While trans fat in cooking oil clogs up arteries, rice bran oil lowers
cholesterol. They
do not have the exact opposite effect, but it's good enough for me. A
Googol search for "rice bran oil" turns up some articles:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050512110703.htm
http://www.californiariceoil.com/healthbenefits.htm
http://www.oilseedssf.com/products/prod_rice.html
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/RiceBranOil.htm
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/127/3/521S
The last reference says even more cholesterol lowering is possible if
safflower oil is blended with rice bran oil in a 70/30 % (rice
bran/safflower) ratio.
Does anyone have any good experience with rice bran oil? It has a very high
smoking point. I use it for deep frying and some say it has a pleasant
smell. Not being a cook, I could not distinguish the smell from other oils.
Tom
Kamalakar Pasupuleti - 28 Dec 2006 00:58 GMT
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050512110703.htm
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> http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/127/3/521S
> Does anyone have any good experience with rice bran oil? It has a very high
> smoking point. I use it for deep frying and some say it has a pleasant
> smell. Not being a cook, I could not distinguish the smell from other oils.
>
> Tom
In India Safflower oil has been in use for many centuries
and the rice bran oil has been in the market for the last
three decades . Rice bran oil is cheaper where as the
safflower of late has become expensive . It is prescribed
for people with heart disease and hypertensiom by almost
all the cardiologists .
Kam