Which "healthy" oils are dangerous to your body?

Hey, it's Mike Geary with another Lean-Body Secrets Ezine from
http://TruthAboutAbs.com

Today, I wanted to give you my take on a confusing subject to most
people...

*why some oils you may use in cooking, baking, or other food use are
actually harmful to your body, and why some are healthful.

Here's the deal...

A lot of people seem to think that anything labeled as "vegetable oil"
is good for you. NOT A SHOT!

Most of what is labeled as "vegetable oil" is simply heavily refined
soybean oil (processed under high heat, pressure, and industrial
solvents)...sometimes perhaps it may also be heavily refined cottonseed,
safflower, grapeseed, or other oils too.

In most instances, almost all of these processed oils are NOT HEALTHY
for you.

If you buy processed food or deep fried food, you can usually be
certain that these unhealthy oils are used to prepare your foods (or worse,
it may use hydrogenated versions of these oils... aka - trans fats!).

You may have even bought some of these oils for your own cooking or
baking at home.

The problem with soybean oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, safflower
oil, and other similar oils is that they are mostly composed of
polyunsaturated fats which leaves them prone to oxidation and free radical
production when exposed to heat and light.

Processed polyunsaturated oils are the most inflammatory inside our
bodies because of their high reactivity to heat and light. This
inflammation is what causes many of our internal problems such as heart disease,
diabetes, and other degenerative diseases.

Note: It's ok if a polyunsaturated fat isn't processed such as in whole
foods like various nuts and seeds... In that case it's not
inflammatory, and is a great source of healthy polyunsaturated fats for you. By
the way, omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are both polyunsaturates.

However, all of the vegetable oils listed above are generally heavily
refined during processing, so that makes them already inflammatory
before you even cook with them (which does even more damage).

Here's the actual order of stability of a type of fat under heat and
light (from least stable to most stable):

1. polyunsaturated
2. monounsaturated
3. saturated

Here's something that mainstream health professionals will never tell
you...

Saturated fats are actually the healthiest oils to cook with!

Why? Because they are much more stable and less inflammatory than
polyunsaturated oils.

This is why tropical oils such as palm and coconut oils are best for
cooking... they have very little polyunsaturates and are mostly composed
of natural saturated fats which are the least reactive to heat/light
and therefore the least inflammatory in your body.

That's also why natural butter (NOT margarine) is one of the best fats
for cooking. This all goes directly against what you hear in mainstream
health talk... because most health professionals don't truly
understand the biochemistry of fats, and falsely believe that saturated fats are
bad for you... when in fact, they are actually neutral in most
instances... and saturated fats from tropical oils are actually good for you
as they contain mostly medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) which are
lacking in most people's diets.

In fact, lauric acid is one of the abundant MCTs in tropical oils and
is known to strengthen the immune system. Lauric acid is even being
studied currently in medical studies for controlling contagious diseases.

To summarize... your best cooking or baking fats are generally butter
or tropical oils. Olive oil is ok for lower cooking temps as it's
mostly monounsaturated, so moderately stable. The polyunsaturated oils like
soybean, grapeseed, cottonseed, safflower, etc, are the least healthy
for cooking.

My choices for top oils that I use:

-Virgin Coconut Oil
-Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-Real Butter (grass fed if possible)

Of course, with all of that said... we should keep in mind that trying
minimize our cooking with oils can help to reduce overall calories.
Cooking with oils in moderation is ok and can actually help satisfy your
appetite more, but be careful not to overdo it as the calories can add
up fast.

Here's a related article about good trans fats vs. bad trans fats that
I did previously (an eye opener to most people)...

http://www.truthaboutabs.com/trans-fats.html

I'll be back soon with more Lean-Body Secrets. Til then...

Don't be lazy... be lean.

PS - if you liked todays article, feel free to fwd this email on to any
of your friends, family, or co-workers that would enjoy it.

Mike Geary
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Certified Personal Trainer
Founder - http://TruthAboutAbs.com & http://BusyManFitness.com



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