May 31/New Delhi, India/foodconsumer.org -- A new study in the May 2011 issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research suggests that eating soybean oil may boost cancer risk compared to eating a type of butter called cow ghee, a type of butter used in South Asian cuisine.
R. Rani and V.K. Kansal of National Dairy Research Institute in Haryana, India tested both soybean oil and cow ghee in female rats that were at higher risk of mammary cancer because they were exposed to carcinogen 1,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA).