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Which Cooking Oil Is Good For Your Health

Everyone knows the foods to eat that improve health,although how we cook the food can be just as important.With there being so many oils and butter products claiming to be the best, it can be quite difficult to know which ones to use and which ones to avoid.
1. Canola oil
Canola oil is a popular oil,with many physicians claiming that it has the ability to lower the risk of heart disease. The oil is low in saturated fat,high in monounsaturated fat, and offers the best fatty acid composition when compared to other oils.
You can use canola oil in sauting, as a marinade and even in low temperature stir frying. It has
a bland flavor, which makes it a great oil for foods that contain many spices. Unlike other oils, this
one won’t interfere with the taste of your meal.
2. Olive oil
Olive oil offers a very distinct flavor with plenty of heart healthy ingedients. The oil is rich in
monounsaturated fat, helps to lower cholesterol levels and reduce risk of cancer. It’s also rich
in antioxidants and has a very long storage life.
Even though it can be used in cooking, it’s the healthiest when uncooked, such as with a salad or
dipping sauce. When you use it with cooking, you should heat it on low to medium temperatures, making sure to avoid high heat.
3. Butter
Butter is one food that has been around for many,many years. Butter tastes good, and offers sources
of Vitamin A and other fat soluble vitamins such as E, K, and even D. Butter is also made from natural ingredients and not chemically or artificially processed.
You can use butter with cooking, baking, or even as a spread. You can also pair it with creamy sauces,marinades, baked dishes, or even bread.
4. Margarine
Margarine was first introduced as an alternative to high fat butter.

When it was first created however,
it was loaded with trans fat, a substance that we now know raises bad cholesterol.
As a cooking oil, margarine tastes good, it’s lower in fat than most oils and butter, and it’s quite easy to spread. It’s available in a variety of different products and a good source of vitamin E.
When it comes to cooking with oils, there are several at your disposal. There are many more than
what is mentioned here, although the ones above are the most popular. Eating healthy involves cooking healthy food – which is where your cooking oil really takes center stage.

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categories Good Food Good Health | | datetime December 2, 2009 6:08 pm | comments Comments (0)

The Good Food – Bad Food Technique for Healthy Eating

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Brad Pilon asked:


The Two Types of Food Nutrition is a hot topic that is discussed by just about every magazine writer, talk show host, fitness expert and guru in the industry. It seems like just about everyone can quote some scientific research, touting the benefit of eating one certain type of diet or another, or ramble on about the scientific reasons why some foods are better for you than others.

In my opinion, all of these scientific intellectual ramblings may actually be part of the reason why people still have a hard time eat healthy.

Let’s face it, when it comes to understanding what’s good for us and what’s not, “science” is confusing the heck out of us!

Because the science of nutrition seems to involve flip-flopping your opinions every other day, the best approach to eating healthy is to look at nutrition with the most simplified technique possible.

I call this technique the “good food, bad food” technique. In your mind think about what your current goals are, whether it is sports performance, weight loss, weight gain or overall health, identify your goals.

Once you have your goals firmly in your head, think of a food, any food.



Now ask yourself “Will this food move me closer to my goals or farther away from my goals?”. If you believe it will help you move closer to your goal, then eat it.

If you believe, it will actually move you away from your goals, then don’t eat it, or at least eat it moderately and in very small portions.

The key to this technique is that you have to believe that there are no “neutral” foods. It is either good or bad.

The main reason many people shy away from eating healthy is that they believe that nutrition is a very complex and confusing topic.

But when people stop thinking about their nutrition, they start eating whatever is put in front of them, and when we eat what is put in front of us, chances are we over eat, and eat the wrong foods.

However, when we simplify the problem down to “good food, bad food” it becomes very easy to “think nutrition”. It is not complex or confusing. It simply returns to very fundamental wisdom that your grandmother probably told you when you were a child. Gravitate towards fruits and vegetables and lean protein, and be weary of anything processed (generally foods that you buy in a bag or in a box).

So forget all the debates and all the fads. It doesn’t matter whether or not aspartame is good for you. Look at that diet cola and ask yourself if it will move you closer to your goals. If the answer is no, then go get a sparkling water, or green tea or any other drink that you think will move you towards your goals.

By following this principle, it makes it easier to “think” nutrition. Every time you put some food in front of you ask the simple question “good or bad” and then act accordingly.

You will find that by simplifying nutrition down to this simple equation you can make dramatic improvements in the way you eat, and avoid a lot of the confusion that is out there.



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categories health | | datetime February 13, 2009 1:00 am | comments Comments (0)

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