OIL AND YOUR HEALTH
(Nutritional Significance of Soyabean oil)
Cooking Oil is ideal for human consumption in all respect. As per dietician Soyabean oil has balanced amount of different fatty acid and ratio on n-6/n-3 is 7.3 in the desirable range. Thus soyabean oil is the most suitable cooking oil of today.
Soybean oil is a very healthy food ingredient. Soybean oil does not contain much saturated fat. Unlike all other vegetable oils, soybean oil contains no cholesterol. It contains natural antioxidants that remain in the oil even after extraction. These antioxidants help to prevent oxidative rancidity.
Soybean oil is also used by the food industry in a variety of food products including salad dressings, sandwich spreads, margarine, bread, mayonnaise, non-dairy coffee creamers and snack foods. The high smoke point of soybean oil allows it to be used as frying oil.
Soybean seeds have become popular in recent years because of their health benefits. Soybean oil boasts many of the same claims.
High Omega-3 content
Great source of vitamin E
Rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids
DR. SPEAKS
Dear Friends,
There is a lot of confusing information circulating about oils. Taste is meant to tickle the tongue, but food decides our over all health, so it is a must to eat healthy, besides the food being tasty. While there are n number of opinions of the doctors and scientists regarding the fat content of the food, here is one interesting angle of the story: Cooking oil is the perhaps the most controversial ingredient of the food we cook as per the health issues.
Actually, oil contains high levels of fats. Fats as we are traditionally guided are bad for the body. But many researchers now have come to the conclusion that there are two types of fats: good and bad.
Oils that originate from vegetable, nut, and seed sources provide the essential fatty acids that are critical for our nerve and brain functions.
I hope I have cleared up some of the confusion surrounding oil. I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me on info@kritiindia.com
May you live long, live strong, and live happy!
HEALTHY COOKING TIPS
Scrub vegetables rather than peel them, as many nutrients are found close to the skin.
Microwave or steam vegetables instead of boiling them.
If you like to boil vegetables, use a small amount of water and do not overboil them.
