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Originally Posted by Vernster
Olive Oil always reduces your total cholesterol. However you should always try to use Extra Virgin Cold Pressed. You can use Olive Oil in cooking if you don't use high heat.
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Yes, I use extra virgin exclusively and I believe it is "cold pressed". I just read in a book by, Jean Carper, that it is not only supposed to lower LDL but raise HDL (asuming one is relatively high in LDL and low in HDL) Along with garlic and a list of other items.
I never use any oil in cooking because I don't do any frying. I don't eat eggs anymore but if I did they would be poached. I don't eat meat anymore but when I ate chicken breasts, I boilded and simmered them in water. And vegetables can be steamed or cooked in a soup. Frying, it seems to me, just adds a lot of unnecessary calories.
Extra virgin olive oil is very delicate and it doesn't take much heat to destroy the antioxidants that it contains. Just the fact of exposing it to air can degrade it because it will become oxidized.