Do not fall into the hype which is put out by traditional medicine regarding the promotion of canola oil (rapeseed) as superior due to its concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids. Olive oil is far superior and has been around for thousands of years. Canola oil is a relatively recent development and the original crops were unfit for human consumption due to their high content of a dangerous fatty acid called euric acid.
If the taste of olive oil is a problem, or if you are frying or sautéing food, then you should consider coconut oil. Many nutritionally misinformed people would consider this unwise due to coconut oil's nearly exclusive content of saturated fat. However, this is just not the case. Because it has mostly saturated fat, it is much less dangerous to heat. The heat will not tend to cause the oil to transition into dangerous trans fatty acids.
© 2002 by Marc Leduc
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http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/olive-oil.htm
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Olive Oil Versus Canola Oil
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The comment about canola oil containing euric acid has been debunked. Canola oil has less than 1% euric acid.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp
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