Which Cooking Oil Is Best for Your Health The Answer May Surprise You!

Hello everyone, today we are exploring the question of which cooking oil is actually the healthier choice for us?
In this comparison, we will look at the fat content of olive oil to butter to help you answer this question and choose the best cooking oil for you!

Q1:Are fats good for you? 

What happens to your body when you eat low-fat recipes? In order to understand how to choose the best oils and fats, what you need to know is what exactly are their components? As well as what their smoke point is in degrees to help you determine how to go about cooking.

Typically oils and fats contain many different types of fats, including fatty acid molecules, which are derived from animals and plants through processing, and vegetable oils can be chemically or mechanically processed. You may have heard of virgin olive oil or extra virgin olive oil. This means that this olive oil can only be mechanically processed and cannot be extracted using chemicals or heat.

Extra virgin olive oil is supposed to be fruity and less acidic because it is made from superior fresh olives, olive oil is obviously a dirty business and a lot of people use fake vegetable oils to sell as olive oil.

Q2:How can we buy good quality olive oil?

There is no standard quality assurance, but from my research it seems that there are superior 6 steps to get your hands on pure olive oil. 
1: extra vignin 
2: Harvest data (with reliable dates)
3: single producer or estate 
4: FFA<0.8 (check your olive oil for free fatty acid levels)
5: THIRD PARTY SEAL (e.g. EU Protected Designation of Origin PDO, Italian DOP)
6: AUSTRALIA OR CHILE (these two are legal places of origin)

Q3:What is fat made of?

Now let's define the 2 terms oil and fat, both of which contain a variety of different fats. Of these fatty acids are the most common, a segment of a fatty acid is linked in one carbon, two oxygens and one hydrogen. The modified groups are collectively known as carboxylic acid groups, hence the name fatty acid, but it is not as corrosive as a typical acid, but he can lower the PH level in our blood. 
Therefore, if you eat a lot of fatty acids, then you are eating acid, even though it does not taste great, it contains different types of fats, (steroids, fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, transfats). There are many different players in these fats and they each do different behaviours in your body, when you eat animal and plant products you may be eating all of them, for example a sterol called cholesterol, which is only found in animals (beef, eggs), he is extremely important for binding cells together the structure of cell membranes.
Cholesterol is extremely important for the production of other hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol and aldosterone.
Therefore, the body can make cholesterol on its own because it doesn't want to wait for you to eat to produce cholesterol because you probably won't eat. All the fats you say you eat, except for 2 fatty acids, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. You can't make or break trans fats, they are not essential and are definitely harmful. This is why TWINKIES last so long, because bacteria can't break it down. Therefore trans fat builds up in our bodies and it is toxic.
The omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids are known as unsaturated fatty acids and they for you have to get them from your diet.

Here are the foods that are rich in omega 3:
salmon
macherel
sardines
herring
tuna

Here are the foods that are OMEGA 3 in small amounts:
flaxseed
chia seed
walnuts
If you are deficient in OMEGA 3, you may experience symptoms such as skin irritation, thinning hair, dry eyes, joint pain etc. Research also suggests that OMEGA 3 fats may help prevent cancer, protect your eyesight, and avoid autoimmune diseases.

Unfortunately, Americans' intake of OMEGA 3 is woefully inadequate. Of course, you can also take OMEGA 3 products that directly convert the linolenic acid in your body into EPA and DHA, the active forms of OMEGA 3 that are beneficial to your body.
 But as for how much you need to consume per day, there is not really an exact amount. But excessive intake of OEMGA 3 may cause bleeding. Therefore, we recommend that OEMGA 3 be taken only as a supplement.

Q4:What are the benefits of OEMGA 3?

