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Soda Popinski
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My wife and I cook meat a few times a week -- chicken breast for the vast majority -- in a pan with a bit of a greasy liquid based on vegetal oil in order to avoid using butter or margarine. Frankly I'm not sure what all is in the liquid we use, just that it is low fat, low cholesterol and promotes a good blood cholesterol or whatever, according to the box (it has these plant sterol things that have been popular lately).
Anyway, my father keeps saying we shouldn't be cooking like that, because according to him it is highly unhealthy, carcinogenic and who knows what else. He keeps nagging me about it every occasion he gets and it's getting on my nerves.
My dad has a tendency to overdramatize a lot of things, but he piqued my interest nonetheless, however I cannot for the life of me find any articles or any evidence whatsoever online that cooking in a pan the way we do it is fundamentally unhealthy.
So... is it unhealthy?
Side question: what other methods would you suggest to cook chicken breast that are quick, economical and tasty? Keeping in mind the meat we buy is raw and fresh, not precooked, frozen, or anything of that sort.
Thank you for your help.
Anyway, my father keeps saying we shouldn't be cooking like that, because according to him it is highly unhealthy, carcinogenic and who knows what else. He keeps nagging me about it every occasion he gets and it's getting on my nerves.
My dad has a tendency to overdramatize a lot of things, but he piqued my interest nonetheless, however I cannot for the life of me find any articles or any evidence whatsoever online that cooking in a pan the way we do it is fundamentally unhealthy.
So... is it unhealthy?
Side question: what other methods would you suggest to cook chicken breast that are quick, economical and tasty? Keeping in mind the meat we buy is raw and fresh, not precooked, frozen, or anything of that sort.
Thank you for your help.