louana brand coconut oil @ walmart

sundevil04 · 04-11-2006, 12:26 AM

I recently purchased some louana brand coconut oil at walmart. The oil is a solid so i do not believe it is hydrogenated but the container does not specify virgin therefore i am assuming it is not virgin and it doesnt have a coconut flavor so I believe it is refined. Will this oil have the health benefits desired in a coconut oil or do I need to find a virgin coconut oil? btw it was only $2.50 FOR 32 OZ.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sundevil04 · 04-11-2006, 11:38 PM

bueller? bueller?

wantstobeinshap · 04-11-2006, 11:49 PM

where in walmart did you find that oil? is it in the cooking section with all the other oils? I wanna check that out...

cheers!

Mr. Aries · 04-11-2006, 11:52 PM

it's ridiculously high in saturated fat.. for that reason i did not pick that up.

sundevil04 · 04-12-2006, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wantstobeinshap

where in walmart did you find that oil? is it in the cooking section with all the other oils? I wanna check that out...

cheers!

superwalmart with all of the other oils

sundevil04 · 04-12-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Aries

it's ridiculously high in saturated fat.. for that reason i did not pick that up.

i thought despite being high in sat fat coconut oil was considered to be one of the healthiest oils

Mr. Aries · 04-12-2006, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sundevil04

i thought despite being high in sat fat coconut oil was considered to be one of the healthiest oils

i'm not sure i understand the logic behind that but I'm sure I could be wrong..

TO me saturated fat is the stuff that clogs your arteries, it's hard for me to give it more credit than that.

sundevil04 · 04-12-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Aries

i'm not sure i understand the logic behind that but I'm sure I could be wrong..

TO me saturated fat is the stuff that clogs your arteries, it's hard for me to give it more credit than that.

http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm
heres a little info ill try to find a better link to the health benefits

sundevil04 · 04-12-2006, 03:45 AM

just run a google search for "health benefits of coconut oil"

Phosphate bond · 04-12-2006, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sundevil04

http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm
heres a little info ill try to find a better link to the health benefits

I've read that before (interesting). Butter is also highly composed of short and medium chain fatty acids as well. He is right that they are probably better for cooking than other more heat sensitive oils.

[From the article- Here is Dr. Mercola's response]

"You should definitely consider switching to coconut oil exclusively for all your sautéing and cooking needs. Coconut oil contains the healthy (and weight reducing!) form of saturated fat, it does not form dangerous trans fatty acids that even olive oil does, and it is far healthier than the other vegetable oils out there."

Saturated fat (in general) is probably fine unless you are bulking. (Too many free fatty acids potetiate insulin release in a less than ideal fashion).

Phosphate bond · 04-12-2006, 05:38 AM

Some of the stuff about polyunsaturates being toxic I disagree about. There is a good article on Pubmed regarding walnuts (the most polyunsaturated of the nut family) plus fish oil vs just fish alone.

Let me see if I can get it.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum