Comments on: Why is Cooking with Oil bad for you?

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:32:01 +0000

The last post is plain wrong. Sorry Danny, but you don’t have your facts straight…EFA’s (essential fatty acids) are very good for you and promote fat loss. That is why fish and avocados (in moderation) are part of a very healthy diet. Not all fats are the same – and to say that 3 tbsp of olive oil is equivalent to a Big Mac in terms of health implications is grossly negligent.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:10:44 +0000

Like everyone else, I used to cook with oils. Then in 1995 I stopped cooking with oils and my health improved dramatically ! How can oil be good for our health when a tablespoon of oil contains roughly 12 grams of fat ?? If you add 3 tablespoons of oil to a salad, you’ve added the same amount of fat as found in a McDonalds Big Mac. The type of fat from the oil is irrelevant. Fat is fat and it will settle around your stomach. You don’t believe me ? Try it. Oil is a fat and that’s bad.

By: hugo

hugo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:26:38 +0000

Thank you Britney. It does seem to be a fact that if you do use oil in your cooking the amount of trans fat created is not as bad as the margarine process or fast food cooking. However it does still create some and in my book even some is bad especially over a long period of time. When we have options like grilling it seems sensible to steer clear of any frying or roasting where possible.

By: Britney

Britney — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:20:10 +0000

I’m doing an essay on trans fat for my Eng 313 class, and when I came to this piece of information about homecooking turning into trans fat cooking I was confused and asked my anatomy professor. Heat may break some double bonds in an unsaturated fat and result in a random reconfiguration of the double bond to be in the trans position. However, the amount of trans fats created this way are much, much less than the number created under high pressures and high temperatures with a nickel catalyst.
This idea that some trans fats are created by heat alone (of an unsaturated fat) has been an argument proposed by raw vegans for their diet lifestyle. However, I suspect that the danger of picking up bacteria from the raw food is probably a greater health risk than consuming the few trans fats from heating unsaturated fats. Considering the intense process commercial trans fat goes through, with extremely high pressure and heat, I doubt that the minimal time and heat used while cooking with unsaturated fats will do much of anything when it comes to health.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:30:43 +0000

I heard that rapeseed oil is better than olive oil for cooking, since it has a higher boiling point. Does it make a real difference at the temperatures you are likely to cook at home?