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and prevent infections. their complex flavor profiles as
well as other healthful properties
Hypotensive effects of can withstand standard cooking
procedures.
garlic are the main reason
for increase in red blood cell The drop of truth here is that the oil
must be kept below its smoking point,
velocity, and nitric oxide so that the flavor and nutrition are
intact. If an oil is heated beyond its
metabolism.
smoking point, it gives off a toxic
smoke. The smoking point of olive oil is
Does Cooking Destroy Health around 200°C which is considered as a
Benefits Of Olive Oil? moderately high smoke point. Some
Curejoy Expert James Dudley refined oils, such as palm, peanut,
Explains:Many people assume due to a safflower and soybean oils can have
widely circulated myth that cooking with smoke points around 230°C to 260°C,
olive oil, i.e. once the olive oil is heated, it but unrefined oils can have smoke points
loses many of its nutritive benefits. This in the low hundreds. Olive oil contains a
is however a myth, but does have a drop high proportion of monounsaturated oil
of truth. One of the important things to and thus oxidizes less easily than
know is that olive oils and even delicate polyunsaturated oils.
extra-virgin oils...
Curejoy Expert James Dudley
Explains:
Many people assume due to a widely
circulated myth that cooking with olive
oil, i.e. once the olive oil is heated, it Virgin and extra-virgin olive oils also
loses many of its nutritive benefits. This contain antioxidants which help resist
is however a myth, but does have a oxidation as the oil is heated. Several
drop of truth. One of the important studies have shown that virgin olive oil
things to know is that olive oils and produces fewer oxidation products than
even delicate extra-virgin oils can take polyunsaturated oils when heated.
the heat without sacrificing nutrition. Many studies have exposed olive oil to
high heat for long periods of time and
Heart-healthy mono-unsaturated fats even under such extreme conditions,
aren't unfavorably altered by heat it was seen that olive oil does not
very much. Current research shows form significant amounts of harmful
that plant-based compounds, the compounds.
elements that give olive oils their
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