Thursday, June 23, 2016

Nutritional quality of sunflower oil

Sunflower is relatively low in the saturated fatty acids, palmitic and stearic but it is rich in the unsaturated fatty acids, oleic and linoleic. With its high amount of polyunsaturated fat, sunflower oil may be good choice to help lower high cholesterol levels.

Its polyunsaturated fatty acid composition is superior to all oils except safflower oil; hence, it offers a popular approach to the prevention and/or cure of cardiovascular diseases.

It is an excellent source of vitamin E, which may enhance the body’s immune response to certain disease.

Like other oils, it has no cholesterol and no sodium. Sunflower oil is used as cooking and salad oil and in the manufacture of margarine sometimes as a pure sunflower products, but more often it belongs with other vegetable oils.
Nutritional quality of sunflower oil

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