I know that canola oil (aka rapeseed oil) has been receiving a lot of flak in the recent years. According to researchers at the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania State University, however, using canola oil instead of other vegetable oil may actually help meet dietary recommendations for fatty acid and cholesterol consumption and thus help lower people’s risk of heart disease.
Substituting canola oil and canola-based margarine for vegetable oils and spreads, such as corn, cottonseed and soybean, “increases compliance with dietary recommendations for saturated fatty acid, monounsaturated fatty acid and alpha-linolenic acid.
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