WHICH OIL IS BETTER

bena0218
bena0218 Posts: 41
in Food and Nutrition
HEY EVERYONE I WANT TO START COOKING HEALTHIER AND MY SISTER SAID USING CANOLA OIL IS BETTER TO COOK WITH AND I WANT TO KNOW WHICH OIL IS BETTER :COOKING SPRAY OR CANOLA OIL OR OLIVE OIL THANKS

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  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    cooking spray is better for keeping calories low but you can't use it in place of oil ALL the time for a few reasons:

    1. some oils (such as olive oil, coconut oil, and a few others) contain some healthy nutrients the body needs.
    2. and when you're eating "clean" adding such oils is often the easiest way to meet your daily requirements of fats (yes there is such a thing).
    3. ever tried cooking tilapia in a pan using cooking sprays instead of real oils? doesn't turn out well, and the same things apply to lots of foods.

    in general i would say use olive oil for everything that is cooking at relatively low temps (say, medium on the stove at the highest), and for higher temps use canola, coconut, or sprays.
  • xcirce
    xcirce Posts: 20 Member
    Olive Oil is the best for everything except frying.
    It has more unsaturated fat than saturated and oil is good for you in small amounts.

    No need for all caps =]
  • mjoekidd
    mjoekidd Posts: 45
    Well it depends on what you are doing with it. Are you frying food :-o

    I use extra virgin olive oil but I still restrict how much goes into my dishes. Do not use canola oil! Do not use regular olive oil because chemical processes were used to produce it.
  • bena0218
    bena0218 Posts: 41
    Well it depends on what you are doing with it. Are you frying food :-o

    I use extra virgin olive oil but I still restrict how much goes into my dishes. Do not use canola oil! Do not use regular olive oil because chemical processes were used to produce it.
    well not only frying i want to cook with it too but thanks for the advice
  • bena0218
    bena0218 Posts: 41
    cooking spray is better for keeping calories low but you can't use it in place of oil ALL the time for a few reasons:

    1. some oils (such as olive oil, coconut oil, and a few others) contain some healthy nutrients the body needs.
    2. and when you're eating "clean" adding such oils is often the easiest way to meet your daily requirements of fats (yes there is such a thing).
    3. ever tried cooking tilapia in a pan using cooking sprays instead of real oils? doesn't turn out well, and the same things apply to lots of foods.

    in general i would say use olive oil for everything that is cooking at relatively low temps (say, medium on the stove at the highest), and for higher temps use canola, coconut, or sprays.
    i get what your saying yeah i know if i use cooking spray to fry a tilapia it wont turn out very well and thanks for the advice
  • bena0218
    bena0218 Posts: 41
    Olive Oil is the best for everything except frying.
    It has more unsaturated fat than saturated and oil is good for you in small amounts.

    No need for all caps =]
    thanks i always use caps to measure it now that you told me i can stop doin that thanks
  • mjoekidd
    mjoekidd Posts: 45
    Well it depends on what you are doing with it. Are you frying food :-o

    I use extra virgin olive oil but I still restrict how much goes into my dishes. Do not use canola oil! Do not use regular olive oil because chemical processes were used to produce it.
    well not only frying i want to cook with it too but thanks for the advice

    I would not use olive oil for frying foods. I would go ahead and use Canola for that. Canola still has some health benefits. I did not want to make it seem as though it is super bad or something. Canola and olive oil have monounsaturated fats - the kind that help reduce “unhealthy” LDL cholesterol and boost “healthy” HDL cholesterol. The benefit of virgin olive oil is that it was produced mechanically and not chemically like pure olive oil. Therefore it retains the polyphenols.

    Joe
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Though many vegetable oils are healthy, if you asked nutrition experts in the medical field to choose one as the healthiest, most would likely answer extra virgin olive oil.
  • bena0218
    bena0218 Posts: 41
    Well it depends on what you are doing with it. Are you frying food :-o

    I use extra virgin olive oil but I still restrict how much goes into my dishes. Do not use canola oil! Do not use regular olive oil because chemical processes were used to produce it.
    well not only frying i want to cook with it too but thanks for the advice

    I would not use olive oil for frying foods. I would go ahead and use Canola for that. Canola still has some health benefits. I did not want to make it seem as though it is super bad or something. Canola and olive oil have monounsaturated fats - the kind that help reduce “unhealthy” LDL cholesterol and boost “healthy” HDL cholesterol. The benefit of virgin olive oil is that it was produced mechanically and not chemically like pure olive oil. Therefore it retains the polyphenols.

    Joe
    ok awesome that is what my sister had told me too but not how you said it but she said canola is better to use to cook also
  • bena0218
    bena0218 Posts: 41
    Though many vegetable oils are healthy, if you asked nutrition experts in the medical field to choose one as the healthiest, most would likely answer extra virgin olive oil.
    oh ok thanks
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Well it depends on what you are doing with it. Are you frying food :-o

    I use extra virgin olive oil but I still restrict how much goes into my dishes. Do not use canola oil! Do not use regular olive oil because chemical processes were used to produce it.
    well not only frying i want to cook with it too but thanks for the advice

    I would not use olive oil for frying foods. I would go ahead and use Canola for that. Canola still has some health benefits. I did not want to make it seem as though it is super bad or something. Canola and olive oil have monounsaturated fats - the kind that help reduce “unhealthy” LDL cholesterol and boost “healthy” HDL cholesterol. The benefit of virgin olive oil is that it was produced mechanically and not chemically like pure olive oil. Therefore it retains the polyphenols.

    Joe
    What health benefits in Refined Canola Oil are you referring to, I can't think of any?
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    why can't you fry with olive oil?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    why can't you fry with olive oil?
    You can. People tend to believe as soon as evoo is heated, all the health benefits are eradicated, not the case. Burn the oil, then most of the health benefits are compromised. To burn evoo you have to crank the heat, and if someone is cooking veg or eggs that isn't going to be a problem. Preheating a pan for a steak and then adding evoo might not be the best thing to do and I would suggest a different oil. the flip side of the coin is any refined olive oil that someone is comparing to evoo has already been compromised in the refinig process, and most veg oils are far too high in poly fats which should never see heat to begin with or in the quantity these oils provide. And if it's Canola someone thinks is a good alternative, then they should be aware of the transfats in Canola from the refining process. FYI the food and drug admin has banned canola for infant use.
  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    Nutrition wise, it's best to stick with oils high in monounsaturated fat like olive oil, these oils promote HDL (good cholesterol) to increase while polyunsaturated fat rich oils (pretty much all plant oils, not olive oil) will increase LDL (bad cholesterol).

    Canola oil is still higher in polyunsaturated fats than olive oil (not to mention than canola oil is a synthetic GMO, and long term effects are unknown).

    Coconut oil is another good oil, saturated fat is not the devil as some people make it out to be. Saturated fat raises both good and bad cholesterol but does more good since it still promotes a better ratio of good cholesterol:total cholesterol.

    I actually did an experiment on myself with these principles (consuming only coconut oil, evoo, and egg yolks as my sole fat sources) and raised my HDL to over 100mg/dL and my HDL:total cholesterol ratio was about 1:2. An ideal ratio is anything better than 1:5, so I was off the chart.

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