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by mrfusion 2443 days ago
What’s wrong with oils though? And if canola is bad why can’t they switch it out for olive oil?
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salasrod 2443 days ago
Olive oil is not that good for you, and most importantly, it burns at really low temperatures, and ends up tasting horrible when it happens.
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koboll 2443 days ago
Why respond with begging the question and then bringing up something totally irrelevant?

Olive oil doesn't have trans fat, is low in omega-6 (unlike seed oils), has a high ratio of monunsaturated fats to saturated and polyunsaturated fats, and has a bunch of vitamins and antioxidants as well. It's pretty much the healthiest fat in existence.

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oAlbe 2443 days ago
That's actually very incorrect and misleading. Olive oil, expecially extra virgin olive oil, can withstand higher temperatures than sunflower, peanut and the like. IIRC the smoke point for EVO is around 210C. You could literally fry in olive oil, it's just too expensive to do so.
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flush 2443 days ago
Where are you getting your data from? I'm an avid cook and have always thought EVOO to be a low smoke point oil, especially compared to something like peanut oil.

I did a quick search and found this: https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/cooking-fats-101-whats-a...

which suggests that EVOO has a relatively low smoke point compared to sunflower and peanut oil.

I'm still open to other numbers though, since I'm not sure what study if any these numbers come from.

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mwyah 2443 days ago
I've exclusively fried stuff in EVOO all my life. I fill my deep fryer with EVOO. It's perfectly fine.
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narag 2443 days ago
You could literally fry in olive oil, it's just too expensive...

Depends on where you are. If in the USA, maybe it is, and be prepared for much worse: Mr. Trump is threatening with 25% minimum tariff for our oil. Funny that it's some kind of retaliation for Airbus, while Airbus finally will be spared. In the bright side, it should be even cheaper for us.

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ianai 2443 days ago
They could use avocado oil. It has a smoke point of 500F. Should be fine for searing.
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maxlamb 2443 days ago
That's patently false. There is no proof whatsoever that olive oil is not good for you. Every study on extra virgin cold pressed olive oil shows it is associted with increased longevity. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17879997

The low temperature smokepoint scaremongering for olive oil has been debunked: https://health.usnews.com/wellness/food/articles/why-you-sho...

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scotch_drinker 2443 days ago
Canola is super cheap which is one way they can keep prices low.

Most seed oils in the Western diet come from fast food and the fryer which increases the chance of lipid oxidation.

We need both omega 3 and omega 6 but the Western diet is so heavily skewed towards omega 6 that it's killing us.

https://chriskresser.com/an-update-on-omega-6-pufas/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808858/

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