Choosing the right oil, from extra virgin olive oil to rice bran oil, impacts your cardiovascular health and digestion. Learn how to substitute butter with oil in baking and use natural fats like olive oil for a healthy gallbladder cleanse.
If you have a craving for french fries, fries cooked in canola oil are a better choice than french fries cooked in partially hydrogenated oils, such as soybean, cottonseed or corn oils. If you make your own fries at home, using nothing but canola oil and potatoes.
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Olive oil is an integral part of the oft-touted Mediterranean diet, a diet based on consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits, fish and unsaturated oils. Although a fat, olive oil has a number of components that appear to lower the risk of heart disease.
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Oil, particularly unsaturated oils like canola, olive, peanut, or vegetable oil, go bad quickly. The traditional enemies of oils -- heat, light and oxygen -- can turn it rancid in a short time. While rancid oil may taste bad, it doesnβt normally make you sick, at least not in the short term.
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