Re: Heather - Canola oil...
12/30/03 09:27 PM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
Posts: 7799
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Hi - All oils are fats, and fats are oils. Same thing. For IBS, you need a low fat diet, but this does NOT mean fat free. It does mean that the fats you eat - about 20-25% of your total calorie intake every day - need to be heart healthy. Canola oil is a good choice, as is olive oil, finely ground nuts, fatty fish, and flax oil.
You can tolerate healthy fats if you eat them in smaller quantities with a high soluble fiber base. In other words, baking banana bread or making a fried rice with a bit of canola oil is just fine - deep frying something in it is not. 
- H
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