Rice Bran Oil -10 Health Benefits
A good cooking oil plays an important role in your health. It could control your cholesterol levels and affect your overall metabolism. For the last few years, ghee (clarified butter) and refined oil have earned a bad reputation due to the cholesterol and heart diseases . According to Dr. Ritika Samaddar, Chief Dietitian at Max Healthcare, "Rice bran oil is a relatively new entrant in the category of cooking oils and perhaps the healthiest. This is for a number of reasons: for one, it's got an ideal balance of polyunsaturated fats (PUFA) and monounsaturated fats (MUFA). To be precise, rice bran oil has 37 percent polyunsaturated fats and 45 percent monounsaturated fats, almost a 1:1 ratio." "Rice bran oil is made from bran which makes it rich in Vitamin E that is essentially an antioxidant. What's also interesting is that rice bran oil is relatively cheap and more of it can be produced right here in India." Different oils ha...