This new meta-analysis of 54 randomized studies looked to see which oils improve your cholesterol the best.
The authors found that you can bring down your bad cholesterol (LDL) by eating the following oils instead of butter: safflower, sunflower, canola, flaxseed, corn, olive, soybean, palm, coconut, and even beef fat. All these were better than butter for total cholesterol, and safflower, sunflower, canola, corn, and soybean oil beat lard for total cholesterol.
Compared to lard, safflower, sunflower, canola, corn, and soybean did better on LDL. And sunflower was better than olive and palm oil.
For raising the good cholesterol (HDL), safflower turns out to be the loser. Sunflower, olive, palm, coconut and even beef fat are improvements. Sunflower, olive and beef fat are better than soybean. Coconut and palm beat soybean as well as corn oil. The researchers, however, say there's evidence that high HDL might not reduce your cardiovascular disease risk, so LDL seems to be more important.
For triacyglycerols--fat levels--sunflower, soybean, and palm oil are superior to butter, while safflower, sunflower, corn, soybean, and palm are better than beef fat.
Maybe you didn't need all that, but the big depressing news is that butter--which I love--stinks, and it looks like sunflower oil is the grand champion. I don't see it around as much as other oils, but according to experimental research, it seems to be the healthiest choice.
Myself, I like it when science contradicts the cool people who tell me I need to eat olive and coconut oil 24/7.
UPDATE: The Russians like sunflower oil, but I swear I did not post this research because they have something on me.
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A quick text search shows no mention of "ghee" or "clarified" butter in that meta-analysis. Here is one animal study that popped up on a quick google search.
ReplyDeleteHere's a claim that lower cholesterol is not actually desireable: http://roguehealthandfitness.com/higher-cholesterol-associated-with-longer-life/
ReplyDelete...and that the HDL/triglyceride ratio is the most important metric: http://roguehealthandfitness.com/the-most-important-lipid-panel-marker/
This info is coming from /ourguy/ Dennis Mangan, so I give it a lot of credibility.
If these assertions are true, the takeaway is that industrial seed oils should be avoided like the plague. http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/09/pracical-approach-to-omega-fats.html
Oddly enough read this https://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/tip-the-most-overrated-dietary-oil yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThe cool kids, well, they gonna jazz june and die soon.
More from Mangan: http://roguehealthandfitness.com/cheese-butter-and-eggs-are-good-for-you/
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