Originally Posted by
bbattle
bad oils
canola
crisco
margarine
anything partially hydrogenated will be high in trans fats, which are inflammatory to your blood vessels.
vegetable oils are very high in omega-6 unsaturated fat, which is inflammatory. American diet has a ratio of 50 to 1 omega-6 to omega-3 when it should be 1 to 1, maybe 3 to 1.
I'd always heard that canola oil was preferable to other frying oils. What about peanut oil, where does that land?
The omega-6 vs. omega-3 issue is a huge problem. For instance, most people have heard that eating fish is a good source of omega-3s. This is true, but only in the case of wild caught fish. Farm raised fish, of any type (tilapia, catfish, salmon, trout), has been regularly shown to be very high in omega-6s. My belief is that this is because farm raised fish are fed a diet of mostly corn. The same omega-6 imbalance is seen in corn-fed livestock, whereas grass fed beef has been shown to be very high in omega 3s.