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Is it true that heating olive oil, such a frying with it hazerdous?
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Good for cooking: Heating olive oil is only hazardous if it catches fire or causes burns. Olive oil is basis of most italian and other mediterranean cooking and thought to contribute toward good health of those who consume it.
Answered 4/26/2013
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