Cardiovascular Disease Leading Cause of Death Across the World:Need to Improve our Lifestyles and Shift to Healthier Oils:Experts

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Chandigarh 24^th September:- More and more people, both young and old, are increasingly health-aware and taking steps to improve their lifestyle. Meal plans, fitness regimes, weight loss and trimming abdominal fat are some of the measures they are adopting to improve health and reduce the risk of lifestyle diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Eating right to stay healthy is now almost a universal mantra.

At the very core of this effort is the quality of food people purchase and consume. This comes with increased awareness about nutritional values of food, recommended daily allowances, how to understand food labels and how to access healthy recipes from a variety of cuisines. Consumers are choosing all their ingredients carefully, especially cooking oils. They are considering the oil's health and culinary benefits. People are also growing aware of the difference between healthy and unhealthy fats.

This is where canola oil comes in. Experts consider it to be one of the healthiest cooking oils in the world based on numerous studies by reputable researchers. Canola oil comes from the crushed seeds of the canola plant, which is a member of the Brassica family that includes broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. It was developed in Canada through traditional plant breeding in the 1960s to remove two undesirable components (erucic acid and glucosinolates) found in rapeseed. To acknowledge these differences, the new plant earned a new name, canola – a contraction of "Canadian" and "ola" meaning "oil." Although canola oil is often confused with rapeseed, the two crops and their oils are distinctly different. In fact, there is an internationally regulated definition of canola that differentiates it from rapeseed:  it contains less than 2 percent erucic acid and less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates (a bitter-tasting organic compound).

Canola oil, with its healthy and versatile profile, is the third most used vegetable oil in the world today. 

With cardiovascular disease a leading cause of death across the world, there is a need to improve our lifestyles and shift to healthier oils in our diets. Canola is a good choice of oil given its heart-healthy qualities, suitability with all cooking methods and cuisines, and affordability among other healthy oils. This is why and more and more people around the world are now making it a part of their kitchen.