In this episode I’m going to discuss something that has really frustrated me in the past and that is what is the safest and healthiest oils we should be using for cooking. And it’s pretty important to know as it can have a dramatic effect on our health especially as we age through continued exposure. Especially reading and hearing that olive oil is not what you should be using for cooking got me thinking as I grew up in a household where olive oil was used for everything and I’m a big consumer of olive oil myself. So it was a great episode to research for, empowering me with the knowledge to now make a healthy choice in regards to the cooking oils I choose to use.

In this episode you’ll discover:

• Things to consider when choosing cooking oils
• Why you should avoid inhaling smoking oil
• Why you should throw away oil that begins to smoke
• How to determine an oil’s resistance to becoming rancid
• The difference between saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
• Why high polyunsaturated oils are not recommended for cooking
• Which oils to avoid and not use for cooking
• Why cold pressed oils are beneficial
• Why hydrogenated coconut oil known as copha is harmful
• Why Palm oil is not a good choice of oil to use
• The Best and healthiest oils to use for cooking
• Which country consumes the most olive oil
• Why refined coconut oil may be unhealthy
• The importance of using pasture-raised or grass-fed animal products
• How to store oils to stop them from going rancid quickly.

Items mentioned in this episode include:

• EB26: Chia up For an Energy Boost
• EB16: Coconut Oil A Superfood That Can Heal & Harm You
• French cooking oils
• Smoke Points for various cooking oils
• Toxic Substances In The Oxidation Of Fats And Oils
• Cooking oil fumes and lung cancer
• Issues associated with using high polyunsaturated oils for cooking
• Health effect of consuming heated polyunsaturated oils
• Trans fats found in retail canola and soyabean oil
• FDA guidelines for removal of trans fats from all processed foods
• Social and environmental impact of palm oil
• Cobram estate extra virgin cold pressed olive oil
• Olive oil use in cooking
• Extra virgin olive oil shown to be best at high heat cooking
• World olive oil consumption
• Factors effecting the use of coconut oil for cooking on health
• Reduced anti oxidants in refined coconut oil
• Reduced health markers in refined coconut oil
• How various coconut oils are made
• Coronary Heart Disease by country
• Grass fed vs grain fed beef
• Benefits of butter from grass fed animals
• How to make your own ghee from butter at home
• Benefits of high conjugated linoleic acid enriched ghee (clarified butter)
• Association of dietary ghee intake with coronary heart disease
• The effect of ghee (clarified butter) on serum lipid levels
• Polyunsaturated vegetable oils oxidise more than Monounsaturated Olive oil during cooking
• Increase of lipoprotein oxidation from Polyunsaturated vegetable oils compared to Olive oil
• Health effects of oxidised heated oils
• Australian supplier of organic virgin cold pressed unrefined coconut oil
• USA supplier of organic virgin cold pressed unrefined coconut oil (Affiliate link)
• Australian supplier of Extra Virgin cold pressed unrefined olive oil
• USA Extra Virgin cold pressed unrefined olive oil smoke point info
• USA supplier of Extra Virgin cold pressed olive oil (Amazon link)
• 3 tips to start the day with more energy

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