(Bilingual Post) “一項由加州大學Riverside分校的研究人員進行的新研究表明， 黃豆油(也叫大豆油)不僅會導致糖尿病和肥胖，而且還會使 大腦發生基因變化，從而導致神經系統疾病，包括 焦慮症、 自閉症、 阿茲海默症、和 憂鬱症。
A new study, conducted by the researchers at UC Riverside, has reported that soybean oil not only causes diabetes and obesity but also makes genetic changes to the brain, which can lead to neurological conditions including anxiety, autism, Alzheimer’s and depression.”
“他們的發現指出，大豆油會改變下丘腦區域中約一百種不同基因的表達，從而影響包括體內慢性發炎、神經系統疾病、和新陳代謝在內的多個代謝過程。
Their findings suggested that the soybean oil modified the expression of around a hundred different genes present in the hypothalamus region, affecting several processes including inflammation, neurological diseases and metabolism.”
“研究人員懷疑大豆油中的一種名為豆甾醇的化合物可能是引起這種變化的主要原因，因此用也含有大量豆甾醇的椰子油給老鼠食用進行研究。 但是他們沒有發現耶子油中的這種化合物對老鼠的基因發生改變。 未來還需要進一步的研究來尋找是什麼分子導致這些基因變化。 根據目前的發現，研究人員敦促人們減少食用大豆油。
The researchers doubted whether a compound called stigmasterol found in soybean oil could be the main cause for the changes, and conducted the study on mice fed with a coconut oil-rich diet containing high amounts of stigmasterol. But they found no alterations in the genes from this compound. Future research is needed to find the molecule responsible for these genetic changes. The researchers have urged people to reduce the consumption of soybean oil.”
