I am going out on a limb here ...

MED2012COLORADO

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL is the be all and end all. You should put it in everything you cook and eat. Im convinced and thats what im doing. Every cooking show and healthy recipe all i see is with olive oil. So if i dice some potaoes up and cook them in evoo im good to go right? On my omlette, on my veggies, on my chicken, in my brushetta, ect. I am not going to disagree if someone says its evil because i just dont know, maybe it is. But for now i am consuming it daily unless someone convinces me otherwise.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

I use Olive Oil to make salad dressings. I don't cook with olive oil though. I use coconut oil for cooking oil.

prokomds

Oh my god I put olive oil on everything. Just keep in mind that there are calories involved (healthy fats that you need!), and you'll be fine.

Some people swear by coconut or other oils, I'm sure they're good too?

Kathleen_Jean

At the end of the day olive oil is just fat. Excess fat that we really just don't need (especially if you're already carrying around some extra lbs- like me!). It just takes up a lot of your calories and doesn't have any nutritional value- no vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, etc. I water sautéing my food to avoid taking in extra calories and fat. We should stick to natural fat sources- nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I learned all of this in Dr. Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book. I would highly recommend this read! It will also blow your mind about meat and dairy!

MED2012COLORADO

Oh yes i cant wait to try coconut oil also :happy: As for cooking with evoo... it is not made for high heat so i only sautee on low heat or drizzle it on when almost done cooking a lil sea salt and pepper yum!

Firefox7275

Depends what you are trying to achieve. If you are going to use it for every meal you would be better off using whole sources of oleic acid - whole olives, avocados, pecans, almonds - so that you get all the nutrients and fibre the food has to offer. Be sure you are also getting plenty of long chain omega-3s from oily fish - these are classed as essential fatty acids, monounsaturates are not.

MED2012COLORADO

At the end of the day olive oil is just fat. Excess fat that we really just don't need (especially if you're already carrying around some extra lbs- like me!). It just takes up a lot of your calories and doesn't have any nutritional value- no vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, etc. I water sautéing my food to avoid taking in extra calories and fat. We should stick to natural fat sources- nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I learned all of this in Dr. Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book. I would highly recommend this read! It will also blow your mind about meat and dairy!

I will keep this in mind. Thank you

PaleoPath4Lyfe

At the end of the day olive oil is just fat. Excess fat that we really just don't need (especially if you're already carrying around some extra lbs- like me!). It just takes up a lot of your calories and doesn't have any nutritional value- no vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, etc. I water sautéing my food to avoid taking in extra calories and fat. We should stick to natural fat sources- nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I learned all of this in Dr. Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book. I would highly recommend this read! It will also blow your mind about meat and dairy!

Eating fat doesn't make you fat. In fact, the more fat you eat the more your body will shed body fat. There is a saying.........It takes fat to burn fat.

And since when is expeller pressed extra virgin olive oil not natural? It is just the oil extracted from the olive itself and does have much nutritional value, just as coconut oil does even though it is extracted from the coconut.

MED2012COLORADO

Depends what you are trying to achieve. If you are going to use it for every meal you would be better off using whole sources of oleic acid - whole olives, avocados, pecans, almonds - so that you get all the nutrients and fibre the food has to offer. Be sure you are also getting plenty of long chain omega-3s from oily fish - these are classed as essential fatty acids, monounsaturates are not.

It is winter time in my part so the fruit stands are closed, and i get 'some" "fresh" friuit from my store but eh, i like it summer fresh. I defintley fit into my calories , i THOUGHT EVOO WAS THE GOOD FAT? As in it "helps" push out the bad fat?

RubyRed8067

From Za Za's.....Olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing..a little goes a long way, and the salad tastes great.

prokomds

Eating fat does not make you fat, eating too many calories makes you fat. And there's no such thing as certain foods helping "push out" the fat, unfortunately.

A quick google search brings up this:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01037

but also:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/olive-oils-health-benefits-its-a-slippery-question/2012/09/10/09aca37a-e257-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_story.html

Overall, if it fits into your calories, it's fine. I wouldn't take that to the extreme and say you could eat all your calories from solely olive oil... but I think putting a bit in with your veggies or meat is harmless, assuming you account for it. Generally any extreme opinion on this website is questionable at best

prokomds

Also, wikipedia, so understandably take it with a grain of salt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil#Health_effects

Some people even use olive oil as moisturizer. Next we'll be told to bathe in it

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Also, wikipedia, so understandably take it with a grain of salt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil#Health_effects

Some people even use olive oil as moisturizer. Next we'll be told to bathe in it

I know a LOT of people that use Olive oil as a hair conditioner, moisturizer and use it for oil pulling............

I don't like olives that much, so I use coconut oil for all of those things and many more.

Olive oil is a good oil for making salad dressings and that is about it.

NikkiSixGuns

Eating fat does not make you fat, eating too many calories makes you fat.

Well said. Thank you.

auzziecawth66

I honestly prefer cooking and using grapeseed oil over olive oil. It has a higher flash point so less chance of over heating and causing it to cook bad and I find it makes a nicer salad dressing too. I use to use olive oil like crazy and i still keep it on hand but not crazy obsessed about it anymore lol (also found out unless you are getting the really high end expensive stuff it has been diluted with other cheaper oils alot of the time)

lizziebeth1028

I LOVE olive oil!!!!! I love to dip crusty italian bread in it and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top! Wash it down with a glass of wine.....or three:drinker:

MED2012COLORADO

I LOVE olive oil!!!!! I love to dip crusty italian bread in it and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top! Wash it down with a glass of wine.....or three:drinker:

I secand that option! :drinker:

newjourney2015

I use Olive Oil to make salad dressings. I don't cook with olive oil though. I use coconut oil for cooking oil.

