Fats and oils: What’s the real story?

ZOE Science & Nutrition

What Are the Best Oils to Cook With?

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Olive oil tends to be a very good oil to cook with. Once you start adding polyon saturated fatty acids, these are the ones that have more double bonds an te double bonds are very easily oxidized. So from a taste perspective, it's best to use and mona a saturated oil.

Today we’re talking about fat, a delicious component of our food with a terrible reputation.

Fats have been broadly associated with weight gain and heart disease until recently.

A mountain of new scientific evidence suggests this is wrong and that it's not as simple as ‘all fat is bad’. Indeed, eating more healthy fat might actually reduce heart disease for many people.

In today’s episode, Jonathan speaks to Dr Sarah Berry to learn about what science tells us today, whether it is possible to lose weight on a high-fat diet, what oils we should be cooking with, and the different types of fats.

Dr. Sarah Berry is one of the world's leading experts on human nutrition, who has personally run over 20 randomised clinical trials looking at how humans respond to different fats.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

02:50 - Episode Start

03:08 - Quickfire round

04:54 - Can fat ever be healthy?

08:53 - Is it possible to put on weight if you’re on a low-fat diet?