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Which cooking oil is the healthiest?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2543" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200903-which-cooking-oil-is-the-healthiest" target="_blank"><strong>Which cooking oil is the healthiest? - BBC</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Oils are all packed with fat and calories, but their chemistry – and effect on our health – can be very different. </p><p></p><p>ooking oils are a kitchen staple. But there’s a lot of conflicting information regarding how healthy each of them are. With so many on the shelves – from coconut to olive, vegetable to canola, avocado to rapeseed oil – how do we know which ones to use, and if we should be avoiding any altogether?</p><p></p><p>Oils used for cooking tend to get their name from the nut, seeds, fruits, plants or cereals they’re extracted from, either by methods of crushing, pressing, or processing. They’re characterised by their high fat content, including saturated fat, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.</p><p></p><p>In recent years, coconut oil, which is around 90% saturated fat, has become the latest trendy “superfood”. It’s been hailed as a superfood (including that it's less likely to be stored in the body as fat and <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/health-benefits-coconut-oil" target="_blank">more likely to be expended as energy</a>) – but one <a href="https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/ae331eb1-8576-4228-8562-569efc2a9ee7" target="_blank">Harvard University epidemiologist calls it “pure poison”</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2543, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200903-which-cooking-oil-is-the-healthiest'][B]Which cooking oil is the healthiest? - BBC[/B][/URL] Oils are all packed with fat and calories, but their chemistry – and effect on our health – can be very different. ooking oils are a kitchen staple. But there’s a lot of conflicting information regarding how healthy each of them are. With so many on the shelves – from coconut to olive, vegetable to canola, avocado to rapeseed oil – how do we know which ones to use, and if we should be avoiding any altogether? Oils used for cooking tend to get their name from the nut, seeds, fruits, plants or cereals they’re extracted from, either by methods of crushing, pressing, or processing. They’re characterised by their high fat content, including saturated fat, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. In recent years, coconut oil, which is around 90% saturated fat, has become the latest trendy “superfood”. It’s been hailed as a superfood (including that it's less likely to be stored in the body as fat and [URL='https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/health-benefits-coconut-oil']more likely to be expended as energy[/URL]) – but one [URL='https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/ae331eb1-8576-4228-8562-569efc2a9ee7']Harvard University epidemiologist calls it “pure poison”[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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