What are the health benefits of cooking rice with olive oil?

Nearly every time I lecture on olive oil, people ask whether heat destroys the oil, and whether they can cook with it. I don't know who invented this misconception (seed-oil companies?), but I'd love to dispel it once and for all. read more

Olive oil is much more stable when heated compared to most vegetable oil (16, 17).Cooking with olive oil below the smoke-point does not destroy most of its health benefits, or make it less healthy – under normal cooking conditions, most of the therapeutic minor components are retained (18-20). read more

Rice bran oil is mostly monounsaturated – a tablespoon contains 7 grams of monounsaturated fat, three of saturated fat and five of polyunsaturated fat. In comparison, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil contains 11 grams of monounsaturated fat, two grams of saturated fat and one gram of polyunsaturated fat. read more

For such health reasons, people have become more open to experiment with new types of oil. On such variety that has slowly been creeping up on health charts is Rice Bran Oil. According to Dr. Ritika Samaddar, Chief Dietician at Max Healthcare, "Rice bran oil is a relatively new entrant in the category of cooking oils and perhaps the healthiest. read more