Coconut Oil?
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Coconut products have insane amounts of saturated fat. I see them marketed as the cure all to milk products. Coconut ice cream, water, milk, yogurt, cream cheese, butter.. but if you look at the labels they are not actually better or more healthy for you. I threw away a pint of coconut ice cream after reading the label half way though the pint. That pint could have killed me if I ate it in one sitting (not like you can).
If you jump on the coconut wagon you are just trading one fat for another. Coconuts are heavy in saturated fat, normal oils are heavy in mono/polysaturated fats. Got to read up on which you would rather have.
Also consider just switching oils, I use safflower oil for cooking since its a high heat oil 500F.
If you jump on the coconut wagon you are just trading one fat for another. Coconuts are heavy in saturated fat, normal oils are heavy in mono/polysaturated fats. Got to read up on which you would rather have.
Also consider just switching oils, I use safflower oil for cooking since its a high heat oil 500F.
Coconut oil is fucking awesome. Great for you and tastes great too.
Olive oil isn't a good choice for cooking because of it's low burn point.. while coconut oil has a high burn point and doesn't degrade in the cooking process.
Olive oil is great too, just not to cook with. Use it on salads, sandwiches, pastas, etc... unheated. Personally, I add olive oil to my protein shakes. Sounds bad, but if you buy high quality oils, it's actually pretty good.. almost gives the protein a cake batter taste. Optimal fast digest influx of protein and healthy fats.
In short... make the switch in cooking, but don't stop using olive oil altogether. That would be like switching from chicken to turkey.
Olive oil isn't a good choice for cooking because of it's low burn point.. while coconut oil has a high burn point and doesn't degrade in the cooking process.
Olive oil is great too, just not to cook with. Use it on salads, sandwiches, pastas, etc... unheated. Personally, I add olive oil to my protein shakes. Sounds bad, but if you buy high quality oils, it's actually pretty good.. almost gives the protein a cake batter taste. Optimal fast digest influx of protein and healthy fats.
In short... make the switch in cooking, but don't stop using olive oil altogether. That would be like switching from chicken to turkey.
Apparently not all saturated fats are created equal. Hence the controversy:
Fats are categorized as either short-, medium-, or long-chain depending on how many carbon molecules they contain. Close to two-thirds of the saturated fat in coconut oil is made up of medium-chain fatty acids, which have antimicrobial properties, are easily digested by the body for quick energy, and are beneficial to the immune system.
The Truth About Coconut Oil: Why it Got a Bad Rep When It's Actually Good 9/13/03
Peanut oil is supposed to be pretty good. Just bought some but haven't opened it up yet.
Supposed to do well with high heat too
And from what I've read, if using as a cooking oil , the allergens get neutralized from the high heat
Supposed to do well with high heat too
And from what I've read, if using as a cooking oil , the allergens get neutralized from the high heat
saturated fat>mono/polysaturated fat
You were eating a pint of coconut ice cream expecting it to be healthy for you? THEN you read the label and were so surprised by how unhealthy the coconut ice cream was that you threw it away? lol.
Fat IS NOT bad for you. You are made of fat and protein... ever heard of an essential fatty acid? Fats from grass fed beef, wild salmon, avocado, almonds, coconut, olive oil, etc... are fucking great sources of nutrition, fats included.
On a semi-related note, every black girl I've ever fucked smelled like cocoa butter. Coincidence?
Any idea on how it compares to canola? I usually buy the big ass container from costco so it lasts forever and decided to try peanut oil this time rather than the usual canola
I did a quick search on my iPhone (yeah, there's my problem) while In The store
This basically sums it up, however, you can still cook with olive oil. You just shouldn't be frying it as far as I know (also, don't use extra virgin for frying).
But like LLW said, olive oil does have a lower burn point than say butter or coconut oil, hence these are more suitable for the extreme temperatures of frying.
I never said ice cream was healthy. I haven eaten pints my whole life of Ben and Jerry's pints are single servings to me. But the label on the coconut ice cream was something crazy retarded like a 1 tablespoon serving size and 50% of your saturated fat. It was enough for me to be quite shocked and throw it out.
I take reports like this with a grain of salt. The article says that coconut oil was given a bad name because of the olive oil/edible oil industry and negative marketing. But now we will see marketing/reports about how olive oil is bad and coconut oil is good because its a special kind of saturated fat. The coconut industry is growing huge with all the new coconut products so they actually have more money to now attack the other oils. We will probably see lots of pro-coconut anti olive oil stuff this year. Looks like we will all have a lot of reading to do.
Here is a 2009 Cleveland clinic article that says to avoid saturated fat as much as possible and to avoid coconut oil but even it does not say there are three types of length of saturated fat. http://cchealth.clevelandclinic.org/heart-health/heart-healthy-cooking-oils-101
Interesting... what makes you say that? Are you just referring to the refined stuff?
We currently use:
-extra virgin olive oil for salad dressings
-organic cold-pressed rapeseed oil for light frying. (similar to canola, I think, but unrefined)
-And duck fat for heavy frying
I was using rice bran oil, but then realised how goddamn processed it was.