When it comes to choice of using cooking oil, it is very important to consider the right choice both for cooking application and health.

For example, with high heat cooking application, the trade off between choosing an oil with a high fat saturation such as Coconut oil vs a sunflower or soybean oil with high polyunsaturated fat and low saturated fat.

According to the general labels: higher saturated fat oil have the lower iodine reading vs the higher iodine reading of high unsaturated fat like sunflower and soybean oil which oxidizes and polymerize produce a sticky plastic like film to your cookware during the high heat cooking, hence may adversely affecting health.

With these facts, it really depends on how you choose to apply these oils in your cooking method. While many benefits may appear on the surface of the labels but master of the knowing and the right application can truly extract the power of healthy cooking.