The Right Balance

The good, the bad and the ugly

 

Home-cooking has come a long way since the days when your grandma kept a cup of lard next to the stove for baking.

These days there are many varieties of oil available, and each is suited to particular cuisines, flavours and cooking temperatures. Read on for a quick guide to the best and worst cooking oils.



published in Fernwood magazine.

The Bottom Line:

1. Read the label. Read them! Don't be fooled just because the marketing says they are organic or natural, there is a lot of latitude in those words. Just because they use 2% of an organic substance, doesn't make them fully organic. Do your research and if you don't know what a particular ingredient is, look it up! We are educated consumers; we read labels on our food so why not on the products we put on our skin? Much like food, the shorter the ingredients list the better. 
3. Look within. Eat loads of plant-based food (fruit, legumes, nuts, vegetables). They are packed with antioxidants that combat free-radicals - one of the leading causes of fine lines and wrinkles.

Remember, you are what you absorb!