Re:Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes ...
by adrian_b on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:21PM
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For frying and baking the so-called "high oleic" sunflower oil should be very good, if not the best.
It degrades less with heating than other oils and it has a very healthy fatty acid profile.
For salads or other food that is not cooked after adding oil, extra virgin olive oil may be preferred, because it contains other desirable substances besides fatty acids, but heating will degrade those, so for frying and baking olive oil does not have any advantage over the much cheaper high oleic sunflower oil.
Besides high oleic sunflower oil, there are also other kinds of oil that are claimed to be "high oleic", which should have similar frying properties, but I do not have any experience with those.
It degrades less with heating than other oils and it has a very healthy fatty acid profile.
For salads or other food that is not cooked after adding oil, extra virgin olive oil may be preferred, because it contains other desirable substances besides fatty acids, but heating will degrade those, so for frying and baking olive oil does not have any advantage over the much cheaper high oleic sunflower oil.
Besides high oleic sunflower oil, there are also other kinds of oil that are claimed to be "high oleic", which should have similar frying properties, but I do not have any experience with those.