Sunday, 13 March 2016

Best cooking oil for you


Being a curious person, I like to compare things. Recently, I decided to focus on cooking oil. I tend to use canola and olive oil when cooking, since they're healthy oils, but as I peruse the shelves of oils at the grocery store, there are so many more to choose from. For easy comparison, I created this breakdown. The oils are fairly similar calorie-wise, but take a look at the saturated fat content. This is the fat you want to limit in your diet, so that's why coconut and palm kernel oil should be used or consumed sparingly. Since some of you may prefer to cook or bake with butter or margarine, I included those at the bottom of the list, just for comparison. I also included oils that you wouldn't necessarily cook with but that you may find in a list of ingredients on prepackaged foods. See the breakdown below.
Here's the nutritional info for one tablespoon of oil.
OILCALORIESTOTAL FAT(G)SATURATED FAT (G)
Almond oil119141
Avocado oil124141.6
Canola oil120141
Coconut oil11713.611.8
Corn oil120142
Cottonseed oil119143
Extra-virgin olive oil120142
Flaxseed oil12013.61.3
Grapeseed oil12013.61.3
Hemp seed oil126141.5
Macadamia nut oil120142
Olive oil11913.51.9
Palm oil12013.66.7
Palm kernel oil1161411
Peanut oil11913.52.3
Safflower oil12013.60.8
Sesame oil12013.61.9
Soybean oil12013.62
Sunflower oil12013.61.8
Vegetable oil12414.9
Walnut oil120141.5
Wheatgerm oil12013.62.6
Butter10211.57.3
Smart Balance Margarine8092.5

Read more :http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Side-Side-Nutritional-Comparison-Cooking-Oils-2385798

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