Cooking with flaxseed oil: Can one cook with flaxseed oil or would coconut or some other oil be better?
Never use flax oil to cook with. It must not be heated. “The substance that is so important for respiration is very heat sensitive. It will be destroyed at approximately 42 C.” (Johanna Budwig: Der Tod des Tumors – Band II [The Death of the Tumor, Vol. II], page 158). 42C is approximately 108F. You can add flaxoil after cooking when it has cooled down. Better yet, add Oleolux which is a coconut oil/flaxoil mixture. [See Oleolux recipe.] Coconut oil (CNO) is well suited for sauting and other high heat applications. Oleolux is not because it has flax oil in it. It is a good general policy not to cook with oils and rather to add them later. If you need to use some fat for frying, use a small amount of CNO and add Oleolux later to taste. You can also fry with water. Just use enough to prevent sticking and then add oils later. I do that often. Nobody notices the difference if it is done right. I got the idea from Udo Erasmus who said somewhere that “The best oil to fry with is water”. It so
