Sunflower oil is frequently regarded as a healthy option, but let’s have a closer look……
Sunflower oil (and also Canola, Soybean, Corn and Safflower oil) is processed, so it’s not a natural healthy oil. Processed oils include a more significant trans-fat content, and when talking about fats, trans is bad!
Good and Bad Fats…
The Bad Fats
Vegetable oils, like Sunflower Oil may cause really serious health issues!
Not all fats are bad, some are essential for good health. Bad fats are trans fats and vegetable fats – these are the ones you want to avoid.
Bad fats (trans and vegetable) increase our risk of morbid obesity, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Bad, bad and very bad.
(I think that we can probably add the ‘very’ to all 3 bads!)
So just why are these kind of fats so bad?
Because they are not natural. These fats are in reality vegetable oils which have undergone a synthetic process that uses high pressured hydrogen and a number of compounds to convert them from oils into fats.
Vegetable oils are not good for your body. They are able to induce considerable damage to the internal organs, notably the lungs and reproductive system. Alarming stuff!
One study even claims that vegetable oils discharge toxic cancer-causing chemicals.
Additional research has shown that a diet that is high in vegetable oils can result in toxicity of the liver, reduced immune system and even learning disabilities! All bad. Very very bad.
Now for some good news…
The Good Fats
Coconut Oil trumps Sunflower Oil! Coconut oil is the perfect healthy alternative to Sunflower oil
In contrast to popular belief, saturated fats and cholesterol are in actuality good fats, and our bodies need them to be able to function effectively.
What’s the answer? Avoid using vegetable oils, like soybean, canola, sunflower, corn and safflower and as an alternative go for natural oils, like coconut or krill.
Healthy oils may cost a touch more in the short term, but imagine the big picture. Isn’t your own long-term well being worth spending a couple of extra bucks? Besides, treatment plans for all those scary medical problems attributed to bad fats have a considerable price tag as well!