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which kind of oil is best and most healthy?

Is it olive or canola oil that is the healthiest over other food oils.. i know definitely that vegetable oil had to be the fattest and unhealthiest..or at least one of the unhealthiest.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Q: What is the most healthful oil to use, especially when I am trying to lose weight?

    A: Canola and olive oil have stellar nutrition reputations due to their healthy fat profiles: They both contain a high percentage of "good" monounsaturated fat and only a small amount of "bad" saturated fat. But somehow olive oil, in particular, developed a super-food reputation; I've actually heard of people who drink it.

    Source(s): www.weightwatchers.com
  • Jolly
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think nutritionists claim that Olive Oil is the best, but Canola Oil comes in a close second, and has the advantage of not having that "olive" taste to it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Olive oil wins, except when cooking at high temperature. Then canola wins. Butter always wins for taste. Accept the fact.

    Please notice that Siberian and Alaskan tribes never bothered with such concepts. Whale blubber, seal fat, and fish oils, combined with constant exercise, seems to have gotten them through a rough environment without any need for dietary beliefs or fads.

  • Jason
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    As far as cooking oil is concerned olive oil is the healthiest... If you're just talking about oil in general then omega-3 oils like fish oil and flaxseed oil are best for you.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Smart Balance came out with their new Canola oil that has Omega-3 fatty acids in it and no trans fats. Healthy and tasty

    hard to beat.

    Source(s): A lot of cool info here: http://www.uncommonreads.com/
  • 1 decade ago

    Olive oil. That's why there is almost no heart disease in Crete. A family can use a gallon a week. They use it for cooking, hair and skin

  • 1 decade ago

    well from what i know about the sources olives offer alot more benefits than the rapeseed, so I would say olive oil but just make sure that it is either virgin oil or extra virgin.

  • 1 decade ago

    olive oil and flax seed oil are both pretty healthy

  • 1 decade ago

    olive oil or peanut oil (unless you are alergic)

  • 1 decade ago

    i just posted this question last week, and the answers i got is olive oil.I agreed !

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