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About using cooking oil for baby
My baby 1 year old. Which oil I suppose to use. I am using olive oil extra light for cooking purpose .that is safe for baby.may I change.tody i heard olive oil not to heat .is that true.
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I would suggest you to give your baby ghee or coconut oil. Olive oil can be added to foods when already cooked like humus, dals, at the serving stage. So pls don't get confused. For a detailed baby home-made food guidelines, you may contact me for any further guidance. Thanks. Happy motherhood.
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Yes olive oil is not safe for frying
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Yes olive oil not advised for heat....just use cow ghee, peanut oil, sesame oil
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Yes olive oil is not advised for high heating purposes .
The normal cooking oils + desi ghee can be used in rotation in limited quantities for babies .
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Ms. Syeda Rumana
Dietitian/Nutritionist
5 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Olive oil is generally healthy, it is not used for high temp cooking procesess. You can use it for shallow frying etc.
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Ms. Kapila
Dietitian/Nutritionist
13 yrs exp
Ludhiana
Hi,
For toddlers & kids your can use Desi ghee. Olive oil can also be used as well. Heating oils may change the properties of oil, use in moderation.
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Ms. Harshita
Dietitian/Nutritionist
14 yrs exp
Delhi
Yes ,olive oil is not used for frying .
Use cow ghee or veg oil in cooking .
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Ms. Somya Jain
Dietitian/Nutritionist
9 yrs exp
Delhi
You can use
Oil like Himalayas baby massage oil
Figaro
And mustard oil after it slight and after cooling it you can use it in little
Best are coconut oil and Figaro olive oil
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kindly don't heal other than mustard oil.
mustard oil is only heated because some of us have sensitivity of it so we have burning sensation also
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Ms. Barkha Goswami
Dietitian/Nutritionist
6 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Can use cow ghee ,and non filtered oil of mustard, ground nut,sesame is good.
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
16 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Gud evening pls use sunflower oil or soybean oil for your kid.
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