Which sunflower oil is better than the refined and unrefined

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Sunflower oil is the most popular and used in cooking: it is added to salads, baked goods, it is fried meat and potatoes.

Depending on the treatment method, the oil can be refined or unrefined.

How useful is the product that is so common in the housewives in the kitchen?

The way of obtaining

The oil is given to us by nature, it is extracted from vegetable raw materials - sunflower.

When receiving sunflower oil, the following methods are used:

  • cold pressing;
  • hot pressing;
  • by extraction method.

After treating the plant raw materials in the first two ways, useful substances remain in it.

Such a sunflower oil is called unrefined .

The first place, in value - cold pressed oil.

A significant shortage of the product is a short shelf life.

It is suitable for food only a couple of months, then it will burn.

Unrefined sunflower oil obtained by hot pressing is retained longer.

This method allows without refining to obtain a useful product, a rich color with a pleasant specific flavor, loved by many.

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This species is mainly used in raw cooking:

  • for making sauces,
  • salad dressings,
  • of other ready-made dishes.

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For frying unrefined oil is best not to use:

  • it strongly smokes and foams.

In addition, when exposed to high temperatures, it releases a certain amount of carcinogenic substances that can harm the human body.

Refined oil is more suitable for frying.

After repeated cleaning, it completely smells and is ideal for cooking or baking:

  • does not foam,
  • does not emit carcinogens during cooking.

Therefore, it is better to have both kinds.

Features of the useful properties of

As part of unrefined sunflower oil there are no harmful components, food additives, GMOs, and many of its useful properties, if properly applied, will have a positive effect on the entire body.

Its wide use in cosmetology is known:

  1. Useful components of unrefined oil are a wonderful facial care product that does not require high costs.
  2. Masks with the addition of oil are good for hair.
  3. Nail trays containing oils strengthen the nail plate.
  4. Sunflower oil enters almost all types of oils sold in pharmacies: burdock, nettle and others.

Unrefined sunflower oil has no contraindications for taking during pregnancy and lactation, therefore women during this period can enrich their diet with the useful substances that make up its composition.

This product is rich in vitamins( A, D, E, F) .

  1. Vitamin D accelerates the metabolism, it will be useful for children to strengthen bone mass and prevent rickets.
    Improves the functioning of the thyroid and intestines.
  2. Vitamin E improve heart function, are useful for the nervous system, stimulate memory performance.
  3. Vitamin A is also called vitamin growth.
    Its deficiency affects the appearance of hair, nails, and skin.
  4. Vitamin F helps to strengthen immunity, fights against cholesterol.

Unrefined oil does not contain sugar and carbohydrates, but it contains 9.86 grams of saturated fatty acids, which the body needs not less than vitamins or minerals for healing and strengthening cells.

Fatty acids favorably differ from animal fats, as compared to them, are easily digested.

Thanks to the valuable chemical composition, the product has a set of useful features that positively affect the improvement of overall well-being:

  • fights fatigue,
  • strengthens the nerves.

It is known that it has a beneficial effect on the genitourinary system. Unrefined oil is suitable for people with metabolic disorders.

Increases reduced immunity, due to linoleic acid.

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Useful properties of sunflower oil:

  • improves memory;
  • improves the endocrine system;
  • strengthens eyesight;
  • cleanses blood vessels( how to do folk remedies read on this page);
  • removes excess cholesterol from the body. And vitamin F, contained in the oil, prevents the formation of cholesterol plaques on the walls of the vessels.
  • normalizes blood circulation in the brain( cleaning vessels with folk remedies);

Sunflower oil has a choleretic effect and helps to cleanse the intestines.

As a natural laxative, it is used for the prevention of:

  • diseases of the gastrointestinal tract( medicinal properties of dill seeds);
  • liver( the best recipes for oats treatment).

Vegetable oil is used in everyday life as a first aid:

  • for relief of toothache;
  • for burns;
  • from snoring.

Harm and contraindications

There are a number of contraindications, in which the use of oil for food is better minimized:

  • of bile duct and gall bladder disease;
  • diabetes mellitus( how to help the medicinal drone is written here);
  • high cholesterol;
  • cardiovascular disease;
  • early age;
  • allergy to vegetable oils( for reviews about the healing properties of cedar - read this article).

Such a useful product can immediately become harmful and dangerous if some rules are violated during storage and use:

  1. Eat more than the recommended daily dose.
    For the body in a day 2-3 tablespoons are enough.
    Excessive creates an additional burden on the liver and stomach.
  2. Fry on unrefined oil.
    Repeated heating of a plant product provokes the appearance of carcinogenic substances harmful to the body.
  3. Incorrect storage.
    Already when buying unrefined oil, pay attention to the expiration date and the packaging.
    The container must be, preferably, dark and glass, as the product is "afraid" of light and oxidized, tightly closed.
    "Live" oil quickly lose its useful properties, when stored in the light, in heat and outdoors.

People who are obese, it is recommended to use oil only when refueling salads:

  • in this form it will not affect weight gain.

Fried products are prohibited by .
Nutritionists are advised to limit the use of oil in the diet during a diet.

Solar flower, so sometimes called sunflower, gave us a product with the richest composition of useful substances.

Unrefined sunflower oil is used as a valuable home remedy for solving some health problems, is used in cosmetic procedures, it enriches and diversifies the diet.

The main thing is not to forget about its correct use, storage and observe the measure in use.

How to choose the right vegetable sunflower oil you will learn while watching a video.