Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Healthier oils

Do people still use margarine?  I dont know why anyone would!?  Here are some facts about margarine;
  • Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC
  • Margarine is initially BLACK, but it is DYED YELLOW to look like
    butter purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area, no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something) nothing will grow on it...even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow.
  • it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value
  • The final product also contains nickel, cadmium and often other very toxic contaminants
Does the marketing make us feel safe, saying it contains olive oil, or has omegas, among other things.  Doesn't really matter if they add vitamin E, omegas or olive oil, as soon as its heated whether its in the process of production, or in your pan, its no good to us.  I would hope anyone who is using margarine would make a switch. 
I don't even use butter, but Im not against butter, I think if your using margarine, organic butter is a better switch.  I have been using healthy oils in replacement for butter, but on occassion you will fine organic butter in my fridge. Example of some oils for cooking are;
  • Olive oil - although no good for heating this oil should be used only in cool or room temperature dishes it loses all its value once heated.
  • Grapeseed oil - considered to be the chefs choice in cooking sautéing, medium high heat frying, baking and oil infusing.
  • Almond oil- High Heat Up To 495°F,
  • Safflower oil - for high heat has a light taste
  • Sunflower- for high heat
You can find a list of wonderful cooking oils at the bottom link to Spectrum.  Spectrum makes some great healthy oils, including organic.  They also list the type of oils and what they are great for, for instance on says its great used in pancakes, or baking.  They tell you on the front of the bottle what type of heat they can stand.  And most of them are muli purpose, you can use them as a massage oil, carrier oil, oil pulling and use oils on my face as well I love it.  So try something new and throw out that margarine if you havent already!!

 Spectrum Organics




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