Sat, Feb-02-08, 15:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 135
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Plan: South Beach
Stats: 200/186/140
BF:Way too much
Progress: 23%
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Use it for cooking
Howdy:
I use unrefined, expeller pressed, coconut oil (CO) for cooking now, ever since learning that some oils, when heated, produce way more bad Trans Fats ... however; apparently, CO does not alter one bit when heated, and it's also supposed to be really good for us, being a med. chain fat .
Here's a great link for info on CO properties etc.
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/
And one of the "articles" (under left menu on the web page)
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/article10065.htm
I haven't gained anything, and have continued to lose weight, since using CO. I even have it with my steel cut oats and walnuts in the morning.
I have heard 1tbsp to 3 tbsp per day, but I'm using about 1/2 tbsp in my oats, and then just about a tsp for cooking.
I still use olive oil, and non GMO canola oil, but for dressing foods or for very low heat cooking and salad dressing.
Cheers
Paula
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