When it comes to healthy eating, we're told to use plant-based cooking
oils rather than butter, lard and animal fats. That's because most
plant-based oils are much lower in the saturated fat that's bad for our
hearts and richer in the polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats that
can actually do our hearts some good.The choice depends in part on how you intend to use them in the kitchen.
That's because different oils are better suited to different culinary
uses, and some cooking methods can actually destroy much of the goodness
in some oils. So it pays to inform yourself before you buy.Although extra virgin olive oil does contain saturated fat (around 12
per cent), it is one of the few unrefined oils. This means that the
antioxidants present in the original fruit are retained because the oil
is extracted by machine only and not "refined" with chemicals or other
means that can strip the goodness from the oil.
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