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I thought the Mediterranean diet was what we should all be eating, which would include a lot of olive oil. But that document suggests olive oil is high in monos

by uhtred 5y ago

I thought the Mediterranean diet was what we should all be eating, which would include a lot of olive oil. But that document suggests olive oil is high in monosaturated fats and thus not as healthy as canola oil (poly). Lolwut??

TillE 5y ago
There's nothing surprising about canola oil being considered very healthy. Olive oil is also good.
tpush 5y ago
Olive oil has the most research behind it, thus scientists feel most comfortable advocating for it; but that doesn't mean that something like canola/rapeseed oil isn't also similarly healthy for you, given its fatty acid ratios and polyphenol content.
tux3 5y ago
Mono-saturated doesn't make sense! Saturated means all the carbon atoms have as many hydrogen atoms as they can bear. Mono-unsaturated is off by one. It's generally regarded as more healthy, and olive oil is generally strongly recommended over saturated fats. Funnily enough, your body only knows how to synthesize saturated fats (palmitate), so your own natural fat is the "bad" one :)
loudtieblahblah 5y ago
The AHA is full of shit. Monosaturated fats and even saturated fats are endlessly better for you than Omega6 PUFAs. Your daily fat intake should be more olive oil based, get some omega3s from fish 1-2x a week, and a moderate amount saturated fats. Omega6s are fine in the levels you get in Olive Oil (there's a little), or in nuts (macademia nuts being the lowest in omega6s) and say the odd avocado. To eat them in nthe levels that the West eats them in is toxic and there are endless studies about Omega6s being inflammatory and even contributing to insulin resistance in conjunction with sugar (yes.. a fat encouraging diabetes).
Ekaros 5y ago
Or maybe it is not really about the oil used, but other components in that diet... You need certain amount of fats for fat soluble nutrients. But I don't think lot makes too much sense compared to anything else.

by uhtred 5y ago

TillE 5y ago

There's nothing surprising about canola oil being considered very healthy. Olive oil is also good.

tpush 5y ago

Olive oil has the most research behind it, thus scientists feel most comfortable advocating for it; but that doesn't mean that something like canola/rapeseed oil isn't also similarly healthy for you, given its fatty acid ratios and polyphenol content.

tux3 5y ago

Mono-saturated doesn't make sense! Saturated means all the carbon atoms have as many hydrogen atoms as they can bear. Mono-unsaturated is off by one. It's generally regarded as more healthy, and olive oil is generally strongly recommended over saturated fats. Funnily enough, your body only knows how to synthesize saturated fats (palmitate), so your own natural fat is the "bad" one :)

loudtieblahblah 5y ago

The AHA is full of shit. Monosaturated fats and even saturated fats are endlessly better for you than Omega6 PUFAs. Your daily fat intake should be more olive oil based, get some omega3s from fish 1-2x a week, and a moderate amount saturated fats. Omega6s are fine in the levels you get in Olive Oil (there's a little), or in nuts (macademia nuts being the lowest in omega6s) and say the odd avocado. To eat them in nthe levels that the West eats them in is toxic and there are endless studies about Omega6s being inflammatory and even contributing to insulin resistance in conjunction with sugar (yes.. a fat encouraging diabetes).

Ekaros 5y ago

Or maybe it is not really about the oil used, but other components in that diet... You need certain amount of fats for fat soluble nutrients. But I don't think lot makes too much sense compared to anything else.