Is cutting fat really the right solution?

In the report, Dr. Truong Hong Son - Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam Medical Association, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Applied Medicine (VIAM) - commented that the trend of cutting fat from the diet of some people is wrong and unscientific.

Dr. Son recommends: "Fat is one of the four essential groups of substances in the body, playing many important roles such as: helping to provide energy for the body, forming nerve cell membranes, dissolving vitamins such as A, D, E, K. Fat deficiency can cause serious health problems."

At the same time, Dr. Truong Hong Son proposed a solution: Instead of eliminating or reducing, consumers need to replace harmful fat sources with beneficial fat sources found in deep-sea fish and vegetable oils such as brown rice oil, sunflower oil, and soybean oil. "This will be the key to solving this problem," Dr. Son affirmed.

Dr. Truong Hong Son recommends using beneficial fats instead of harmful fats.

Dr. Truong Hong Son has proposed criteria for choosing healthy cooking oils instead of completely cutting fat from the diet.

In fact, many Vietnamese consumers, when asked about their fat and cooking oil consumption habits, have the same concerns as Ms. Thai Kieu Ngan (42 years old), a housewife living in Ho Chi Minh City in the report: "Limit consumption of fatty meat, animal organs, and even limit fried and stir-fried dishes. But I don't know if it's right to do so. I only use vegetable oil for cooking, but I really don't know which type is good, so I only use it in moderation." Or many people will decide to choose vegetable oil based on their feelings, based on price and promotions.

Many Vietnamese housewives are confused and do not know how to choose quality cooking oil for their family.

Choose healthy fats from 3-ingredient vegetable oils

Accordingly, in the report, in addition to analyzing and affirming that using vegetable oil is a simple, convenient and effective method of adding fat to the family's daily meals, Dr. Truong Hong Son also emphasized that choosing the right type of healthy cooking oil will also contribute to improving the quality of meals and protecting the family's health. In particular, Dr. Son noted that not all cooking oils are the same, the difference comes from the ingredients, so this issue should be noted when choosing.

"Currently, in the world, WHO and prestigious health organizations such as FDA, US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have made many conclusions about the uses of 3 types of vegetable oils with many health benefits. First, brown rice oil contains abundant Gamma Oryzanol and Phytosterol content, which helps reduce cholesterol absorption from food, preventing blood fat. Second, sunflower oil supplements natural vitamin E, which has antioxidant effects. Third, soybean oil is rich in Omega 3, 6, 9, which is good for cardiovascular health. With these benefits, instead of choosing each type, using cooking oil combined from the above 3 types of oil is the optimal solution to diversify nutrients, supplementing many good fats for the body at the same time" - Mr. Son shared more.

Recently, Mintel, a world-leading market research unit, certified Neptune - the first cooking oil brand in Vietnam with a formula combining 3 ingredients: brown rice oil, sunflower oil and soybean oil.

Neptune Light is formulated with three health-promoting ingredients - ingredients that have been recommended by experts.

From here, consumers will have another optimal health option in choosing vegetable oil in the face of the trend of cutting fat. The product's unique combination formula will help inherit the benefits of each ingredient and optimize health benefits as recommended by experts.