Cholesterol reducing oil

[annadomino]

Can anyone please suggest a good cooking oil that will help reduce cholesterol? Thank you.

[webbo3]

Garlic capsules will help reduce cholesterol, as for a cooking oil there is one on the market but the name escapes me.


Dave.

[grasscarp]

canola oil or olive oil are recommended.

[Jemisa]

'Crisp & dry' 100% Rapeseed oil.

jem

[missprim]

I thought that Benecol might do oil but it doesn't look like they do.
http://www.benecol.co...ting-the-right-amount

There's information here about cooking oils
http://cholesterol.ab...ion101/qt/oiltips.htm

[annadomino]

Thank you all, Benecol - that was the brand I was thinking of too, I am surprided they don't do a cooking oil.
Flora Pro Active is on the list too. More research needed I think, just found a 'do not use canola oil' report that seems s bit scary
http://www.ithyroid.com/canola_oil.htm
what do you think?

[annadomino]

*surprised

[seadogg]

Some supermarket own brand vegetable oils are 100% rapeseed which is cheap and excellent. Just check the label.

[annadomino]

It seems the above article I found is an hysterical rant.
http://www.snopes.com...cal/toxins/canola.asp

[boxtops]

We use sunflower oil - I need to reduce my cholesterol but unfortunately rapeseed gives me allergic rhinitis so I'd be cautious about using that oil.

[maggiebee]

Rapeseed oil seems to be recommended too

[Jemisa]

As I said before 'Crisp & Dry' Rapeseed, I don't think any oil actually reduces cholesterol it just keeps it in check.
Reduce your butter, eggs, cheese intake. (any dairy products)

jem

[annadomino]

C&D is what we currently use, with occasional use of olive oil. So I guess that's it. Thanks all.

[gollob]

Probably Olive Oil is the best and of all the different types Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the best as it is more natural and not processed as much as the other olive oils although it is the dearest.

[annadomino]

Thank you.

[NoMercy]

Flax seed oil and hemp seed oil will reduce cholesterol and increase metabolism.

Both are available in Sainsburys.

[woofgang]

I thought that the egg thing had been discounted?
.....yes it has. Sat fat is the thing to avoid.
http://www.bhf.org.uk...high-cholesterol.aspx

[heathfield]

http://brandpower.com/Spotlight.asp?id=1302

[cecil39]

we were told at the heart clinic that if we must have anything fried to use rape seed oil, including deep frying, its fine.

[chris1957au]

Nearly vegerable oil is better for you than animal based fats as they dont contain cholestral, But be very carful with Palm oil and produce that contain it, and do use it for frying as it change to quite a nasty little bugger at high temprature and will do you no good at all in the long run

[Old_Geezer]

What we need to find is something that will scrub off any existing deposits. (Without causing blockages elsewhere as stuff gets removed.) I don't suppose anything is that good ?