cooking Oil to Obesity Crisis

Every day, Americans unknowingly contribute to the obesity crisis by using soybean oil in their cooking. A study at UC Riverside found that this common oil is linked to weight gain in mice. The research identified a liver protein variant that affects how the body processes linoleic acid, a key component of soybean oil, leading to obesity. The experiment results, published in the Journal of Lipid Research, shed light on the metabolic pathways behind weight gain from this widely consumed cooking oil. This discovery may help explain why some individuals are more prone to gaining weight from a high soybean oil diet than others.