People who ate soybean oil daily for a month tended to have slightly lower levels of a key inflammation signal called IL-6, though the result wasn’t strong enough to be certain.

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Foods Fortified with Soybean or Palm Oil Show No Effect on Inflammation or Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial

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2026 Feb

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Foods Fortified with Soybean or Palm Oil Show No Effect on Inflammation or Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107635

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Eating snacks with 30g of soybean oil every day for a month doesn’t make your body more inflamed or damage your blood fats, even though some people say it does.

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