I do wonder about the logic of consuming oil. It’s just a nutrient stripped fat. Why would you consume Olive, Sunflower, Peanut etc. oil when you could just consume Olives, Sunflower seeds and Peanuts and get much more nutritional value with far less calories.
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Olives have added salt which is terrible for most. Fat absorption is lower with nuts. Some oils are lower in saturated fats relative to the unsaturated ones. I don’t think you should consume a lot of oil, but some small amounts might be health promoting as your total dietary fat intake have a better ratio compared to totally excluding it.
If your only source of fat would be canola oil, you’d have eaten 7 grams of saturated fat for every 100 grams of fat.
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Tilmitt,
I’m sure we all have different answers, but for me…. I consume EVOO and sometimes algae oil, and on rare occasion some sesame oil in an Asian dipping sauce. I don’t own any others (A User has me convinced to add canola, but on the other hand, the lower sat fat in algae oil is appealing).
Why? Well, I’m vegan and eat very little processed food, so I use oil to make all my beans, veggies and tofu taste better… and because it tastes better, I eat many more plants. I love the flavor of a good olive oil.
Also, since starting acarbose and LDN, I need to work at keeping my weight on, so the calories are a plus (champagne problem if there was ever any!).
@CronosTempi thank you for all of that and I’ll look forward to watching the video when I get back home tomorrow. I’m in your neck of the woods!
PUFA is better than MUFA when replacing saturated fat for improving lipids, however. So even if your Algae oil has lower amounts of SFA, it might be inferior for your blood lipid profile compared with canola. Only way to know is to test.
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How Seed Oils Became Controversial—And What the Science Really Says
A food scientist debunks the vilification of seed oils on social media and explains what research says about them.
I feel like Seed oils are super longevity foods ex ante. I’m going to read about this more.
Many ideologies hate it: Carnivores. Whole food plant-based gurus. Paleo. “Real food”.
The real optimal food might be some form of porridge slop with an optimal amount of canola and flaxseed oil as a base.
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As a practical matter, how do you get your Omega 3 and what kind of cooking oil do you use?
And the dumbest one.
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Glad to see seed oils are considered good now. I’ll check in 1 year to see what the nutrition mob says
Lol. I’m not so sure about that. The deniers can always cite cherry picked evidence low on the evidence hierarchy like the lipid theory denier bozos do. That’s just how things are.
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