Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cooking oils

If focus on fats that have the least amounts of saturated fat and trans fat but higher amounts of omega-3s and monounsaturated fats. You may consider this:

Canola oil for most of your cooking (because it contains the lowest amount of saturated fat, it's the fifth highest in monounsaturated fat, and it contains the most omega-3s)

Olive oil when it works in the recipe (because it contains the most monounsaturated fat; very little saturated fat; and, while it doesn't contain a lot of omega-3s, neither does it have a lot of omega-6s).