Your Guide to Fats & Oils Keep heat below smoke temperature indicated
(Sear, grill, stir-fry) Avocado Oil (520°F, 270°C) Almond Oil High Heat Ghee**(485°F, 250°C) (430°F, 220°C) Tallow (420°F, 215°C) (or no heat) Palm Oil (450°F, 230°C)
Medium (Bake, roast, sauté) Macadamia Oil (390°F, 200°C) Lard (390°F, 200°C) Refined Coconut Oil Extra Virgin Olive Oil Heat (400°F, 200°C) (375°F, 190°C) (or no heat)
(Bake, roast, sauté) Low Poultry & Game Bird Fat Sesame Oil (350°F, 175°C) (375°F,190°C) Butter* (250°F,120°C) Extra Virgin Coconut Oil Heat (350°F, 177°C) (or no heat)
(Condiments, dressings, beverages) No Heat: Fish Oil MCT Oil Cod Liver Oil Truffle Oil Brain-Supportive NOT FOR COOKING Flaxseed Oil Cocoa Butter (use sparingly) (can be melted at very low temperature)
“Buttery Spreads” Rapeseed** Canola** Rice Bran Keep brain- Corn** Safflower supportive oils below Cottonseed Soybean** their smoke point to Grapeseed Sunflower ensure they do not Hydrogenated Oils Trans fats oxidize. This way you will be able to get all Avoid Margarine Vegetable Oil** Partially Hydrogenated Oils Vegetable Shortening** of their antioxidant Peanut Oil Wheat Germ Oil and brain-supportive properties. Problematic Avoid cooking with or consuming these fats and oils. Consuming oxidized oils is extremely toxic to your Many of these Brain-Supportive oils body and brain. can be found at feedabrain.com/fat
Copyright © 2017 by Feed a Brain *Butter contains milk sugars and proteins (e.g., lactose and casein) that should be eliminated for at least 30-90 days before being reintroduced The term Feed a Brain is a and monitored. Ghee is clarified butter, but contains only trace amounts of milk sugars and proteins, and is well tolerated by almost everyone. trademark of Feed a Brain LLC. **At least 90% of the United States’ supply of canola (rapeseed), corn, and soy are genetically modified. Whenever the term Feed a Brain is used in this guide, it is referring to Feed a Brain™.