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Macadamia Nut Oil Substitutes: Expand Your Choice

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What do you do when the recipe calls for macadamia nut oil but it is just not available? The answer is: you choose from one of the macadamia nut oil substitutes that we will introduce to you! Macadamia nut oil is, undoubtedly, one of the most beneficial for your health. However, you may find its substitutes.

Macadamia nut oil substitutes

Macadamia nut oil is so valuable because of its composition and nutrition value. However,this oil shares its beneficial features with a number if other oils that proved to be not worse than macadamia nut oil.

 

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  • Olive oil

The most well-known and widely consumed oil in the whole world, olive oil is famous for its health benefits and distinguished taste, with its overview given by WebMD. It perfectly goes as salad dressing or a dip, but is not recommended to be used in cooking as it has a relatively medium smoking point and its taste does not combine very well with many products. However, this oil has great value for your health and its properties include anti-oxidant (due to present EFAs and polyhenols) and promotion of heart health (decreasing the risk of strokes and heart attacks). It is recommended to consume at least some amount of olive oil per day to supply our body with the essential substances.

 

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  • Avocado oil

Another oil, which can be used as macadamia nut oil substitute, is avocado oil, derived from avocado pulp. According to Dr Mercola, it is one of the fruits that is very beneficial for your health. Avocado oil is widely used in cooking because of its rich pleasant taste and it goes especially well with spices and herbs. As well this oil has quite high smoking point and suits for frying and deep frying, giving dishes pleasant crunch but not burning them. Except for cooking, avocado oil contains a number of nutrients that are required for our health and well-being. This oil is also considered beneficial for heart and cardiac health as it has beta sitosterol that lowers LDL cholesterol. In addition, avocado oil contains twice the amount of vitamin E that olive oil has, and vitamin E is famous for its powerful anti-oxidant properties.