Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I use canola, olive and peanut oils. I don't cook and real high heat nor do I use much oil. No one really knows for sure. First they say coconut oil is bad now they say it's good. I say use 1/2 water and 1/2 oil and you won't use too much oil at all when you saute. My Grandparents deep fried in lard which we know is not healthy and they lived to be in their 90's figure that one out, it's not genetic because they lived to be this old on both sides of the family. Isis , " Robyn " <flwrdrmgirl wrote: > > Hi Kathleen, > What do they say about Canola oil?! I will google it. My family just > switched from vegetable to canola oil as one of the oils to cook with. > I am so confused now. My mom is taking a 'healthy' cooking class and > her teacher promotes Canola, grapeseed, and olive oil as an additive > (not for cooking, she says b/c the HDL levels decrease when heated). > And then they say too much soy is bad for you, so there goes > 'Vegetable oil'. So, which one is the best one to use?! Aack! > Please post links regarding this. > -Robyn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 The one thing I've heard for sure is that olive oil has a low heating point so it's not good for deep frying like regular vegetable oil is. As for canola oil (and other types of oils), well, this is wikipedia, but I think it still has a good primer on what each oil is and they have lists of references at the bottom of each page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean#Oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_oil Hope that helps a bit! Megan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I go with cooking with coconut oil...it's been way slandered... http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/coconut.htm cheers from the land of snow, ice and interminable but beautiful winter, joyce , Megan Milligan <yasminduran wrote: > > The one thing I've heard for sure is that olive oil has a low heating > point so it's not good for deep frying like regular vegetable oil is. > > As for canola oil (and other types of oils), well, this is wikipedia, > but I think it still has a good primer on what each oil is and they have > lists of references at the bottom of each page: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean#Oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_oil > > Hope that helps a bit! > > Megan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I am in the land of snow, ice and interminable but beautiful winter, too. I am in Alaska, where are you? Katie joyelissab <jb.jai.1 wrote: I go with cooking with coconut oil...it's been way slandered... http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/coconut.htm cheers from the land of snow, ice and interminable but beautiful winter, joyce , Megan Milligan <yasminduran wrote: > > The one thing I've heard for sure is that olive oil has a low heating > point so it's not good for deep frying like regular vegetable oil is. > > As for canola oil (and other types of oils), well, this is wikipedia, > but I think it still has a good primer on what each oil is and they have > lists of references at the bottom of each page: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean#Oil > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_oil > > Hope that helps a bit! > > Megan > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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