Eating a diet rich in vegetable oil could put you at risk for dementia, experts claim.

有关专家表示，食用富含植物油的食品会置你于痴呆的风险之中。

Emerging research shows the oil is more likely than others to cause plaque¹ build up in the brain, a known precursor² to serious neurodegenerative diseases.

新兴研究表明，植物油比其他种类的油更易造成大脑斑块淤积，众所周知，这是严重神经组织退化疾病的前兆。

In the mid-20th century, Americans were increasingly concerned about the growing rate of heart disease and were told to ditch saturated³ fats - such as butter and cream - in favor of vegetable oil.

20世纪中叶，美国人越来越关注心脏病的增长率，并被告知弃用诸如黄油和奶油等含有的饱和脂肪酸，倾向于用植物油。

But Dr Catherine Shanahan, a nutritionist and family physician, says this was a serious mistake.

但是，营养学家兼家庭医生凯瑟琳·沙纳汉博士表示，这是一个严重的错误。

Dr Shanahan explains that in the 1950s, consumers were told to stop eating saturated fats and turn to products like vegetable oil, which soon became a pantry staple⁴. But there was another factor to its popularity.

沙纳汉博士称，在20世纪50年代时，消费者们被告知停止食用饱和脂肪酸，转向植物油之类的产品，这很快便成为一种厨房主食。但是促成它人气的还有另一个因素。

She told Daily Mail Online: 'Restaurants and other establishments turned to vegetable oil because of the cost and availability. Olive oil is 10 to 50 times more expensive than vegetable oil.'

她在接受《线上每日邮报》采访时表示：“餐厅和其它机构出于对成本和可用性的考虑，转向植物油。橄榄油比植物油要贵10-50倍。”

'Also, it's very easy to use in cooking because there's not a high smoke point and it doesn't have a flavor like olive oil. So it has a one-size-fits-all factor.'

“同样地，做饭时使用植物油也很方便，因为它烟点低，没有橄榄油的那种味道。所以它是厨房的万全之策。”

Vegetable oils comes in a variety of forms - canola, palm, corn, soy, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, rice bran and grapeseed.

植物油的种类有很多--菜籽油、棕榈油、玉米油、大豆油、葵花籽油、红花油、棉籽油、米糠油和葡萄籽油。