I get that there is probably a more complex answer in reality, and probably an objective ranking, but I’m interested in what people’s perceptions are.

  • @modeler
    7•3 hours ago
    1. Extra virgin olive oil for anything where the taste is a good thing
    2. Any oil with high monounsaturates and zero saturates (the rest being polyunsaturates). This may be a seed oil.

    Extra virgin olive oil (and it has to be extra virgin) is known and scientifically proven to be very good for you.

    Seed oils are today highly controversial - I avoided them for many years - but current science research suggests that they are perfectly safe, and indeed good for lowering cholesterol.

    Here’s a real scientist, working and published in exactly this area, talking about this exact question: https://youtu.be/VRlleOTBq7k?si=trB8t5xRjOJml5ug