Heart-Healthy Cooking Oils

A dazzling array of cooking oils have diversified the market expanding our options into mildly confusing...so then, what factors help us to determine if a specific oil is healthy to cook with or not?
Among many others here are some of the major cooking oils on the supermarket shelves that are marketed as 'healthy'.

The first aspect to consider is:
Knowing the smoke point of an oil. Why? Because due to the chemical consistency of an oil, not all oils remain the same when heated to cook with. This is necessary to know, because when oil is heated beyond its smoke point (the temperature at which the oil gets hot/fries) it generates oxygen radicals, which are harmful cancer-causing agents producing toxic fumes into your food and becoming extremely unhealthy to consume.

Cooking oils such as canola, safflower, sunflower, soybean,corn, flax-seed, sesame and many other vegetable oils are not recommended for cooking because they are polyunsaturated oils and are very delicate in the presence of heat. Biochemically speaking, high heat, which comes from cooking and or baking, damages their chemical structures to the point that they become trans fats eventually.
Trans fats are harmful substances to ingest. Period!!!
A tip to remember:  
The more refined the oil is the higher its smoke point, or simply put, better for cooking; reason for this is because, refining removes the impurities that can cause the oil to smoke.

Most if not ALL vegetable oils also have a rather low smoke point (300° - 450°).  To some people, this may seem rather high, but not when it comes to using an oil for cooking!...because we cook/fry above those temperatures most of the time...

Another important thing to note is that any given oil's smoke point does not remain constant over time. The longer you expose an oil to heat, the lower its smoke point becomes. When you are frying food, little bits of batter or breading will drop off into the oil, and these particles accelerate the oil's breakdown, lowering its smoke point even more. So in general, fresher oil will have a higher smoke point than oil you've been cooking with for a while, or just simply in the habit of re-using oil.

Now for Olive Oil 
With all the 'health conscious' people out there, we have started purchasing Olive Oil for cooking...but Olive oil also has a rather low smoke point. Olive oil is a very healthy monounsaturated fat as long as it’s not heated above 300 degrees. Otherwise it becomes toxic just like all those other polyunsaturated oils we discussed above.

If olive oil becomes too hot, the fats change, break down and become carcinogenic!

To truly enjoy olive oil the way mother nature intended and to benefit nutritionally from this fat, it is strongly encouraged that you to use it only for salad dressings or as a dipping oil for your favorite foods.

Now you may be wondering, so then what oil is safe to cook with?

 - Coconut oil!!!

Yup, here are some of the amazing reasons why Organic Extra virgin Coconut oil is the best oil to cook with.

1. It's tthe Healthiest Oil
2. It is a Very Stable Fat
3. Suitable for All Types of Cooking
4. Has a High Melting Point
5. Helpful Oil For Anyone

The number one reason this oil is recommend is because it’s a healthy saturated fat.  All saturated fat is not bad and some are even very beneficial; Coconut oil is one of the best.

...And Best of all it is suitable for ALL Cooking Types!!!

Cooking with coconut oil that’s pure and natural is a very good decision because it is a perfect choice for any kind of food preparation that you do. Whether you want to use the stove top  bake, stir-fry, grill or fry food this oil is most beneficial. However, please do not microwave this oil. It will destroy all of its nutritive value!

Coconut oil is resistant to oxidative damage and it contains no cholesterol or trans fat. For all of you that are monitoring your cholesterol, get this...it helps support normal cholesterol levels as well as help with weight loss and heart health.

So there you have it....There are so much information regarding cooking oils of all different kinds.
Despite all the searches though, Coconut oil has proven to be the healthiest oil to cook and bake with.
All the other oils have some kind of issue with it, whereas Coconut oil has always remained the healthiest and best option . 
I really hope you make the choice to cook with this oil as often as possible and forget about those other unhealthy ones!

Here is a little video to re-enforce what you just read: