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Coconut oil a myth?

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  • Posts: 614 Member
    i like rubbing it on...oh never mind.
  • Posts: 614 Member
    There is no such thing as coconut oil. Coconuts produce milk. The oil thing is a total myth. It's usually High Fructose Canola oil that they try to pass off as coconut oil. In ancient times coconuts were the size of grapes and produced oil. But as far as present day, total myth.

    huh? coconut definitely has oil (fat) in it that can be extracted out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil
  • Posts: 3,949 Member
    There is no such thing as coconut oil. Coconuts produce milk. The oil thing is a total myth. It's usually High Fructose Canola oil that they try to pass off as coconut oil. In ancient times coconuts were the size of grapes and produced oil. But as far as present day, total myth.
    actually... this is a myth.
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    actually... this is a myth.

    everybody's different. do what works for you
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    Bump!
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    everybody's different. do what works for you
    cute.

    for the record. coconuts don't "produce" milk. coconuts have a fleshy inside, that's filled with coconut WATER. Coconut milk is made by blending and combining the flesh with the water. the oil is simply extracted from the flesh.

    coconut oil is a real thing

    unless you were just trolling, in which case... good for you?
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    everybody's different. do what works for you

    NO! It's real! Every year, on the first day of summer,, coconut oil oozes down our chimneys and leaves Bounty Bars for good children.
  • Posts: 836 Member
    I don't swear by it. But I do know that when I started going to a high fat diet consisting of coconut oil I began to finally lose bodyfat %. I think there is something to it.
  • Posts: 621 Member
    Interesting. I use it for my hair & skin... Think I'm going to try cooking with it this week. I read somewhere that there's something in it that actually makes you metabolize fat more efficiently. ( I could be wrong.) but I'm curious enough to find out
  • Posts: 1,837 Member
    It's really good to oil the length of hair before washing it.

    My daughter is so violently allergic to coconut oil that I've never used it in cooking. Even now that she lives apart from us, I don't use it. Who knows when she might stop in and want a bite of whatever I've prepared.
  • Posts: 1,837 Member
    And it most certainly is real! A man I was talking to in Belize described how his mother made it (cooking the grated "meat" of a coconut, then letting the oil separate out). I bought some.
  • Posts: 2,827 Member
    I like coconut, it helps me gain weight. That's why they use it for babies, AIDs and cancer patients.
  • Posts: 460 Member
    I use coconut oil on my skin for the most part.

    Coconut oil is high in calories and fat (it is an oil) but it's a healthy fat. The triglycerides are 'short', meaning they are metabolized quickly, but they are still high in energy. It's good for endurance athletes but since it's very high in calories I wouldn't say it would help you lose weight.

    Coconut oil has medium chain triglycerides.
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    everybody's different. do what works for you
    Lol wut?
  • Posts: 460 Member
    The coconut oil I looked at yesterday was solid?
    Do you just spoon it into the hot pan or what?
    Only used olive oil and butter before, and only just starting to use any fats in my cooking.
    It was very expensive and about 900 calories per 100g.
    It melts quite easily. Actually, I think only stays solid up to about 76 degrees. If it melts in the jar, it will solidify again if it gets under 76.

    For price, LuAnna at Walmart.
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    I recommend the book by Dr. Mary T. Newport, "Alzheimer's Disease: What if There Was a Cure." Her focus was on its benefits for memory, but she also has a great chapter on coconut oil and saturated fats
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    It melts quite easily. Actually, I think only stays solid up to about 76 degrees. If it melts in the jar, it will solidify again if it gets under 76.

    For price, LuAnna at Walmart.
    I would NOT recommend LouAna brand. You get what you pay for with coconut oil. . . LouAna seems like it's made from rancid coconuts. I'd recommend Trader Joe's or Spectrum.
  • Posts: 3,949 Member
    Jarrow Formulas - cheaper and good
  • Posts: 975 Member
    Bumpidy bump bump!
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