Is sesame oil as healthy for us as olive oil?

Unrefined sesame oil has a fairly low smoke point so I wouldn't use it for frying foods for example. It would be fine for making salad dressing though. If it is toasted sesame oil you have it is quite good for drizzling a little over cooked noodles.

The healthfulness of a particular food needs context and dosage for it to be assessed properly. As far as an oil on it's own is concerned. it's a pretty decent oil when bought unrefined, as is olive oil and it's really a preference thing. Sesame oil contains almost half of it's fat from polyunsaturated fat, which may sound great, but should really never be heated when an oil has this much of it. Olive oil has 10x the vitamin E if that's important, but I consume both, just not in the same quantities.

Just for the info: if you have raw olive oil you can't fry with that either. We went to the press yesterday to get our year's worth of olive oil. Freshly pressed olive oil has an unmistakable tang to it, almost as if it's been spiked with chili. It's also dark green in color, but settles into a lighter more translucent green with time. If you get your hands on freshly pressed olive oil make sure to keep it in a tightly sealed container that does not allow light in. Light makes it lose its color and unmistakable aroma with time.

Lunawatuna wrote: »

Thanks! By the way, is rape seed oil unhealthy? I found that my feta cubes are packaged in this, with herbs.

Your in Britain, right, they call it that over there. Here it's canola oil, same same. I wouldn't and don't use it, but many do.....has some trans fats and don't like the proportions of poly fats for cooking and it smells of fish when heated, at least that's what I smell. It's popular.