which cooking oil do you use?

@pickwick (858)
India
February 17, 2009 8:54am CST
It was said earlier that coconut oil is not good for health so I used refined sunflower oil for cooking.Now the researches proove that virgin coconut oil is best for health and I have switched over to virgin coconut oil.The food tastes good though the virgin oil is a bit costly.Which oil do you use for cooking?
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10 responses
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
17 Feb 09
Hi pickwick. I use most of the time soy oil to cook it is healthy and have a good price. Sometimes I use extra virgin olive oil to cook but it is expensive so mostly I use it only in salads. Have a nice day.
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
25 Feb 09
Thanks for the best response.
@kjtquay (31)
17 Feb 09
Personally i use extra virgin when i can. For a while I was using macademia nut oil. It was said to be very good for you, and apparently helpful in diets because it speeds up the metabolism. Don't quote me on that though, I just read it somewhere. But for general cooking I use the same as you used to - refined sunflower oil. I just can't afford any of the others
@pickwick (858)
• India
18 Feb 09
Thanks for sharing.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 09
We normally use sunflower or ground nut refined oil for cooking. Have not every tried virgin cocounut oil, kids may not like its taste as they have developed a taste for refined oil, since their childhood. I also hope that vigin oil would be a better option for cooking. No doubt recent reports about amount of trans-fats in refined oils are quite disturbing and alarming, yet I understand that we have limited options.
@marilyn23 (295)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
I used frequently a free cholesterol cooking oil & nice to use it everyday. I havent use any virgin oil for cooking but i sometime use it when i cleanse & try to wash out the stones in my galbladder as many recommend me to use it coz it very effective. marilyn23
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
17 Feb 09
Hello! We never use coconut oil for cooking purposes.Instead we use mustard oil or sun flower oil for cooking purposes.Among these sunflower oil is good for health as it is free from cholesterol.thanx.
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
17 Feb 09
I either use olive oil, or coconut oil, even though these oils are more costley i like them for the health benefits.
@rainmark (4302)
17 Feb 09
I use the cheap cooking oil.I usually use vegetable oil and sunflower or olive oil for my cooking. Virgin coconut oil is little bit expensive, if it will be cheaper then i would prefered to use it coz of the health benefits that we can get from it. But as of now i stick to my old cooking oil. Happy posting.
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
17 Feb 09
WE use canola oil but may consider trying different things.
@ddfreedie (690)
• India
17 Feb 09
i think this question shd be forwarded to my mother......
@bubbletush (1332)
• Philippines
17 Feb 09
I am using either palm oil or vegetable oil (though i am not sure from which vegetable the vegetable oil came from)