• ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    It depends on the seed - canola oil is known as rapeseed oil here in the UK and is good for you.

    What you want to avoid are ultra-processed foods that tend to be high in sugar, salt and bad fats.

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      1 year ago

      They often relabel rapeseed oil as “canola” or even “vegetable” oil, but it still is strong flavoured and unhealthy to consume.

      Canola oil is known to be bad for you here in Australia, and olive oil thought to be more healthy.

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        1 year ago

        In most of the world rapeseed oil is considered a neutral vegetable oil, and is definitely not strong flavoured. I don’t know what you do to it in Australia, but it isn’t being done most other places.

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          1 year ago

          No idea, but canola has risks of naturally occuring erucic acid, and smells and tastes different to oil made by other plants/vegetables. Hard to describe. A bit like rancid ghee? Bitter and buttery. I will stick to olive oil and peanut oil and butter, thanks. They taste and smell much less unpleasant.