what is unhealthy about home made chips

HappyMJ

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Deep frying vegetables takes something healthy and makes it into the opposite.

The opposite being unhealthy. Why? If the oil used is low in saturated fats and has no cholesterol then I really don't understand why it's unhealthy.

I have always shallow fried all of my vegetables in a good quality rapeseed oil and hardly ever cook them by boiling in water. I also add plenty of extra virgin olive oil to salads. I add a number of tablespoons of olive oil to pasta after draining the water.

Why are some people so scared of fats and oils that anything touching it becomes unhealthy when fats and oils used really aren't that bad when used in moderation?

suki1964

So take it no one on here has heard of the French Paradox?

littlerock

I never said all deep fried food was healthy. Read OP again. I asked why, from a scientific point of view, an organic potato chip made with organic oil, was bad for you. I enjoy Chips and eat homemade chips regularly, in moderation, and I am in good health and not obese. So I wondered if there was a scientific reason why they are considered bad for you.

I asked my hairdresser yesterday, who has a six year old, if he was allowed to eat "healthy" chips. She said as a northerner she enjoyed a chip butty but her son was not permitted chips in case he started demanding them all the time in preference to other foods.

I was born in 1955 so old maybe but not ancient. A Mediterranean diet is generally regarded as very healthy and I am in good health despite my advanced age and being partial to steak frites and ice cream .

Retrogamer

From a scientific point of view there is no benefit of using organic vs non organic the vast majority of the time.

Frying some things can often change the chemical make up of a lot of oils turning healthy fats into unhealthy ones.

Fats are dense in calories as well and are absorbed quickly into the bloodstream so if the extra energy from them isn't used up, then it gets stored as fat in the body.

Never deep fry my foods but i occasionally pan fry things, at a low temperature using Olive Oil.

Feral_Moon

I'm another fan of using an Actifry to make healthy chips. They're delicious!

I haven't eaten deep fried food for 20+ years and the only "oils" that ever enter my kitchen are groundnut, olive and coconut oils. Roast potatoes are cooked in beef dripping or goose fat (special occasions) and I only ever use real butter, never margarine nor buttery spreads.

scooby088

I am a fan of using beef dripping to cook my chips but my OH wont let me, they taste miles better than using oils but alas i have to be health conscious and not prepare them that way.

suki1964

scooby088 wrote: »

I am a fan of using beef dripping to cook my chips but my OH wont let me, they taste miles better than using oils but alas i have to be health conscious and not prepare them that way.

But a little of what you fancy now and then wont kill you

We grew up having chips cooked in beef fat, but we didnt have chips very often, maybe once a week or fortnight, and it was only a small portion, not a chippy portion for sure

missbiggles1

HappyMJ wrote: »

The opposite being unhealthy. Why? If the oil used is low in saturated fats and has no cholesterol then I really don't understand why it's unhealthy.

I have always shallow fried all of my vegetables in a good quality rapeseed oil and hardly ever cook them by boiling in water. I also add plenty of extra virgin olive oil to salads. I add a number of tablespoons of olive oil to pasta after draining the water.

Why are some people so scared of fats and oils that anything touching it becomes unhealthy when fats and oils used really aren't that bad when used in moderation?

Why would you do that?

Mrs_pbradley936

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Why would you do that?

Stir fry?

I have to add nonsense or else message too short!

missbiggles1

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

Stir fry?

I have to add nonsense or else message too short!

Well yes, but how often do you have a stir fry?

Also, the post I replied to said "shallow fry" which would use far more oil than a stir fry does.