Coconut oil softgels vs the cooking version

mrsepiphany

Which is better?

spngebobmyhero

I feel like if you are taking in the calories anyways, it might as well be in the form of real food. I cook with coconut oil quite often and it is tasty. I recommend using the cooking version.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

I feel like if you are taking in the calories anyways, it might as well be in the form of real food. I cook with coconut oil quite often and it is tasty. I recommend using the cooking version.

Agree, plus it amkes for the best moisturizer and conditioner for hair and skin.

mrsepiphany

I feel like if you are taking in the calories anyways, it might as well be in the form of real food. I cook with coconut oil quite often and it is tasty. I recommend using the cooking version.

Agree, plus it amkes for the best moisturizer and conditioner for hair and skin.

Oh really how do you use it that way? Is the refined or virgin unrefined version?

spngebobmyhero

I feel like if you are taking in the calories anyways, it might as well be in the form of real food. I cook with coconut oil quite often and it is tasty. I recommend using the cooking version.

Agree, plus it amkes for the best moisturizer and conditioner for hair and skin.

Oh really how do you use it that way? Is the refined or virgin unrefined version?

I use the virgin coconut oil on my face every day. My skin has never been so clear and it stays almost entirely oil free throughout the day.

BaconMD

I cook with extra virgin organic coconut oil exclusively. I use extra virgin organic olive oil for cold salads.

I have used coconut oil on my skin and hair before. It doesn't seem to do much for my hair, but it's nice on the skin.

LishaCole

Definitely cook with it. Get unrefined. If you enjoy the taste of coconut get a virgin oil, which has a mild coconut flavour and it smells wonderful.

If you don't like coconut flavour use a "second pressing" which has hardly any coconut flavour. Technically first pressing has better health benefits as it has a bit more of the good medium chain fats. But, if you hate the flavour of virgin then its better than nothing.

I purchase virgin unrefined and use it any where I would use butter, or olive oil. I put it in "powerballs" and smoothies aswell. I have found that after a while you don't notice the coconut flavour anymore. At first it might taste a little weird in a savoury dish but I don't notice.

Here's an article that tells you some things to watch out for: http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-choose-a-good-coconut-oil/

LishaCole

If you don't like cooking with it but you still want to supplement with it you can put a table spoon of it in a shot of hot water (to melt it) and drink it. I do this before going to the gym, it seems to give me a good energy boost. Buying something in bulk is much cheaper then in capsules, it costs the supplement company money to encapsulate the oil which then costs you money. Its not like they a able to compress the oil prior to encapsulating... so you'd have to take a lot of capsules to get the same amount.

Generally, with fish oils you want them to be encapsulated as the delicate unsaturated fats oxidize and go rancid easier, but because coconut oil is mostly saturated medium chain fats they don't oxidize and are shelf stable.