Healthy cooking oils

If you’re still soaking everything you cook in vegetable oil or olive oil, step away from the hob and listen up. There are a whole world of oils out there that can offer you much more in the health and taste stakes. Interested? Check out our guide to the best healthy cooking oils.

We Heart Living – Tiana Coconut Oil

Coconut oil
The health guru’s go-to oil, this little wonder is a fab cooking oil. Thanks to its high smoke point – the fats it contains don’t break down into trans fats at high temps – it’s great for frying foods at high temperatures, so perfect for stir-frys. It also contains medium-chain fatty acids, which are thought to fire the metabolism, so it can also be a great addition to a weight-loss regime. Thanks to its coconutty flavor it’s delicious in Asian dishes and goes very well with seafood dishes.
Buy: Tiana Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, £16.55, hollandandbarrett.com

We Heart Living – Fussels’ Rapeseed oil

Rapeseed oil
Another oil with a high smoke point, it holds its own at a high heat and is perfect for roasting veggies. It’s also packed with vitamin E and omega fatty acids for a handy boost to skin and heart health. It’s also super tasty and championed by cheeky chap and Brit chef Jamie Oliver and is becoming more and more popular with sales up by 60 per cent at Tesco.
Buy: Rapeseed Oil, £7.25, fusselsfinefoods.co.uk

We Heart Living – Chia Co Chia Oil

Chia oil
As if we didn’t love chia seeds enough, now you can buy chia oil! This fantastic oil is packed with omega-3, which is thought to reduce inflammation, and lower your risk of heart disease, arthritis and cancer. However, it has a low smoke point, so isn’t suitable, for cooking, but it’s the perfect dressing for healthy salads and is a great way to add an omega-3 hit to soups, smoothies or protein shakes.
Buy: The Chia Co Chia Oil, £15.39, nutricentre.com