Replacing bad fats (saturated and trans) with healthier fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) is better for your heart.
One way you can do this is by choosing healthier nontropical vegetable oils for cooking and preparing food.
Use these oils instead of solid fats (including butter, shortening, lard and hard stick margarine) and tropical oils (including palm and coconut oil), which can have a lot of saturated fat.
Here's an alphabetical list of common cooking oils that contain more of the “better-for-you” fats and less saturated fat.
- Canola.
- Corn.
- Olive.
- Peanut.
- Safflower.
- Soybean.
- Sunflower