Healthy Oils

Healthy Oils

Oils used for cooking and as additions to dressings for salads, pasta sauces and dessert toppings are often unhealthy and fattening. My Natural Market’s healthy oils are all natural, unrefined oils that have been shown to offer several nutritional benefits as well as variety in your everyday recipes.

We offer several different healthy oils as alternatives to the oils that are high in polyunsaturated fats. You may not have thought that these oils would be good for cooking, but these all natural and organic oils are good for your food and for you. We carry a variety of oils and encourage you to try them all. Each of these oils can give you health benefits that you would otherwise be passing up. Our healthy cooking oils and some of their perks include:

• Almond Oil – promotes healthy skin.
• Coconut Oil – Helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels, natural energy source and contains no trans- or hydrogenated fats. Use in place of butter, shortening and other cooking oils.
• Flax Oil – zero trans-fat, good source of the omega-3 essential fatty acid ALA, promotes a healthy digestive system.
• Hemp Oil – assists fat metabolism, helps protect body against negative effects of aging, toxins and stress, contains Super Omega-3 (SDA) and Super Omega-6 (GLA).
• Pumpkin Seed Oil – Its high chlorophyll content means it is rich in vitamins A, B and C, and a natural source of anti-oxidants.
• Sesame Oil – unrefined source of healthy monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids. Longer shelf life, used for salad dressings, sautéing and stir-frying.
• Walnut Oil – High in omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids.
• Wheat Germ Oil – Good source of vitamins A, D and E, contains squalane which has healing properties and acts as a natural bactericide. Also contains minerals, protein, B vitamins and essential fatty acids.