Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SBiSuettNcg   America’s favorite edible oil, known to drive obesity, fatty livers, and diabetes, now appears to negatively impact a key brain center.  Molecular biologists at UC-Riverside report their latest mouse model studies of soybean oil, frequently used to fry fast foods and nourish livestock.   The oil interferes with critical gene actions in the hypothalamus that control body temperature, body weight, and reproduction.  Soybean oil reduces production of oxytocin, the hormone involved in social interactions, reproduction, and parental-baby bonding.   Other soy products including soy sauce, soy milk, tofu, and edamame are not implicated.  Until we know more, don’t buy or use soybean oil and question the restaurants you frequent about which cooking oil they use.   Poonamjot Deol, Elena Kozlova, Matthew Valdez, Catherine Ho, Ei-Wen Yang, Holly Richardson, Gwendolyn Gonzalez, Edward Truong, Jack Reid, Joseph Valdez, Jonathan R Deans, Jose Martinez-Lomeli, Jane R Evans, Tao Jian