Corn, sunflower, safflower oil health benefits challenged

CBC NEWS ^ | Nov 11, 2013 | The Canadian Press

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[Jack Hydrazine]

The best oil to use is extra virgin olive oil.

[ClearCase_guy]

Lard

It's all you really need.

[Balding_Eagle]

these oils do not carry the same heart health benefits as canola

Isn't conola the 'butter' the environazi's banned from theater popcorn?

[jjsheridan5]

Lard

It's all you really need.

Don't forget beef tallow, goose fat, duck fat, etc. Some vegetable-based oils are ok, but animal fats (at least from good sources) are better in just about every way. How canola and soybean oil got listed as "healthy" is beyond me.

[Black Agnes]

coconut oil is pretty good too.

[jjsheridan5]

Isn't conola the 'butter' the environazi's banned from theater popcorn?

I think you are thinking of coconut oil.

[Black Agnes]

Yup. We’ve avoided this stuff for 5 or 6 years now.

[bleach]

Bacon grease. My grandmother never let it go to waste. She kept a can in the fridge and added to it daily. You didn’t need no- stick skillets cause the eggs floated and never touched the bottom.

[bleach]

If Olive was a virgin, then explain Sweet Pea.

[FrdmLvr]

Coconut oil is very healthy for its medium chain triglycerides.
http://www.meltbutteryspread.com/what-are-medium-chain-fatty-acids-and-why-are-they-important-to-your-health/

[Terry L Smith]

Canola oil was first manufactured as an engine lubricant.
‘Nuff said.

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Isn't conola the 'butter' the environazi's banned from theater popcorn?

No that was coconut oil. Not only is it actually better for you, the popcorn stays fresh tasting longer.

[goodnesswins]

Add Canola Oil to that list....

[goodnesswins]

Grapeseed Oil is good for higher cooking temps, too

[carlo3b]

The best oil to use is extra virgin olive oil.

Not to be a Delbert Downer here Jack, but EVOO, is not at all a good cooking oil, or even close..

Not to get technical, unless you need me to, the burn/smoke, temperature of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, although much healthier, is very low, thus evaporation and scorch is highly prevalent..

Pomace Olive Oil, is much higher, but still lower than Extra light olive oil, and not the best yet..

Fat based oils (Lard) are far better for frying, but generally unhealthy, than many others available in grocers..

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Hey Jack!

I have heard Grape seed and Rice bran oil are more stable at higher cooking temperatures and better for cooking. Olive oil is best unrefined and unheated and used within a year of being pressed. In Europe it is often mixed (adulterated) with other cheaper lesser quality oils and sold as 100% olive oil.

I don’t think canola is healthy, I won’t use it. People say its healthy and nutty, I think it tastes rancid. It used to be used as an industrial oil, they reduced the dangerous constituent, but only reduced. I’ll get my omega 3s from fish.

[Salamander]

He was her nephew.

[Jack Hydrazine]

You do have to cook at a lower temperature with olive oil. Only get extra virgin olive oil if you are concerned about adulterated forms.

There are Omega 3s in extra virgin olive oil.