Which healthy oil?

Grind flax seeds in a little Krups coffee grinder (don't also use for coffee.) Sprinkle on oatmeal, scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, soups salads....extremely wonderful magic oil, but don't use the oil itself -omega 3 caps also very good for joints (can be found in fatty fish like Salmon, tuna, sardines, mackerel - but there is the mercury and farmed fish issues.)

For cooking, extra virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) the healthiest...high in calories but stick to 1 T./ daily. Add the 1 T ground flax seed/ daily and one or two omega 3 caps...cost shouldn't be an issue. Life-long prevention is your goal..cheaper than a Starbucks latte. So there's the rest of the baggage - eat your veggies and exercise.

actually, extra virgin olive oil is best "raw" i.e., it's good for room temperature, drizzling on salads, bread, dressings, etc. If you want to cook at higher temperatures, especially for frying, it's better to use non - extra-virgin . And if you want to use very high temperatures, canola oil heats much faster and more evenly than olive oil. that's why olive oil is okay for sauteeing stir fry, but if you want to fry plantains, tofu, latkes, anything that you want to make crispy, you should use canola oil even though it is less healthy.

Love my veggies and love my power walks. What I'm wondering is how to quantify the omega-3 health benefits. Spectrum brand Canola oil claims 1370mg Omega-3 per serving (1 Tbsp), how does that compare to the omega-3 caps. I don't do any hi temp frying. In what way is canola "less healthy" than EVOO? Thanks.

Wouldn't touch a Starbucks latte with a ten foot transfat fish stick

And I wouldn't toucn a 10' transfat fish stick w. a *bucks latterv :->

I take two Omega 3 caps/daily. One cap = 750/850 mg Omega-3 fatty acid, 390-430 mg EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) and 300-325 DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) and 50/100mg "other" Omega -fatty acids. I am reading this from label But this is part of a program of a Chinese Red Yeast tab (natural statin) and a CO-Q 10 enzyme to enhance the Red Yeast.

This is a cholesterol-reducing program suggested by nutritionist. And just like w. the med. statins, I have to have blood work 2x yearly to check liver functions. However, my numbers are poster child.

Agree w. occ about the nuances of Olive oil. And I too never do any deep-frying. I just follow the oil advice on the med. and health sites I have bookmarked. (Mayo clinic, medline, etc.) A lot of these issues and supps are age-related. The younger, the braver, I guess,

"Starbucks latte"...sorry

Just Googled olive oil vs. canola.. contradictory opinions about efficacy of canola, but everyone is in favor of Olive oil (all ages of pressings). Read all about the diffs. between mono and polyunsaturated fats.

butter is delicious. my great grandmother was a dairy farmer, ate butter and cream every day of her life, and lived to 98. i say just eat less of things that you know are super processed.

Less than zero?

My grands all lived into their 90s and my ma is 92 and still eating like a trencherman. However, they all worked physically hard, breathed better air, drank cleaner water, didn't attach cell phones to their brains, and ate almost no processed foods (except the marge w. the yellow food colouring capsule provided during WWII.)