Fast, more recent research suggests that vegetable saturated fat, which is one of the things coconut oil used to be excoriated for, is actually much better for humans than animal saturated fat. That said, the cholesterolic effects can be problematic for some (raises LDL and HDL). Pephary, there's no good evidence that the oil extraction methods used to extract oil from rapeseed (solvent-based rather than mechanical) is detrimental to health (not that I've found anywhere other than at "natural health" web sites, anyway, and those are very short on citations to actual studies).pepharytheworm wrote:The research would beg to differ on refined coconut oil. Hydrogenated oil this is not. The smoke point is high. The extra virgin olive oil craze is the more dangerous as the smoke point is very low. That is best uncooked or on very low heat. The process for making seed or rapeseed oil makes those oils a bad choice and the levels of omega 6.fastbilly1 wrote:
Pephary's comparison to spinach in oil is fair, since the majority of sardines are sold in oil, specifically soybean. Though I would move away from coconut oil if possible. I know it is the trendy thing to use right now, but it is one of the worst for you cooking oils.
Also, jp, ex, don't make me call Judge Dredd. He's not a nice guy.
