Heart: Eating more fried foods increases the risk of severe heart disease and stroke

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide.
dietary patterns are a key factor in CVD and mortality.
fried foods are popular all over the world and form part of the Western diet.
although increasingly studies have reported adverse effects of Western diets, it is unclear whether the consumption of fried foods increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
January 19, 2021, Hu Foran and others at Shenzhen University's Center for Health Sciences published a research paper entitled: Fried-food products and risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of observational studies in the journal Heart of BMJ.
the study showed that fried food intake was associated with an increased risk of serious heart disease and stroke.
western diet does not promote cardiovascular health, but it's unclear exactly how fried foods affect the risk of severe heart disease and stroke, the researchers said.
to illustrate this point, the researchers searched all the articles in PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science by April 11, 2020, and the study included 19 articles.
meta-analysis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) included 17 studies, including 562,445 participants and 36,727 major cardiovascular "events" such as heart attacks or strokes, to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease.
all-cause mortality rate was included in six studies, including 754,873 participants and 85,906 deaths, with an average monitoring period of 9.5 years to assess the potential link between fried food consumption and cardiovascular disease and death from any cause.
analysis showed that the highest consumption category was associated with a 28 percent increase in the risk of major cardiovascular events, a 22 percent increase in the risk of coronary heart disease, and a 37 percent increase in the risk of heart failure compared to the minimum consumption category for fried foods per week.
Correlation between fried food intake and risk factors for major cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality When strated according to different studies and participant characteristics, and more importantly, there was a linear association between fried food consumption and major cardiovascular events, coronary heart disease, and heart failure.
114 grams per week, these risks increased significantly by 3 percent, 2 percent, and 12 percent.
researchers say several studies have included only one fried food item, such as fried fish, potatoes or snacks, rather than the overall intake of fried foods, which may underestimate the link.
noted that it was not entirely clear how fried foods affected the development of cardiovascular disease, but suggested several possible explanations.
foods increase their energy intake due to their fat content, and they produce harmful trans fatty acids from the hydrogenated vegetable oils that are often used to cook them.
also promotes the production of chemical by-products associated with the body's inflammatory response, while foods such as fried chicken and French fries are usually high in salt and are usually accompanied by sugary drinks.
A January 2019 study published in the journal BMJ by researchers at the University of Iowa found that women who ate fried chicken every day had a 13 percent increased risk of premature death compared to women who didn't eat fried food, while fried fish (up 7 percent) had only slightly less of an effect than fried chicken.
a third of adults in North America like to eat fast food every day, which tends to contain fried foods, the researchers said.
eating fried foods increases calorie intake, increasing the risk of obesity, which is associated with increased mortality.
people have always thought that birds and fish are heart-healthy foods, but the process of frying changes the structure of food.
, the fat structure in the oil changes and is absorbed by the food, causing vascular hardening, high blood sugar and other diseases.
the health effects are greater if fried foods are eaten with high-sugar drinks and lack of fruit and vegetable intake.