Best Cooking Oils and Benefits by Qusec Online Grocery Store

If we just roll back to lakh of years before when the men lived in caves and were known as early men, they did not even know fire and accidentally they discovered fire and from then they learnt the art of cooking. I do not know if at all they used oil for their cooking but I surely tell, the whole world needs oil for coking now. The discovery or rather the invention of this has been a remarkable and the most essential part of our lives. Now we not know the art of cooking without the use of oil. This is the advantage of the oil in the world. 

Different apart of the country uses different oils for cooking based on the food habitats and also based on the availability of the edible oil in that region. Some use coconut oil for cooking while some use palm oil. Some are comfortable with sunflower oil while some people are used to groundnut oil. In this way, many types of oil has been used in the cooking world.

When we are in cities like Bangalore, it so happens that we have accessibility to all type of oils which we need. The best advantage in these developed and metropolitan cities is that we can sit at home and order whatever we want on an online supermarket and then enjoy the free home delivery service too. So when we have accessibility to almost all the oils, the option has to be made with the health point of view and this is the reason why we are making this blog which lists the best cooking oils with its benefits. 

The cooking oils are used in a flame usually that is at high heat. Hence oils that are stable need to be used as it does not go rancid so easily. The oxidation of oils gives out free radicals and also leads to the formation of harmful compounds. As monounsaturated and saturated fats are resistant to heat, such kinds of oils are to be used to yield better health.

The best cooking oils list with its benefits:

1.      Coconut oil[The first best] – 90% of fatty acids present in the coconut oil is saturated fats and this makes it very much resistant to heat and hence is the best high heat cooking oil. The Lauric acid present helps in the improvement of cholesterol and also helps to fight against pathogens and bacteria. It is basically semi solid when it is kept at room temperature. It has 92% of saturated and 6% of monounsaturated fats and hence is the best to be used for cooking purpose.

2.      Olive oil – Olive oil is very famous for the keeping up of the health of heart. This is said to be the core reason which adds to the health of Mediterranean diet. It raises the HDL and lowers the LDL cholesterol of the body. It has 75% monounsaturated and 14% of saturated fats. It is also said to be heat resistant oil in spite of the presence of small amount of unsaturated fatty acids. Extra virgin olive oil is said to have more amount of nutrients and also large amount of anti-oxidant levels in it and the added fact is that, it has better taste.

3.      Butter - Butter is actually a very good oil if processed in the right way. It has fairly good amount of nutrition in it. It has vitamin A, vitamin K etc. Fatty acids like Butyrate and Linoleic acid is present in it which is said to be a very crucial and important requirement which is important in the point of view of health. Butter has 68% of saturated and 28% of monounsaturated fats. The presence of small amounts of proteins and sugar promote the burning of butter in high flame. Hence to avoid this, butter is processed to make ghee which is the exclusive butterfat. This is the importance of butter.

4.      Palm oil – it is derived from the oil palm fruit and mainly it has saturated and monounsaturated fats and this is why it is the best for cooking. It is very rich in vitamins like vitamin E. It is the best for cooking and it is very useful.

5.      Vegetableand seed oils – The industrial seed and vegetable oils are obtained by high processing and has a rich omega-6 fatty acid content in it. The use of such oil has to be avoided to the maximum extent. 

With all these knowledge about the use and importance of oil, I am pretty sure that anyone after reading this would just think twice before making any order on online supermarkets and will also choose the best of the oils and hence will make his health the best from it. 

Care to be taken in storing oils:

Heat, light and oxygen are the main cause for oxidative damage of the oils, hence store it in a cool and proper place.

It is not recommendable to buy large quantity of oils and to store it at home as the oil may get rancid.

The unsaturated oils have to be protected against interaction with oxygen as it readily gets rancid after that.

Hence the best way to store oil is by a tightly closed container in a cool, dark and dry place. This makes the oil resistant against going rancid and can be used for longer period without any side effects.

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