Coconut Oil

balancedbrunette
balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Many of you guys use it? Would you recommend it for cooking meat/veg in sometimes?

Just doing out my food shop for tomorrow and was considering switching things up a bit with my weekly meals, is this a good source of fat? :)

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  • neener1954
    neener1954 Posts: 5
    Our neighbor who is a heart specialist found out that I had bought coconut oil and was cooking with it. He told me to quit using it.....its a fad and very very bad to clog arteries!!!
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    I cook vegetables with it. Sometimes rice or quinoa.
  • 1pandabear
    1pandabear Posts: 336 Member
    Yes coconut oil is much higher in saturated fats than say, olive oil or flax seed oil.
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    It's a fat, try it out and see if you like it. I like to switch up things as well. I wasn't a fan of the coconut oil. I will be trying out pure lard and seeing how that turns out.

    Rice bran oil - great oil to cook with. Food doesn't absorb it much.
    Canola oil - neutral. Not a fan as I like oils with a taste.
    Olive oil - Always have on stock, esp. EVOO.

    Flaxseed oil - great to have for smoothies.

    Lard - Regular (wet method, mostly likely). Trying out shortly as Smithfield is within driving distance.
    Butter - hate it.
    Coconut oil - hate it.
    Ghee - hate it.
    Sesame seed oil - hate it.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,142 Member
    It's a fat, try it out and see if you like it. I like to switch up things as well. I wasn't a fan of the coconut oil. I will be trying out pure lard and seeing how that turns out.

    Rice bran oil - great oil to cook with. Food doesn't absorb it much.
    Canola oil - neutral. Not a fan as I like oils with a taste.
    Olive oil - Always have on stock, esp. EVOO.

    Flaxseed oil - great to have for smoothies.

    Lard - Regular (wet method, mostly likely). Trying out shortly as Smithfield is within driving distance.
    Butter - hate it.
    Coconut oil - hate it.
    Ghee - hate it.
    Sesame seed oil - hate it.
    Stop the hate.
  • balancedbrunette
    balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member
    I tend to cook in virgin olive anyways was just wondering the health benefits of changing it up to coconut oil every so often, that and I seen a few blog recipes with it...thanks for the input anyways guys. :)

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