The Health Benefits Of Rapeseed Oil

Olive oil has long been held up as the healthy oil, but in many ways it is surpassed by rapeseed, not least because it contains 50 per cent less saturated fat than olive oil.
Rapeseed oil also contains the beneficial fats in the form of Omega 6 and 3, in a ratio of which is considered by nutritionists to be favourable.
Beneficial fats have several roles in a healthy diet as they are anti-inflammatory and can help reduce overall cholesterol levels.
Mono-unsaturated fats that constitute 59 per cent of rapeseed have been shown to reduce low-density lipoprotein, the ‘bad’ type of cholesterol.
Many of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet are linked to the inclusion of olive oil and fish, both of which contain Omega 3 fats.
As rapeseed oil contains more than five times the omega 3 levels of olive oil, you can replicate the benefits.
Rapeseed oil found its way into supermarkets only in 2005, but sales are now increasing by about 30 per cent a year.