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Health See other Health Articles Title: The deadly truth about vegetable oils Advice to substitute polyunsaturated fats for saturated fats is a key component of worldwide dietary guidelines for coronary heart disease risk reduction. However, clinical benefits of the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid, omega 6 linoleic acid, have not been established. In this cohort, substituting dietary linoleic acid in place of saturated fats increased the rates of death from all causes, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease. An updated meta-analysis of linoleic acid intervention trials showed no evidence of cardiovascular benefit. Let me spell that out for you: "Substituting dietary linoleic acid in place of saturated fats increased the rates of death from all causes, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease." Advertisement The Trade of the Decade It's rarer than gold. In fact, 95% of this metal ever produced is gone forever. One Canadian billionaire is calling it "the investment of the decade"... To get the full details behind this story, click here now. As omnivores, our bodies have evolved to digest both vegetables and meat. The proof is in our teeth (canines for tearing meat; molars for grinding seeds and vegetables) and our guts (plant eaters have much longer stomachs than we do because it takes more time to break down plant fiber than it does meat proteins), among other things... So why would our teeth and stomachs evolve to process fatty meats while our heart and arteries stay unevolved? Science shows these organs did evolve to work with saturated fats. Anybody who believes otherwise is just ignoring the evidence at this point. What we didn't evolve to eat was overly-processed vegetable oil (some from plants we don't even eat!) rich in omega-6 fatty acids... which not only explains the increased risk of heart disease, but also the increased risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The worst part is, because people have bought into the fictitious benefits of vegetable oil for so long, it's just about everywhere these days. Primarily in processed food (both regular and organic), vegetable oils are also often found on the ingredient lists of many self-proclaimed "health" foods. I want to point out there are couple of vegetable/seed oils that are very good for you: Olive oil and coconut oil are two of the best oils out there when it comes to heart health. Olive oil reduces those unhealthy omega-6 fats and is full of antioxidants. Coconut oil is particularly good at raising your HDL levels. It's also a great source of medium-chain fatty acids, which can help support weight loss. I'm partial to Nutivia's Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. It doesn't have a strong taste, so you can cook just about anything in it without being overwhelmed by coconut flavor. As for olive oil, it's best to stick to domestically-produced extra virgin, as there has been some concerns in the purity of the imported stuff. Olio Santo California Extra Virgin is a good place to start as a delicious addition to your salad, or drizzled on some tomatoes and mozzarella. If you have any questions or comments about this article — or health and wellness in general — please email them to me at Ken.S@angelpub.com. I'd love to hear from you! Poster Comment: If you're having bacon and eggs, probably best cooked in the bacon fat. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
After reading this I got up to cook 3 eggs over easy and nuke some bacon. I used coconut oil to fry the eggs and was surprised that it seemed to act as a bonding agent. I will not be using coconut oil to fry eggs again.
#2. To: Hmmmmm, egg lovers, 4 (#1)
There's some good tubes on nuking eggs. I use coconut oil and it does turn out very well.
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