Choosing Healthy Cooking Oil || Vegetable vs Olive vs Coconut vs Avocado vs Lard vs Shortening

Did you know that vegetable oil is not made from vegetables? Yeah, so what is in it? And what’s a boy to do to find healthy cooking oil? Well, today we’re gonna talk about vegetable oil, Crisco (shortening), olive oil, lard, coconut oil, and avocado oil. We’re gonna see which ones are “Dennis approved” and which ones “should be removed”. So, hang on to your horses, and let’s get started.
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Dangers of Hydrogenated Fats
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1. VEGETABLE OIL - SHOULD BE REMOVED
- Could be any of soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, or safflower
- Vegetable oil is a lie
- Highly-expelled, rancid, unstable fats
- Highly-refined of any micronutrients
- Contains high levels of pesticides/herbicides
- These are empty fats that are adding to your daily calorie count while depleting your micro-nutrient stores (also known as your vitamin and mineral stores).
2. CRISCO/SHORTENING - SHOULD BE REMOVED
- Hydrogenated fat is bad
- Studies indicate that fully hydrogenated oils are likely highly carcinogenic-meaning they are potentially a major cause of cancer
- In 2015, the FDA banned partially hydrogenated oils in the US because they cause heart disease. I’m not gonna wait around another 70 years for the government to finally realize that this laboratory created concoction is also bad for you to eat.
- Artificially chemically altering the molecular structure of the oil
- Butter is a perfect substitutes like 99% of the time
- Non-hydrogenated palm oil shortening is fine (or maybe try using lard)
3. OLIVE OIL - DENNIS APPROVED(ish)
- “Organic, extra-virgin, cold pressed” is good for you
- Ideally olive oil will be sold and stored in tinted glass
- Good olive oil is usually gonna be pretty pricy
- You’d be better off buying cheep butter than cheep olive oil
- Olive oil should mostly be eaten raw
4. LARD/BACON FAT - DENNIS APPROVED
- Natural: lard is the animal fat derived from pigs
- Bacon fat is simply the lard that cooks out of bacon (cuz bacon is pig)
- Fantastic source of vitamin D… super bio-available
- Helps your immune system in the winter
- Very heat stable (smoke point is over 350º F) and mild flavor making it perfect for deep frying, pastries, and general cooking
- I always keep a pound or two of lard in a deep cast iron pot on my stove. That way it’s super accessible while I’m cooking meals if I want a quick spot of oil. And I can very easily make some french fries or other fried food without going through all the trouble of preparing a pot of oil every time and cleaning it afterwards. I usually change the lard out every couple weeks once it’s been used for frying about 6-7 times.
- Lard is very cheep, but isn’t widely available.
- Trying talking to your local butcher store to see if they sell lard
- Check ethnic stores (Chinese or Mexican markets)
- Or talk to the farmer that you get your grass-fed, antibiotic-free meets from.
5. COCONUT OIL - DENNIS APPROVED
- Hard to go wrong
- Highly-stable (high smoke point)
- Even refined coconut oil is fine
- Among other benefits, studies show that coconut oil can be very helpful in preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s disease and improving brain function overall
6. AVOCADO OIL - DENNIS APPROVED
- Highly-stable
- Refined is fine
- Mild taste
- Good for making mayonnaise
- Kinda expensive, but becoming widely available. Thanks in large part to the brand Primal Kitchen who is making lots of convenient avocado oil products like this healthy cooking spray and mayonnaise.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Is Vegetable Oil Healthy?
2:33 - Is Crisco Shortening Healthy?
4:39 - Is Olive Oil Healthy?
6:43 - Is Lard / Bacon Fat Healthy?
8:06 - Is Coconut Oil Healthy?
9:08 - Is Avocado Oil Healthy?
#DennisFromScratch #DennisRussell #ChoosingQualityIngredients

[@sean3569]

this video is so unbelievably full of misinformation.

[@DennisfromScratch]

Gosh, I have no idea what to say. You totally destroyed me with your facts and logic and stuff. You are incredibly credible and actually articulate. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[@Corytrevorson]

You’re one of those people that just talk to hear your self talk aren’t ya?

[@tanyasydney2235]

Your comment is unbelievably full of crapola!

[@sneedler8661]

Noticed you havent uploaded in awhile dude, please dont stop, your.stuff is really informative to a modern day audience, our food these days suck and lack nutrition due to mass production. Please continue this stuff. I love nutritional information about foods and its something we all deserve to know about. You're doing God's work dude

[@DennisfromScratch]

I appreciate the encouragement! You’ll see some new video starting in a few days…

[@simpmaster7995]

Dennis,no matter how poorly KZbin's Algorithm favour you,don't stop making these kind of high quality informative videos.❤❤❤

[@josephwolfe4914]

Love the videos so keep it up! I would like to see more videos on common things to avoid/replace with healthier options. Wondering what your thoughts are on soy sauce?

[@Macaframa1]

great advice! i personally use avocado oil, beef tallow, duck fat, & butter from grass fed cows depending on what i'm making.

[@DennisfromScratch]

I like it!

[@angel-og.8261]

You need more views!! Thanks Dennis!!

[@Carperama]

Just to cook eggs and chicken in a skillet which is better to prevent heart disease, lard or avocado oil. Thanks for the video.

[@only2genderkennder268]

Thanks for this information. I'm trying to eat healthier.

[@Corytrevorson]

I think clarified butter is the healthiest of all things to cook with! Plus it has a super high smoke point!

[@DennisfromScratch]

Great suggestion!

[@loveforfood2439]

Thanks Dennis. I am a south asian and we cook alot of oily foods, literally everything is cooked in oil. So if I were to keep it in budget and healthy, I should go for refined coconut oil ? this would work deep frying too ?

[@DennisfromScratch]

Lard or refined coconut oil would probably be best for health and your budget.

[@GazalaKazi07]

Can organic coconut oil be reused after cooking? Is it safe

[@worshipsonglyrics5861]

Does Crisco all vegetable shortening produce a different flavor from vegetable oil when it comes to frying chicken?

[@DennisfromScratch]

Not sure about the flavor… but I know there’s no difference in the heart attacks and chronic disease they will both cause you.

[@carmenfreer7716]

What do you sear shrimp or scallops with if not olive oil?

[@DennisfromScratch]

Clarified butter is a great option. Otherwise, you could use bacon fat, duck fat, lard, or any other animal fat.

[@bsanchez3563]

What about peanut oil?

[@DennisfromScratch]

Peanut oil is fairly heat-stable, so it can bu used on occasion. But the omega 3 to 6 ratio is heavily weighted toward omega 6, so it should not be used regularly.

[@cynthiaradilla7412]

Is 50/50 avocado oil and extra virgin olive oil good for cooking?

[@DennisfromScratch]

I would use it sparingly for cooking, since the olive oil doesn’t stand up to heat well. That is my favorite oil blend for making mayonnaise though!

[@cynthiaradilla7412]

@@DennisfromScratch gotta! Thank you!!

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

But isn't palm oil environmentally evil?

[@artist.chantal]

Wait saturated fats are good for the brain? Let's got back to that!!

[@DennisfromScratch]

Yep. Your brain is primarily composed of saturated fat and cholesterol, so both of those ingredients are needed for brain-cell reproduction. Furthermore, a diet sufficiently high in saturated fat will allow your brain to produce its own cannabinoids and other mood-stabilizing compounds like many hormones. Not things you’ll hear from any government agencies. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say they don’t want our brains working properly…