{"id":58456,"date":"2025-02-09T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58456"},"modified":"2025-02-09T21:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T10:32:39","slug":"avocado-vs-olive-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58456","title":{"rendered":"Avocado vs Olive Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Olive_Oil.png\" alt=\"Olive Oil\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Olive_Oil.png 960w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Olive_Oil-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Olive_Oil-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avocado oil has a very high smoke point, which is usually between 480 to 520 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). Therefore, avocado oil is great for high-heat cooking. Things like baking, roasting, searing and grilling all work well with avocado oil.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, olive oil\u2019s smoke point varies depending on the\u00a0grade of the oil and the processing it had gone through.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/superfoods.news\/\">Unrefined olive oil<\/a>, such as extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), has a low smoke point of about 220 degrees Fahrenheit (105 degrees Celsius). As such, olive oil is best for short saut\u00e9s or for drizzling on salads, pasta dishes and meats.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing the smoking point of each oil is important because oils lose most of their nutrients when heated to their smoking points. Heating oils to their smoking points also results in the formation of toxic compounds, some of which can lead to cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/food-cooking\/avocado-oil-versus-olive-oil-which-one-is-better-for-you\/\">https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/food-cooking\/avocado-oil-versus-olive-oil-which-one-is-better-for-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avocado oil has a very high smoke point, which is usually between 480 to 520 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). Therefore, avocado oil is great for high-heat cooking. Things like baking, roasting, searing and grilling all work well with avocado oil. On the other hand, olive oil\u2019s smoke point varies depending on the\u00a0grade of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58456\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Avocado vs Olive Oil&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58458,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58456\/revisions\/58458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}