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Many European mothers often give their children cod liver oil to prevent some common diseases, such as colds, rheumatism, rickets and skin diseases.
Because cod liver oil contains not only OMEGA 3 fatty acids, but also vitamin A and vitamin D, smearing cod liver oil on the skin can also treat eczema. However, it is important to note that when taking fish oil, make sure that it is reliable and does not contain heavy metals. If you are vegan, then algae oil is perfect for you as fish actually get OMEGA 3 from algae oil .
Therefore, the best cooking oils are those with a high smoke point and high OMEGA 3 content. It seems that mustard seed oil fulfils these 2 requirements. But mustard seed oil contains an erucic acid known to cause malnutrition and is a cardiotoxin and the FDA banned the use of mustard seed oil as a cooking oil, which I was really surprised to find out when I was on the shelves.
Canola oil seems to be healthier than olive oil if we compare only smoke shops and OMEGA 3 content. For salads, flaxseed and walnut oils seem to be sources of OMEGA 3 fatty acids. I wouldn't cook with it because it has a low smoke point.

Once cooking oil has been heated and used, do not use it again and again. Some studies have shown that after 90 days, the omega 3 content of the oil will be reduced by half. 

Q5:What's a smoke point?

All oil combustion produces smoke and toxic gases, so the higher the temperature, the more toxic compounds are produced by oxidation, and they can form compounds like acrylamide, which is classified as a human carcinogen. Don't forget to switch on the exhaust fan so that you don't inhale toxic gases.

Now, the way you cook your food can turn healthy food into toxic food. Grilling and rotisserie are the worst ways to cook with the highest heating temperatures, which can reach up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Now baking can achieve the same results and can be done at lower temperatures. Put a bowl of water in the oven to moisten the air. Tossing on the cooker can reach temperatures of about 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Gas ovens are worse than electric circuits because the gas is toxic. For this reason, I don't use a gas stove anymore and have bought some cheap electric camping stoves for cooking. Deep frying is also bad, the temperature it reaches depends on the smoke point of the oil, and when you see smoke, know that it is toxic gas and it will harm you. Especially when lungs, even if you haven't eaten that food yet.

So, taking wet cooking is always best, pressure cooking can reach temperatures up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and boiling can reach temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius, depending on the altitude you are at

Q6:What are the benefits of OEMGA 6?

omega 6 as another unsaturated fat, people who consume enough unsaturated fats now have lower levels of LDL cholesterol, which reduces the risk of stroke and heart disease. There are several OMEGA 6 fatty acids, including linoleic acid and arachidonic acid. Your body can make arachidonic acid, but step can make linoleic acid。
So what you need to eat comes from plants, and the good news is that almost everyone can consume a superb amount of OMEGA 6 fatty acids because this fatty acid is abundant in processed foods and vegetable oils. The bad news is that, like most things in life, too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing, like vitamin A. People need it to stay healthy, but if you consume too much vitamin A, you can develop vitamin A toxicity. This is usually caused by supplement abuse, and people with liver disease are most likely to receive it.
Another thing is that there is competition between OMEGA 3 and OEMGA 6. The goal now is to not consume too much OMEGA 6 so that OMEGA 3 doesn't get crowded out. You can actually measure the amount of OMEGA 6 and OMEGA 3 you have yourself. By looking at the cell membranes of red blood cells.
If you're a meat eater, you're actually getting most of your arachidonic acid from meat, and pork is high in arachidonic acid.
You need to know which has a higher chance of having the wrong heart attack after Thanksgiving or Christmas? According to speculation, partly because of exactly what causes atrial fibrillation, some people may be stressed, but who isn't stressed the rest of the year?
A lot of times during the year overeating, especially Thanksgiving a lot of people eat excessive amounts of ham. So if you're concerned about elevated arachidonic acid, you should seek ways to reduce stress and reduce your consumption of animal products rich in arachidonic acid, especially poultry, duck being the worst, and studies have found that consuming oils high in oleic acid reduces arachidonic acid levels.
You can get oleic acid from extra virgin olive oil, did you know that oleic acid also keeps cholesterol synthesis and improves insulin sensitivity. This is another reason why you can improve your cardiovascular health by switching to the right oils that will lower your cholesterol and improve your blood sugar.
The average American eats 10 tablespoons of vegetable oil per day, which suggests less than 26 milligrams of omega6 fatty acids, while a serving of chicken contains hundreds of grams of arachidonic acid . Every animal body contains fat, cells are made up of fat to form cell membranes, even the leanest chicken breast, he has 18% fat.