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Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation in Thalassemia
Andy Battaglia:
Olive oil can be used in cooking.
http://www.oliveoilsource.com/cooking_olive_oil.htm
--- Quote ---Olive oil is a great oil for cooking. Strong flavored olive oils can be used for frying fish or other strong flavored ingredients. A mellow late harvest Mission variety oil could be used in baking a cake. Olive oil has a high smoke point, 410 degrees F, and doesn't degrade as quickly as many other oils do with repeated high heating...
Olive Oil Myth: Olive oil loses its benefits when heated
The Facts: Excessively heating olive oil will evaporate the alcohols and esters which make up its delicate taste and fragrance. Heating olive oil will not change its health aspects, only the flavor. Use a cheaper olive oil which doesn't have much flavor to begin with if you want to fry with it, add a more flavorful olive oil after cooking or at the table.
Olive Oil Myth: Heating a cooking oil will make it saturated or a trans-fatty oil.
The Facts: As far as making a saturated fat, according to Dr. A. Kiritsakis, a world renowned oil chemist in Athens, (Book - OLIVE OIL FROM THE TREE TO THE TABLE -Second edition 1998), all oils will oxidize and hydrogenate to a tiny degree if repeatedly heated to very high temperatures such as is done in commercial frying operations. Olive pomace oil and virgin olive oil are both highly monounsaturated oils and therefore resistant to oxidation and hydrogenation. Studies have shown oxidation and hydrogenation occurs to a lesser degree in olive oil than in other oils. But in any case, the amount of hydrogenation is miniscule and no home cook would ever experience this problem.
The large refinery-like factories which take unsaturated vegetable oil and turn it into margarine or vegetable lard do so by bubbling hydrogen gas through 250 to 400 degree hot vegetable oil in the presence of a metal catalyst, usually nickel or platinum. The process can take several hours. You cannot make a saturated product like margarine at home by heating olive oil or any other vegetable oil in a pan. We don't know where this weird notion has come from. For more see our olive oil chemistry page
Changing a cis-fat to a trans-fat does not occur on a home stove.
Olive Oil Myth: Cooking in olive oil diminishes the nutritional value of the food.
Olive Oil Fact: Heating food will break down its nutritional value. High heat such as frying is worse than moderate heat such as steaming, which is worse than eating vegetables raw. It is not the cooking oil per se, but the high heat of frying. I am not aware of any edible cooking oil which of itself diminishes the nutritional value of the food cooked in it. Most nutritionists recommend lightly steaming vegetables or eating them raw. A touch of a flavorsome olive oil added at the table will add taste and healthful anti-oxidants. Such is the "Mediterranean diet" which has been shown to help prevent coronary disease and have other health benefits.
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If it smokes, the heat is too high. Otherwise, it's a good healthy oil to use.
nice friend:
Thanx Andy for another super reply on this topic , thanx for clearing the doubts ...
i will add olive oil and kalonji to my meals as well , thanx
Take Care
Umair
Manal:
Thank you so much Umair, your prayers mean the world to me :hugfriend :hugfriend
Hope you are doing great now :wink
manal
Zaini:
Thanks Andy,
For clarifying the facts.
Does it have a different taste then other cooking oils? I mean would it change the taste of the meal?
Thanks Umair.
Zaini.
Andy Battaglia:
Olive oil has a nuttier flavor than other oils and is considered to be a superior oil. However, it does cost more. It can be used for frying but not for high heat frying like deep frying. I am biased on this subject. My ancestors grew olives in Sicily.
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