Cooking Oils: Which Ones Are Toxic For You
In the energy science approach there are specific cooking oils that carry the hot quality and these in the end will aggravate the small bowel, the seat of Pitta energy which as you recall is the energy of transformation in the body These oils if used improperly can produce imbalances over the long term leading to disease
Why would the small bowel be the focal point of transformative energy? It's in the small bowel that foods are literally transformed from a vegetable, say broccoli.... and that piece of broccoli is transformed into molecules that can be used by your body for repair or energy to do things So when oils heat the small bowel they increase the energy pattern of Pitta which is responsible for all forms of inflammatory diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and str oke
Which Oils are Best?
It depends on who you are energetically If you do the questionnaire at foodsheal.com you can determine whether you are PK, PV, or VK Then to the specific nutritional format will show you the oils that will bring about balance for your specific energy pattern....that is, your unique energetic constitutional makeup that is genetically determined
Oils That Heat the Small Bowel
Some degree of heat is valuable for health but sometimes that heat can become so provoked for many different reasons that disease occurs Oils that can be used in moderation for any energy constitutional makeup are almond, apricot, flaxseed, safflower, sesame, soy and sunflower
Almonds are actually seeds and in the skin of the almond are numerous enzymes that produce transformation so the almond can reproduce itself into another tree If the skin of the almond is left in place during the production of the oil then the oil will be heating The same is true for almond butter
For PV makeup all oils can be used in moderation without causing an imbalance except for coconut and avocado which should be used externally only This latter external use is based on the fact that these two oils are extremely cooling and affect the digestive fire or agni Hence routine use of coconut oil internally, even though the rage from a matter science view currently, is not a good idea as it will disrupt agni which is extremely important for health
For PK makeup there are problematic oils that can produce imbalance Seldom used apricot oil and safflower, and sesame oil internally should not be used at all Sesame can be used externally in moderation Internally taken oils for PK that can be used in moderation are corn, olive, soy, flaxseed, primrose, walnut, and almond Those oils that can be taken internally all the time for PK are sunflower, canola, and ghee The same caveat holds true for coconut and avocado regarding the internal use as above
For VK makeup all oils can be used in moderation except for flaxseed which should not be used Those that can be used all the time are ghee and corn Again the same caveat holds true for coconut and avocado regarding the internal use as above
Cooking Oils and Eating Out
So armed with this information you can begin to make better energetic choices around the choice of cooking oils in the kitchen and at restaurants But when it's all said and done you should think twice about fried foods in restaurants since you have no control over what kinds of oils are used unless it's used at the table from a bottle for salads Otherwise fried cooking oils in the restaurant kitchen are more than likely the cheapest oils that can be found and are used over and over again
Having said this if eating out is infrequent then consuming oils that are imbalancing every once in a while particularly if your agni is strong probably will not make a big difference
A Word About Ghee
From an energetic perspective, no matter what your energy constitutional makeup, ghee can be used by everyone The universal cooking oil!!
Ghee or clarified butter is an excellent cooking oil(high burn point) because not only does it cool the small bowel but its qualities are those of our digestive fire Hence using ghee on a regular basis improves overall health Said another way, many who have IC have poor agni, ie poor digestive strength
In our next post together we'll discuss how to make this amazing cooking oil
