Eating For Health

There are some new food products you may be seeing on store shelves soon.   1.  Camelina oil – most of you know olive oil is a heart healthy oil to use.   Soon you will be seeing Camelina oil on store shelves.   It is made from a seed from the mustard family and has a nutty, light flavor.   Some may refer to it as wild flax or false flax.   It was a common oil grown in Eastern Europe and Russia in the 1940’s before it was replaced by other crops.   It is becoming popular in the US and farmers in Montana now grow it.   A blogger ( Julie )   noted a farmer in Minnesota produces and sells Camelina oil. “ A few months ago, Deanne and Francine blogged about a new oil they'd discovered in their quest for Minnesota produced or grown products. Camelina Oil is produced from the Camelina plant by a farmer in Lamberton. I'd just mentioned to Tim we should see if we can visit the farm and purchase some oil. As I was saying goodbye to Deanne, I noticed...

Recently I was in the grocery store watching a couple trying to choose cooking oil.   They would pick up a bottle of oil, look at it, put it back and then pick up another bottle of oil.   They seemed totally mystified by the vast array of oils to choose from.    And it can be confusing.   But one cooking oil stands out as being the healthiest and that is Olive Oil.   Which Olive Oil to Choose? Choose Extra Virgin Olive Oil – a little pricier but a better choice for your health.   Or, as Rachel Ray calls it, EVOO.   EVOO is the least processed of the olive oils so it is richer in the polyphenols that are good for our health.   It is also higher in Omega-3’s and vitamin E.   Pass up the “light” olive oil.   It is not “light” in calories but is the most refined olive oil so not the one to choose for your health.   Also avoid “pure olive oil”.   Sounds good but it is also refined and not as good as EVOO.   So Rache...