Main reasons why you should use cold pressed oils

The usual process that most manufacturers of edible refined oils make use of heat in the process of oil extraction. Then again the remnant oil cake is treated with solvents and the oil remaining in the cakes is extracted with the help of chemicals. These chemicals added to the oil during the extraction and then the refining process have harmful effects.

Cold press method for extracting oil with a mustard oil cold press machine is very simple. This maintains all the natural goodness of the oil. At the same time, no solvents or any other chemicals are used. This makes the oil healthy for the human body. Let us look at some reasons why you should use cold pressed oils.

Use of heat is harmful

Very high heat is used during the regular commercial production of oils. This causes the loss of important anti-oxidants like tocopherols and sterols. This heating process also causes the production of free radicals and trans fatty acids along with some polymeric components.

These chemicals are carcinogenic and can cause Alzheimer’s disease or even cancer among other ailments. Cold pressed oils do not have such harmful components because heat is neither applied nor generated during the process of the manufacturing of these oils.

As mentioned above the high heat is used to produce refined oils and this heat destroys beta carotene and vitamin E. On the other hand cold pressed oils do not lose these important components.

Solvents like petroleum ether and hexane are used to recover the oil remaining in the meal after the oil has been removed from them. These chemicals are harmful and will remain in the edible oil unless it is the solvent and oil mixture is not processed properly.

Hence when you plan to buy a mustard oil extraction machine then make sure that it is a cold press machine. Otherwise you will be consuming lot of harmful chemicals that can cause havoc with your health.

Cold pressed oils are a little expensive, but the extra amount is worth every penny because it will provide you all the goodness of the oil without harmful chemicals. 

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