Canola Oil Helps Meet Dietary Recommendations For Fatty Acids
I know that canola oil (aka rapeseed oil) has been receiving a lot of flak in the recent years. According to researchers at the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania State University, however, using canola oil instead of other vegetable oil may actually help meet dietary recommendations for fatty acid and cholesterol consumption and thus help lower people’s risk of heart disease.
Substituting canola oil and canola-based margarine for vegetable oils and spreads, such as corn, cottonseed and soybean, “increases compliance with dietary recommendations for saturated fatty acid, monounsaturated fatty acid and alpha-linolenic acid.
According to the researchers, switching to canola-based products 100 percent of the time would decrease adults’ saturated fatty acid intake by up to 9.4 percent; increase their intake of monounsaturated fatty acid by 27.6 percent; and increase their alpha-linolenic acid intakes by73 percent. Total consumption of calories, total fat and cholesterol would not change.
In other words, in comparison to other vegetable oil, canola oil is still healthier. As for me, I’m sticking to my rice bran oil.
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1 opinion for Canola Oil Helps Meet Dietary Recommendations For Fatty Acids
Cruz Wylee
Oct 29, 2007 at 11:47 am
I agree with you on the rice oil. It is my favorite oil. I would NEVER buy canola oil not only because it is all genetically modified but it has a funny taste to me.
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