Olive oil toxic when heated?

[luvs]

yep!

 

[Scotch]

Astounding!

 

[GB]

Seems we have started to stray from the topic at hand. How about we get back to discussing the toxicity of olive oil please.

 

[Thaicooking]

I've used olive oil for cooking for many year, but I've never noticed that it's smells weird when it's too hot. Thank you useful post!

 

[bigdaddy3k]

When oil is hot eneough to smoke it decomposes. The smoke is toxic and the oil generates free radicals.

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I just report the news, I don't make it.

 

[TheMetalChef]

Check this article on the subject:
Food Fried In Vegetable Oil May Contain Toxic Compound

And this:
Food fried in vegetable oil contains a highly toxic compound - HNE (4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal)

Nice.

Linoleic acid breaks down into a toxic chemical at high heat.

Folks, deep fry your food in peanut oil (one of the highest smoke points out there) and (as if you needed more reasons) stay the hell away from fast food....

 

[dadouger]

What about Olive Oil

Check this article on the subject:
Food Fried In Vegetable Oil May Contain Toxic Compound

And this:
Food fried in vegetable oil contains a highly toxic compound - HNE (4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal)

Scotch, all the information you present is valid, IF we were talking about Vegetable Oil. All of us are curious about the daily uses of Olive Oil. My research has turned up nothing besides the obvious of not using to excess or overheating.

Please let me know if I missed anything.

 

[Andy M.]

Scotch, all the information you present is valid, IF we were talking about Vegetable Oil. All of us are curious about the daily uses of Olive Oil. My research has turned up nothing besides the obvious of not using to excess or overheating.

Please let me know if I missed anything.

Hi dadouger, welcome to DC.

You missed the fact that olives are vegetables and olive oil is a vegetable oil.

 

[forty_caliber]

This topic came up a while back. There was a fairly productive discussion in this thread.

There is conflicting information out there about this topic. From a pure scientific standpoint it may be possible to make olive oil toxic but on the other hand repeating the same results in the kitchen by accident is unlikely.

Here is a good general reference on olive oil. The Olive Oil Source | Everything but the Olive

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