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Coconut Oil VS Virgin Coconut Oil

Adi4Fitness
Adi4Fitness Posts: 97 Member
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.... So i went to the supermarket and got myself a virgin coconut oil... but it had a whole section of coconut oil and virgin coconut oil.... Is there any difference between the two for low carb diet?
Or is it just a matter of a taste ?

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  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    edited April 2016
    If you don't mind the taste of it, I'd go with virgin.
    Here's a quick link I found.
    Tbh I didn't read it thoroughly, so take it for what it's worth. :smile:
    http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/refined-vs-unrefined-coconut-oil-2296.html
    I like the taste so I use virgin, but if I didn't and couldn't get used to it, I'd have no problem using the refined myself. I think the benefits outweigh any negatives. Or you could try a blended MCT oil... But it's another unnatural form really...
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I like the virgin coconut oil taste and that it is not extracted with chemicals.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    I like the virgin coconut oil taste and that it is not extracted with chemicals.

    Have you found noticeable differences in taste between different brands of unrefined virgin (coconut oil)?

    How about a biggest-bang-for-the-buck label?

    Thanks!
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    I've found Carrington Farms on Amazon to be the best price per volume on the 54oz. But only if you get free shipping of course.
    Carrington Farms Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, 54 Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPZPYLS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_XR6gxb8FV32TJ
    I did find Better Body brand in the same size and price st Samd club recently too.
    I haven't noticed a difference in taste between brands.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I order one to check it out. Much better price than what I am paying at Krogers.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    I buy both. I have one son who not a fan of the taste of coconut oil so I use refined coconut oil in foods he may eat and save the virgin coconut oil, with the coconuttty taste, for me. If he did not mind the taste I would just buy the virgin oil - less processed.
  • kirkor
    kirkor Posts: 2,530 Member
    I've read that virgin or not doesn't actually apply to how coconut oil is produced. There's no standard like there is for olive oil. People are just piggybacking on the term.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Uh-oh. So "extra virgin" is no more virgin than "virgin"?.... Yipes!

    So... look for "unrefined" vs. "refined"? Or is that poetic license as well?
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    Don't they typically say "cold pressed" or something? Along with unrefined
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »
    Don't they typically say "cold pressed" or something? Along with unrefined

    YMMV, but I believe the pressing method involves the max temperature reached when the oil is being mechanically parted from the nut or seed, while refined vs. unrefined involves how long the oil, once extracted, spends at finishing school.

    Possible??
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    healthyeating.sfgate.com/refined-vs-unrefined-coconut-oil-2296.html

    First article I found that sounds like what I have read before. Less chemicals used in the unrefined seems to be the point key to me.

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