Comments on: Coconut Oil vs Olive Oil vs Canola Oil? New Study Finds Olive Oil Is Best, Coconut Oil Has Zero Antioxidants, Canola Oil Is Worst For Cooking

By: Will Chen

Will Chen — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:30:00 +0000

This article implicates the proportion of unsaturated fats in the creation of polar compounds, and thus, toxicity and holistically adverse effects on health.

However, conventional wisdom often states that saturated fats themselves cause much greater negative impacts on overall health by increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease (amongst others). Medical, governmental, and inter-governmental institutions generally agree with this assessment, and have served as its proponents by issuing official statements and dietary guidelines recommending limitations in saturated fat intake.

How, if at all, do you reconcile the apparently contradicting implications of these two viewpoints?

Taking this apparent conflict into account, does the positive assessment of highly-saturated options such as coconut oil still stand?

Was this article written specifically to deal with one aspect of each oil’s potential toxicity? Or have the other implications of each oil’s composition been adequately considered?

By: Shirley Harm

Shirley Harm — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:49:00 +0000

In reply to Joe Leech. Where is that section?

By: Peachy Cheeks

Peachy Cheeks — Mon, 28 May 2018 14:03:00 +0000

The study found that seed oils produced the most harmful compounds, but at what amount is it harmful to health? When you consider that most cooking only requires a teaspoon of oil, is it really having a significant impact on health? By the same token, does EVOO really have much of an impact on health when you put it in the context of overall diet and lifestyle?

By: Angela Peralta

Angela Peralta — Sun, 27 May 2018 20:30:00 +0000

In reply to Joe Leech. The avocado oil in the study is 196 degree smoke point and mine is 520 degrees. This is a huge veriation since as you reported smoke points are determined in a closed environment. I have not seen a lower smoking point avocado oil. Do you know any specific brands that are. This concerns me because mine has a higher smoking point are you saying then it’s refined going through a neutralization process to give it high heat?

By: Joe Leech

Joe Leech — Sat, 26 May 2018 09:16:00 +0000

In reply to mbabco. They do survive in EVOO. There will be a follow up study published with more results from antioxidant content. Hopefully this year :)

By: Joe Leech

Joe Leech — Sat, 26 May 2018 09:15:00 +0000

In reply to agnes houghton. I added a section in about conflict of interest and my thoughts