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To: flintsilver7; GGpaX4DumpedTea; All
It’s actually impressive how you managed to fit so much disinformation into one small space.

Actually the opposite. Very informed information.

Take, for example, olive oil. as long as it's fresh, fine for salads. for cooking, it turns rancid - also goes rancid quite soon in the bottle. Very unhealthy.

Coconut oil is super healthy, doesn't go rancid and has a higher burn point.

It's also great on your skin...

Of course, you will pooh pooh my post as well, but if you're honest, you'll do some open minded research. Google is at your fingertips.

83 posted on 12/12/2010 10:19:32 AM PST by maine-iac7 (We Stand Together of We Fall Apart)
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To: maine-iac7

I love and use virgin Coconut oil...even for my skin!


91 posted on 12/12/2010 10:56:54 AM PST by ladyvet
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To: maine-iac7

Coconut oil is healthy but olive oil is unhealthy?

If you had bothered to check your own “research” you may have noticed that coconut oil’s smoke point is no less than 50 degrees lower than nearly all varieties of olive oil. Coconut oil has a similar smoke point to olive oil only when it is refined (creating more trans fatty acids). Note that the majority of coconut oils used for cooking are unrefined.

Olive oil, at least quality virgin and extra-virgin, will keep at least 9 months after opening (and often a year or more). I have never had a problem with rancidity in olive oil. 99.99% of people who use olive oil will also not have a problem because they will typically use the oil they buy within 9 months. Cooking, by the way, does not cause rancidity. Cooking with oil makes no difference unless you want to re-use the oil, at which point it will drop the smoke point. While no oils can really be considered truly “healthy” olive oil is one of the few that would qualify. Also, you may note that rancid oil is not a health hazard.

All oils, including coconut, will go rancid at some point depending on the conditions. As I pointed out above, its smoke point is lower than most other cooking oils. I have no idea what you mean when you suggest that coconut oil is “super healthy,” though it’s clearly not the same thing that the FDA, WHO, and American Heart Association think about the subject.

I guess the only thing correct about your post was that coconut oil is good for skin and hair.


134 posted on 12/12/2010 12:56:34 PM PST by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: maine-iac7
This is a well-researched book on the subject:
Good Calories,Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
227 posted on 12/12/2010 2:29:27 PM PST by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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