Me, too!

Moosycakes

I don't get why people think coconut oil is so healthy... I mean, it's fine if people use it on their skin or whatever, but actually putting it in your body...? It's FULL of saturated fat. So unhealthy for your heart and general wellbeing. I suppose it's just one of those fad superfoods that pop up every now and again.

I personally only ever consume high quality avocado, rice bran and extra virgin olive oils Never butter. I don't trust any solid fats because they have the highest levels of saturated fat in them.

GCLyds

All the fats I use are real. No margarine here. EVOO, Coconut oil, butter (Yes butter is good), and grapeseed oil if I need something that has no flavor and can handle heat.

GCLyds

I don't get why people think coconut oil is so healthy... I mean, it's fine if people use it on their skin or whatever, but actually putting it in your body...? It's FULL of saturated fat. So unhealthy for your heart and general wellbeing. I suppose it's just one of those fad superfoods that pop up every now and again.

I personally only ever consume high quality avocado, rice bran and extra virgin olive oils Never butter. I don't trust any solid fats because they have the highest levels of saturated fat in them.

The sat fats in coconut oil are medium chain fatty acids, and they are good for you. Google could have told you that.

cgfol1

Once a week I put EVOO through my hair and sleep with it in. Then I shampoo and condition the next morning. It makes my poor chemically treated hair soooo soft and silky

blackgold86

How is olive oil not natural??

Like everything.. Moderation!

I cook with it regularly as a spray or as a dressing

Moosycakes

I don't get why people think coconut oil is so healthy... I mean, it's fine if people use it on their skin or whatever, but actually putting it in your body...? It's FULL of saturated fat. So unhealthy for your heart and general wellbeing. I suppose it's just one of those fad superfoods that pop up every now and again.

I personally only ever consume high quality avocado, rice bran and extra virgin olive oils Never butter. I don't trust any solid fats because they have the highest levels of saturated fat in them.

The sat fats in coconut oil are medium chain fatty acids, and they are good for you. Google could have told you that.

I did Google, and found that many health organisations recommend restricting your consumption of coconut oil because they restrict the risk of heart disease:

For ease of use, all page numbers noted are PDF page numbers, not page numbers of the booklets.

http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/DietaryGuidelines2010.pdf
(Focus on pages 37-38. Note the graph on page 38, it shows coconut oil having the highest percentage of saturated fat out of every other listed fat source. Also note the first footnote in the graph which shows that the saturated fats in the oil are actually short-chain fatty acids, accounting for their solid nature.)

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2005/9241546727.pdf (World Health Organisation, go to p. 32)

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/FatsAndOils/Fats101/Tropical-Oils_UCM_306031_Article.jsp (American Heart Association)

http://www.eatright.org/Media/content.aspx?id=1590&terms=coconut+oil#.UL_8A2eZeSo (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/healthyhearts/pages/cholesterol.aspx (NHS, for the Brits )

In short, all of these organisations recommend a highlevel of restriction of coconut oil in a healthy diet- it is not a health food.

I understand that coconut oil is okay to use in MODERATION, but it seems like some people on this site use it in EVERYTHING, and that is worrying.

kaputch1980

Just learning the benefits of Coconut Oil, can someone tell me how you use it? Is it an oil that withstand high temp, or like evoo is there a low temp needed? Can you use it in everything, or just somethings? I am interested in trying it out next cooking venture, oh and is the conversion the same (1 TBSP=1 TBSP)?

Thank you

PaleoPath4Lyfe

I don't get why people think coconut oil is so healthy... I mean, it's fine if people use it on their skin or whatever, but actually putting it in your body...? It's FULL of saturated fat. So unhealthy for your heart and general wellbeing. I suppose it's just one of those fad superfoods that pop up every now and again.

I personally only ever consume high quality avocado, rice bran and extra virgin olive oils Never butter. I don't trust any solid fats because they have the highest levels of saturated fat in them.

You do know you have been lied to about saturated fat, right? They do not want to back track on nearly 60 years of telling people that saturated fat is bad while everyone has gotten fatter and sicker, so they continue their lies and their agaenda.

Here are some articles written by Doctors about how important Saturated fat is to the human body.

There is research coming out that show people that have higher cholesterol and eat higher fat way of eating (yes saturated fat) decrease the chances of getting Dementia, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, etc

I will tell you this. Breast milk is comprised of majority saturated fat for a reason. Nature does not make mistakes.

http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/04/06/saturated_fat_the_misunderstood_nutrient#axzz0zknkn0yT

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/saturated_fat.htm

http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_health_benefits.htm

Codefox

I love Olive Oil for most cooking but sometimes I don't want the flavor. You should try Grapeseed Oil when you cook your eggs. Very similar nutritional properties and it has a neutral flavor. Sometimes olive oil just doesn't seem appropriate for the cooking application but I do use it for most of my cooking! Not a fan of butter so I grease pans with OO or GS instead

trophywife24

Oh geeze I LOVE olive oil and go through a ton. I use it on my hair/face/cuticles/food/whatever. Salad me up

Daysednconfused

Thank you for this post. Now I know what the heck the EVOO is that I see posted all the time. I use EVOO, I just never knew I did!! :bigsmile:

sjohnny

Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Grapeseed oil and butter are the oils/fats I use most often for cooking - unless I'm making bacon, then I use bacon grease for things like frying eggs or making the gravy for my biscuits. I occassionally use peanut oil - especially for stir fried stuff.

sunsnstatheart

I love EVOO. I talk sweetly to it before rubbing it all over myself and making gentle but passionate love to it.