Choosing oils for cooking: A host of heart-healthy options

Olive oil is just one of many plant-based oils rich in unsaturated fats, the more healthful type of fat. When you’re cooking or baking, choose a fat that’s liquid instead of solid at room temperature. That advice, from the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, is based on a large body of evidence showing that replacing solid fat (mainly saturated fat) with liquid fat (mostly unsaturated fat) is linked to a lower risk…