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3 reasons you should reach for canola oil when you’re cooking

By Brierley Wright, April 6, 2010 - 11:33am

Brierley asks: What oil do you cook with?

COMMENTS	POSTED
I always use Canola Oil and Olive Oil to do all my cooking, sauteing , etc. — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 2:55pm
I cook with olive oil. As I was watching Dr. Oz the other day, he said that canola oil was the best oil to cook with! I was so intrigued by that.. but as I was waiting for him to explain why, he didn't. So now that I know why Canola oil is the better choice to cook with, why isn't olive oil recommended? Thanks! — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 2:11pm
I use canola almost entirely. I use olive oil for salads or things that can be fried without high heat — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 1:30pm
I cook with a variety of oils, depending on what I am cooking and what flavor I want to come through (or no flavor). Mostly canola and then vegtable oils, then virgin olive oil, sesame seed, grape, peanut and a few other oils. — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 1:22pm
Most often I use extra virgin olive oil, and a scant amount of unsalted butter for flavor. If you use canola oil, buy the cold expeller pressed variety (ie., Spectrum) and check out DrWeil.com for great information on nutrition and a variety of integrative medicine topics, all based on sound scientific data. Dr. Weil directs the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona. — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 10:51am
I use mostly olive oil for cooking — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 10:50am
I use cannola oil for cooking. I have never been able to develpe a taste for olive oil. I have tried many varieties and they all taste bitter to me. I use cannola oil for a base in my salad dressings,which I make homemade as I am allergic to preservatives, especially sulfites. As far as genetically altered foods, I don't see what harm there could be. I think that altering food genetically has been happening since humans first started growing their own food. Jusst my opinion, Carol in Ft. Lauderdale — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 8:51am
Is soybean oil related to reape seed too? I am allergic to anything that has soya in it and it is almost impossible to buy anything that doesn't have it. I usually just use olive oil. — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 4:26am
We cook with Grape Seed Oil or Rice Bran Oil - less flavour than Canola and they seem to be good quality, good health oils. — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 3:46am
Really, you need to do more research on canola oil...not healthy whether organic or not. Many other good oils to cook with: olive oil. grape seed oil, nut oils, but not canola... — Anonymous	04/16/2010 - 1:31am