If you’re trying to get healthier, you probably want to know where to focus your food efforts. Should you spend extra on organic to avoid glyphosate? Or avoid seed oils? Which change will actually protect your health the most? This post will help you understand that there is one clear answer according to science.
All the answers to your health questions about how seed oils are harmful to your health. And which vegetable oils and fats are good and which are bad.
“Cold-Pressed” Doesn’t Mean Healthy—When We’re Talking About Seed Oils Most people assume that “cold-pressed” means the same thing as “virgin” or “extra-virgin”—and therefore assume the oil must be healthy. That assumption feels reasonable, because with oils like olive oil, cold-pressing does usually mean the oil was not industrially processed. Sunflower oil, like all seed oils, is different from olive oil. In this article, I’ll explain why cold pressing sunflower oil (or any seed oil) oils does not make the seed oil healthy, what you want to look for instead, and why you’ll never find the healthy version of sunflower in…
Olive Oil has a Low Smoke Point. Can you still cook with it? We’ve all heard a thousand times high smoke point oils like soy and canola are the oils of choice for cooking–especially high-heat cooking. This is a particular concern for professional chefs who typically cook with temperatures far higher than those used by a home cook. If the oils aren’t smoking that must mean, the thinking goes, that they are chemically stable. No smoke, no free radicals, no toxins. No problems. But I want you to set aside, for a moment, everything you’ve been told about smoke point…
Toxicologist finds same toxins in French Fries cooked in seed oils and cigarettes. This may explain why fries are the most fattening food.
If you are someone with heart disease, or are at risk for heart disease or simply want to make the right nutritional choices, this article will help you understand how statisticians have misled us into being afraid of natural saturated fats, and fats in general.
