What's the healthiest cooking oil to use?!

Canola oil is the healthiest cooking oil

Save the healthy Extra Virgin Olive Oil for making salad dressings and dips

Olive Oil is very good but it burns at a low temp. Extra Virgin is best for salads, but for cooking, look for Extra Light Olive Oil. Extra Light is also good for baking as it has no olive taste. (Try using 1/2 extra light olive oil and 1/2 applesause for any baking oil requirement for good taste, fewer calories and much more healthy baked foods.) Extra Light isn't as healthy as Extra Virgin, First Cold Pressed olive oil, but it's better than most for cooking.

So for regular eating in salads, try using the Extra Virgin, First Cold Pressed but for cooking Extra Light.

Lessons learned on our journey to healthy eating.

All oils are pure fat and have roughly the same calorific value, but not all fats are bad for you. Saturated fats are bad and increase your cholesterol level, monounsaturated fats are actually GOOD for you and lower your bad cholesterol level while increasing your good cholesterol, and polyunsaturated fats are somewhat healthy - they lower both your bad cholesterol and your good cholesterol levels.

Vegetable oil is a blend of cheap oils and likely to be high in saturated fat.

Four of the healthiest oils are sunflower, olive, rapeseed/canola and hemp. They all have between 1 and 2 grams of saturated fat per tablespoon. Olive and rapeseed/canola are particularly high in the good fats, with between 9 and 10 grams of monounsaturates per tablespoon. Sunflower and hemp are both highest in polyunsaturates, including Omega 3s, 6s and 9s. Peanut oil is also very high in monounsaturates, but can be an indicator in allergies so take care. Rice bran oil is very good too.

This article might make things clearer!
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/refe…

I cook with coconut oil.

I only use olive oil after I've cooked food or on salads.

"Virgin Coconut Oil is a food, and is one of the best cooking oils you can use. It has been a staple cooking oil for thousands of years in tropical climates. As a cooking oil, its chemical structure is kept in tact and therefore is resistant to mutations of fatty acid chains even when used in higher cooking temperatures, unlike most vegetable oils. Research shows that the medium chain fatty acids found in coconut oil boosts the body’s metabolism, raises body temperatures, and helps provide greater energy which can lead to weight loss."
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Olive oil is considered healthy because it is low in saturated fat and high in good fats your body needs, but its not the only one. Olive oil also imparts lots of flavor into a food and it isn't ideal for frying either. I wouldn't use it to make mayonnaise but I love it to saute veggies and meats. A good heart healthy oil to use for frying is canola, or even something like smart balance brand of oil which is a combination of healthy oils used to replace vegetable oil.

Flax seed oil is another healthy delicious oil you can try, but it also imparts flavor into the food as well, but its really delicious in dressings.

Extra virgin olive oil is the best for all type of cooking.
Extra virgin olive oil is the product of the first pressure on the olives and then the product "Extra virgin", the next pressure: Extra olive oil, the next olive oil, the next.....

use duck/goose fat it makes it crispy ,has a lovely flavour and has no cholesterol.

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