Peanut oil and sunflower seed oil are both good, choose the cooking oil that suits you

Cooking oil can be said to be something everyone cannot do without, involving every aspect of our diet; whenever you enter the kitchen, you have to deal with it. I have mentioned before the question of how to match and choose cooking oil, but how can we eat comfortably and eat healthily? Below is an interpretation of peanut oil and sunflower seed oil.

First, let us make one point clear: whether it is peanut oil or sunflower seed oil (sunflower oil), the main component of both is fatty acids. In fact, it is not just these two; the main component of all oils is also fatty acids. What differs, however, is that the structure of the fatty acids contained in each oil is somewhat different.

For example, some oils have a relatively high content of saturated fatty acids, while some have a relatively high content of unsaturated fatty acids. In addition, the proportions of different types of fatty acids contained in the oil also differ. Take peanut oil, for instance: it contains oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, and so on; while sunflower oil, although also mainly composed of fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid, differs greatly in its composition.

Taking the unsaturated fatty acids contained in various cooking oils as an example, this is the part with greater benefits for the human body, but the content of unsaturated fatty acids is not better the higher it is. For example, if the content of unsaturated fatty acids is too high, it is more easily oxidized, which is not good for storage.

Unsaturated fatty acids also play an important role in regulating human body functions. Taken together, the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in peanut oil is as high as more than 80%, which can be said to be very suitable for the human body. But as for sunflower seed oil, its absorption and utilization efficiency by the human body is also very high, and the tocopherols it contains are considered very high among many oils.

From the above analysis, it can also be seen that the nutritional structures of various cooking oils are all different. For different groups of people, they can choose according to their own conditions. For example, friends with fatty liver should eat less oil high in saturated fatty acids. However, for the general public, the best way is to rotate among various cooking oils, or simply choose blended oil. Eating only one kind of cooking oil for a long time is not good for your health.

Therefore, for peanut oil and sunflower seed oil, this simple comparison is meaningless; choosing what suits you is the best, and this choice has nothing to do with price.

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