Tag: vegetable oil

Beware of Certain Vegetable Oils—Try These Oils to Maintain Optimal Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratio

When we cook, vegetable oils often factor into the equation—sautéed, fried, and other cooking methods often require their use. Yes, they add flavor and ease of cooking to our foods, but are vegetable oils good for us? The most common linoleic acid in vegetable oil is omega-6 fatty acid, an important nutrient that our bodies…


Are Vegetable Oils Killing Us? We Swapped Them in for Animal Fats 50 Years Ago

Our switch from cooking with animal fats, like butter, to cooking with vegetable oils runs back more than fifty years. It was thought that this would lower cholesterol and the rate of heart attacks. Has switching to vegetable oils benefited our health overall or is the trend going the other way? Dr. Joseph Mercola says…


Exploring Cooking Oils: Debunking the Myths of High-Heat Cooking

Follow the series “Debunking the Dogma About Fat ” here. For half a century, health agencies and experts have recommended vegetable oils over saturated fats for cooking. They have told the public that vegetable oils are cardioprotective. However, research suggests these oils may not be as innocuous as they seem. While saturated fat has historically faced…


The Saturated Fats Good for High-Heat Cooking

Follow the series “Debunking the Dogma About Fat ” here. For half a century, health agencies and experts have recommended vegetable oils over saturated fats for cooking. They have told the public that vegetable oils are cardioprotective. However, research suggests these oils may not be as innocuous as they seem. While saturated fat has historically faced…


The Half-Truths About Cooking Oils: 2 Main Problems, May Be Linked With Cancer

Follow the series “The Half-Truths About Cooking Oils” here. When the term “cooking oil” is mentioned, the immediate image that comes to mind for most people is pale and yellow liquid in large transparent bottles labeled “vegetable oil.” Though vegetable oils are a staple cooking oil for many Americans now, they are only a recent…


Health Alert: One of These Restaurant Meals Equivalent to Chain-Smoking 20 Cigarettes

In 1995, California was the first state to enact a statewide smoking ban for restaurants, with many other states following suit shortly thereafter as the dangers of secondhand smoke became apparent. But diners today who enjoy non-smoking restaurant areas may unknowingly be harming themselves even more by partaking in certain foods—especially those foods that are…


Is It Safe to Consume Vegetable Oil Every Day?

Compared with cold-pressed virgin olive oil in glass bottles, the plastic-bottled vegetable oil in the supermarket is truly bang-for-your-buck, and it can be found in almost every kitchen. However, how often can vegetable oil be used for frying, boiling, sautéing, and deep-frying? Be careful, as you may be unknowingly ingesting carcinogenic toxins. Vegetable Oil Refined…


Do Claims About GMOs Hold Up to Reality?How Do GMO Crops Rate Across 3 Key Measures?

The “science” tells us GMO crops have higher yield, nutrition, and herbicide resistance than organic. Nowadays, you could be eating GMO food without even knowing it. For example, GMO forms of vegetable oil, potato chips, and soybeans often go by undetected. But are they dangerous to our health? Some studies have tested the effects of…


What Fat Better (Or Worse) When It Comes to Diabetes & Obesity?

It seems the discussions about dietary fats never end. Although it’s been determined that trans fats should be avoided at all costs, there is somewhat of a gray area when it comes to other fats, including healthy fats and which ones are better than others. In a recent study from the University of California, Riverside, for example,…


The Science Is Screaming: Don’t Make This Trendy Mistake

Do you still believe this myth about oils that’s now been proven false? They said it slashes cardiovascular risk, but human trials conclusively refute it. Instead, it spikes your cancer risk in just five years, and raises your heart disease risk. Why are you still consuming this dangerous oil? STORY AT-A-GLANCE Even though the medical…