So you’ve been told you have high cholesterol and you need to watch your fats – do you do everything you can to cut all fats from your diet? No – according to recent studies, there are a number of fats that are good for you. An article written by AskMen.com tells us all about the fats.
The “good” fats you should consider in your overall diet include Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Fish Oil, Hemp Oil, Grape Seed Oil, and Sunflower/safflower oils. I personally find Olive Oil to be my new best friend. While it isn’t easy to cook with, you can do it. You just have to keep the temperatures low and only use it in things that don’t cook for a great deal of time. In the event you need to use the oil fore for cooking, sunflower oil will probably do you very well.
The “bad” fats include Palm Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Canola Oil, and Cottonseed Oil. As you read over this list, realize these are oils you should avoid, but also realize that Partially Hydrogenated Canola Oil is not the same thing as Canola Oil. Canola Oil that has not gone through the hydrogenation process is a “good” oil that is okay to use.
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Thanks for sharing the information. There are lots of flavored olive oils that are great on salads. I like using the flavored olive oils because that changes the flavors and keeps things interesting. I have a hard time with the same thing over and over.
Where does vegetable oil fit into the picture?
I haven’t tried the flavored oils, but they sound intriguing. As far as vegetable oil, from everything I can see, it is an undesirable oil. It appears that it is typically hydrogenated, which is not a good thing.