COCONUT OIL

[LionChild]

I have recently started to incorporate some coconut oil into my meals. I have read conflicting accounts of whether it is good for the diet or not good. I have read that it both lowers LDL and makes it go higher! Has anyone tried coconut oil to see if it helps them to manage blood sugar levels? I see that it is a saturated fat too which generally means it is not good for us. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? One matter is that it is said it can make you gain weight but I have not so far noticed any weight gain.

 

[lovinglife]

I’d rather eat natural saturated fats like butter, avocado oil, EVOO, & coconut oil than vegetable & seed oils which are highly processed. I use coconut oil for cooking as it has a high flash point, it’s especially good for curry & Asian dishes, give it a bit more authentic flavour. I haven’t experienced anything untoward using it as in raising my cholesterol, weight gain, affecting my BG. though I find dairy does that to me so I’m more careful with butter

For me personally it’s a healthy good fat

 

[Resurgam]

@LionChild I started using coconut oil in the 1970s - before it was 'a thing' found in health food shops, and now in supermarkets. I stopped using it due to the pressure to avoid fats, to use seed oils - but since I have gone back to using it I do feel an awful lot better.
I use it in baking mostly, sometimes in curry.
I cannot - even after some decades, find proof of the 'fact' that saturated fat is bad for us. I can't find actual data on saturated fats causing high cholesterol and from what I did find, it seems that older women tend to live longer with cholesterol slightly above average. As Humans evolved eating saturated fats and use it as raw material for essential substances and structures in our cells, I rather suspect that the assertion that saturated fats are bad for us could be abandoned quietly as people are persuaded to stop repeating it as a fact.