Oil Confusion: Healthiest Oils & Their Heat Limits
Choosing which oils to use for your sautéing, grilling, roasting, and in your salad dressings can be confusing, but your choices matter! Oils have different smoke points where they start to break down and eliminate healthy components, and start to burn, releasing carcinogenic compounds. Check out which oils are best for high-heat use!
Olive Oil: Powerful But Fragile
Rich in monounsaturated fat, olive oil has well-documented health benefits. Also, it's loaded with important, health-promoting phytonutrients. But not all olive oils are equal, and their many nutrients need to be protected from light and excessive heat