[quote]Jinx Me wrote:
The_Grim_Reaper wrote:
It depends.I would NEVER use vegetable oil for cooking.I usually use flaxseed or coconut oil.Coconut oil is the healthiest oil around.You want an energy booster?Try this one hour before working out:one tablespoon of organic coconut oil,one scoop of whey,some creatine,and some skim milk.This will really give you energy to workout HARD! Does for me!
I’ve done a fair bit of price comparing and research on the processing methods, and I’ve personally found this site to offer a better product, and a better value, than Tropical Traditions (the site Mercola promotes)…
As for ‘MCT oil’ - never seen it. Where do the MCTs come from?
I wouldn’t recommend buying coconut oil from your average supermarket - it’s the lowest grade stuff, extracted from what amount to the ‘throwaway’ dried-up coconut leftovers, then bleached and chemically deodorized.
One other comment I feel needs to be made. Coconut oil may indeed be very healthy, but just because it’s eaten by cultures who also happen to have low cancer rates does not mean that coconut oil prevents cancer or increases longevity. It means coconut oil is a staple food in an overall diet of people who have lower cancer rates. Their diets are, as a whole, unprocessed, and high in fruits and vegetables, many breathe less polluted air than many of us, and their lifestyles tend to keep them more physically active than the average north american.
It’s false cause to attribute all their health advantages to just one part of their diet… just as it may be a leap for TGR to attribute his two-inch fat loss to coconut oil when he admits he’s been dieting. Not saying it’s not a factor, but it’s impossible to know how much of a factor it may or may not be.[/quote]
First of all,TGR didn’t say he was dieting when he was taking coconut oil.Secondly,not one thing causes disease,cancer,health problems,etc.
It’s usually a multitude of things which are dependant upon something.
If someone,who smokes,does drugs,eats trans fat filled junk food,and practices poor diet,drinks alcohol excessively, gets cancer,they can’t say it was the alcohol that caused it if they were doing drugs.
Same goes with nutrition.
It doesn’t hurt to add coconut oil to an ALREADY healthy diet.However,it’s just not some fad.
If TGR experienced a few inches fat loss while dieting,and was doing nothing else to lose weight(he himself said he wasn’t trying to lose weight) then I’m sure someone who knows their body(after all,this is a body building/nutrition website) would know what caused this change.
I know coconut oil is a healthy product because I use it and know for a fact it offers some good results health-wise.
Yes there are low cancer rates among these races,but coconut oil is the staple food in their diet.So,I’d believe it was soemthing to do with it.
Just like one island eats fish every single day,they never get heart disease;fish is the stable of their diet.Coconut oil is great for your immune system too,so I could understand why some people who use it never get sick much.
Cthulhu