12 Oils Ranked by Health Effect

This video ranks commonly used cooking or food oils based on health effect using a formula I call The OILgorithm which is based on fatty acid profile, antioxidants, and other health effects.
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The OILgorithm Spreadsheet:

Omega-6s - Arachidonic Acid Content of Foods:

Omega-6s - Lower Conversion of Omega-3s:

Antioxidant Comparison of Oils 1:

Antioxidant Comparison of Oils 2:

Antioxidant Comparison of Oils 2:

Antioxidant Comparison of Oils 3:

Fatty Acid Breakdown (Cross Checked with Other Sources):

Olive, Soy, Palm detrimental effects in healthy people:

Canola and Olive Mortality Study 500K People:

Canola vs Olive LDL Lowering in High Cholesterol Women:

Canola Trans Fats:

Canola Lowered Mouse Antioxidant Status:

Canola Mouse Brain Study:

Butter vs Olive Oil Artery Function Type 1 Diabetes:

EV Olive Oil Mouse Brain Study:

EV Olive Oil Glutathione Humans:

Flax Oil RCT Artery Function Doubled:

Meta Analysis of RCTs Flax Oil Lowers Inflammation:

Flaxseed Oil Lowers Platelet Aggregation:

Flax Oil Increases Antioxidant Status:

Flax Oil Side Effects:

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[davidbarrett]

Corn, grape-seed, peanut, sesame and walnut oils would be interesting to include next time in your survey.

[CashDansLeCalbard]

The ranking should be the opposite, polyinsaturated oils are very sensitive to oxidation and are inflammatory while saturated fat are the healthiest

[Rhea]

This was excellent. Thank you! I wish you had included sesame oil since it's on so many vegan asian dishes.

[justicejones]

I would love if you added in peanut, grapeseed, and walnut oil to the mix!

[Amaling]

My plant bio professor said cold-pressed olive oil whenever you can and then canola oil for whatever cooking techniques would smoke the olive oil too much are the best combination of health and affordability/accessibility. So that considered, this is a pretty good algorithm. Hempseed is still fairly niche, flax seed as you said is uncookable, olive oil is the healthiest oil you can cook with, and canola oil is the best with a high smoke point for wok hey or deep frying etc

[lizt.]

Wow Mic, you SUPER nerded out on this one. Fantastic. Much appreciated. 👏🏻🙏

[kerriikakes]

Saturated fats are not inherently bad for us. It's highly processed and refined oils that are unhealthy. They're heated extensively, mixed with chemicals that are not food. This causes significant inflammation, which leads to diseases (including heart disease). This guy is spreading misinformation ):

[Matt-jeck]

This was great! I'd love to see you do this with different wholegrains, legumes.

[jasonsimpson]

Gotta be a part 2 now. So many other oils to score. I'm interested in how mustard seed oil will do, particularly in antioxidants.

[AtEboli]

After listening to Esselystn and McDougall talk about how you should not have any oils, ever, this is encouraging. I find it very hard to cut out oils completely. They add so much to steamed greens, potatoes, salads. I"d like to think I"m not undoing all the good that a vegan diet does by using olive oil (or other healthier oils) now and then.

[AtypicalPaul]

I love hemp seeds:) I eat hemp seeds, sprouted pumpkin seeds and sprouted sunflower seeds every morning mixed into my blueberries and dark cherries. Such a tasty mix!!

[PlantChompers]

I loved this episode and learned a lot. Thank you.

[NekoEspada]

Well good to know extra virgin olive oil is in the top 3, that's the only oil I use. Never heard of hemp or flax oil.

[ErynLizabeth_TheVegan]

The key to the omegas is the ratio. The reason Omega 6 is bad is because it outcompetes Omega 3 for receptor activity. And omega 6 is found heavily not just in animal products but in fried foods, so it's not NECESSARILY bad just because of the animal source (info obtained from Dr. T Colin Campbells certification plant based course)

[formaldehyde_face]

thanks Mic, I'm one of the guys who knows oil isn't a health food or anything but still decide to use it. I've been curious about which one I should be using that's least bad I guess? so this is a pretty helpful video

all hail the oilgorithm

[injunsun]

Corn, peanut, walnut, and grapeseed, please.

[oliverv.s]

As soon as you start cooking with these oils you can flip the list by 180°. Except from Oliveoil. The high omega 3 and 6 oils become toxic very fast.

[shitt_snacker]

i'd love to see you talk about the video made by What I Learned Today. It's about the effects of polyunsaturated fats in a lot of vegetable oils in comparison to anime based fats. Love this video tho!

[smilebot]

going without oil is actually a huge game changer. we just buy whole tahini and make unlimited sauces. i would never go back to oil. one weird thing that happens is all the fat that flies around your kitchen just dries up and blows away. people are fundamentally fooled. use whole nuts and seeds and grind them or make a sauce in the blender.

[Albopepper]

Hi Mike, thanks for the video! The info was great man. I don't think it's fair to differentiate between two types of Olive Oil without doing the same for Canola. I would expect expeller pressed Canola to rank higher, just as observed with EVOO. I'm at a point where I think any oil is bad if it's stored too long / improperly. So just as important as selecting a good quality oil, is for it to be as fresh as possible. Canola will keep in the fridge perfectly, but Olive Oil coagulates. My plan it is to ditch the EVOO and just use a single small bottle of Canola. Faster turnover = less rancidity. Flax would be great if I was all about consuming raw oils, but nope, just cooking. So Canola wins, especially considering the complete distrust of Olive Oils after Greger's recent video on 3-MCPD.