Which oils are best to cook with?

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Post by 7952 » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:31 AM UTC

Which oils are best to cook with?
bbc.co.uk

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Post by carlosrg » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:52 AM UTC

Good olive oil, as any mediterranean knows ;)

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Post by tkyjonathan » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:55 AM UTC

This whole article is a bunch of BS/broscience that does not consider the many many aspects of increasing processed fats into your diet.

Re: Which oils are best to cook with?

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Post by AndrewDucker » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:56 AM UTC

I switched to Lard a couple of years ago, and have never looked back.

Less oil droplets sprayed everywhere while cooking, copes well with high temperatures, and tastes great!

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Post by Jedd » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:56 AM UTC

This is very frustrating... I've always known lard is healthy, but I also thought I'd always known you shouldn't heat olive oil (low smoking point).

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Post by qznc » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:57 AM UTC

Hm, I always heared sunflower oil recommended because of the higher smoke point. Smoke is easy to detect when frying, so maybe I should try olive oil with some usual dishes. As long as it does not smoke, it should be better for me.

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Post by ousta » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:57 AM UTC

has he already tried frying with olive oil? this is literally one of the shittiest oils to fry in. First the olive flavor dissapear even before it becomes frying temperature, second it is being replaced by a rancid taste that is totally awful due to the low heat resistance of olive oil. I don't care the study it is quite obvious that Olive OIl breaks down much before Sunflower oil and as such produce nocive substances faster than Sunflower even if this guy prowed that sunflower oil was more nocive (which i don't doubt)

The best oil ever for frying is coconut oil. it is heat resistant like no other oil and the cell do not breakdown as easily than olive oil plus this taste good.

frying or deep frying with olive oil is a no go. if one had to fry something with an oil similar to olive but much more resistant then one should pick Avocado OIl which is truly a marvel of an oil.

Also what is not written there is that olive oil is not light resistant and one should not buy transparent bottled olive oil because there are chances this oil is already damaged by sunlight and lost lot of its benefits.

ghee is also a safe alternative and much higher resistance than butter

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Post by fdomig » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 11:58 AM UTC

This is the essential thing. I do prefer fat over carbohydrates and I am quite healthy with that.

    "After years of being told, and telling others, that
    saturated fat clogs your arteries and makes you fat,
    there is now mounting evidence that eating some
    saturated fats may actually help you lose weight and
    be good for the heart"

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Post by VeejayRampay » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 12:00 PM UTC

I've found that clarified butter (or its close cousin ghee) offers a very high smoke point (around 250°C or about 480°F) and is good for lactose-intolerant people. It's also extremely easy to make.

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Post by ousta » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 12:01 PM UTC

fdomig wrote: post #8

This is the essential thing. I do prefer fat over carbohydrates and I am quite healthy with that. "After years of being told, and telling others, that saturated fat clogs your arteries and makes you fat, there is now mounting evidence that eating some saturated fats may actually help you lose weight and be good for the heart"

this saying is true for healthy people. definitly not true for overweight people fed with corn syrup colas where saturated fats can be lethals paired with the high carbohydrate intak