Best Brands Of Coconut Oil

[Such_Saturation]

Yes, barring any impurities the process might introduce.

Apparently the PUFA in hydrogenated coconut oil is converted to trans fats, not to saturated. Are trans fats bad, or are they demonized just for propaganda?

There are studies showing bad effects of coconut oil. Defenders of coconut oil claim the bad effects happened because they used hydrogenated coconut oil, instead of non-hydrogenated coconut oil.

Ray Peat likes the natural trans fats at least. It shouldn't be too hard to separate the PUFA mechanically anyway.

 

[johns74]

It shouldn't be too hard to separate the PUFA mechanically anyway.

Why didn't they do just that instead of hydrogenating it for experiments?

 

[Such_Saturation]

It shouldn't be too hard to separate the PUFA mechanically anyway.

Why didn't they do just that instead of hydrogenating it for experiments?

Perhaps the result is more pure.

 

[johns74]

You know how?

 

[Such_Saturation]

You know how?

How pure or how to do it? I figure just by weight and whatever melts first is unsaturated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil#Fractionation

Dave Asprey sells pure capric caprylic and pure caprylic oil if you want.

 

[johns74]

You know how?

How pure or how to do it? I figure just by weight and whatever melts first is unsaturated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil#Fractionation

Dave Asprey sells pure capric caprylic and pure caprylic oil if you want.

MCT oil is purely saturated, I have that.

 

[johns74]

Ok, so the part that becomes liquid first, is unsaturated, the rest would be saturated? Doesn't that sort of assumes that the unsaturated part can become concentrated, as opposed to having little unsaturated fatty acids isolated from each other, each surrounded mostly by saturated ones? I don't know, I'm asking.

 

[Such_Saturation]

Ok, so the part that becomes liquid first, is unsaturated, the rest would be saturated? Doesn't that sort of assumes that the unsaturated part can become concentrated, as opposed to having little unsaturated fatty acids isolated from each other, each surrounded mostly by saturated ones? I don't know, I'm asking.

Yes, but you can separate them by weight.

 

[johns74]

How is that done?

 

[Such_Saturation]

How is that done?

Good question. Man you must have a nice diet to need that

 

[Jenn]

Lou Ann's, which is what they sell at Walmart, has been selling coconut oil since before it fell out of fashion...as in before the invention of oleo and Crisco. If you want to pay more for your oil, go ahead. Why pay for marketing?

 

[achillea]

Here is a good article about coconut oil

COCONUT OIL: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

 

[achillea]

Copra is not a type of coconut and is dangerous to eat
There are two general types of coconut oil on the commercial market. The first set of oils are traditionally manufactured from “copra” and results in low quality oils, while the second, “virgin oils” are produced very differently and are high quality oils. While there are specific production differences that affect the final nuances in quality of virgin oils, overall virgin oils are a very different set of products from their “copra” relatives.

Copra. So what is “copra” and why is the oil produced from it of such poor quality? Here is a quotation taken from the web site of Kokonutpacific.org regarding the copra problem. “Conventional coconut oil comes from dried coconut flesh, called copra. Copra is dried in a wood-fuelled kiln, or in the sun, over a period of a few days. It is time-consuming, dirty, lonely, arduous, fuel-intensive and low-paying work. … Copra is bulked up at an export port and shipped to a large industrial oil mill — often in Europe or Asia. Unhygienic drying, humid tropical conditions, bulk shipping and long distances, result in lengthy delays and the growth of molds on the copra. Sometimes this leads to aflatoxin contamination. Copra oil extraction requires large-scale, high-pressure, expensive, energy-intensive equipment. Unhygienic copra means that the resultant oil is normally of low quality with a Free Fatty Acid (FFA) level of 3% or more. (FFA is one measure of rancidity of oil).” The initial oil made from the copra is called Crude Coconut oil and is labeled “not considered fit for human consumption.” (1)

 

[smith]

Bump for non-overpriced bulk sources in 2018 and beyond

 

[Metabolism_Red]

bump

 

[Waynish]

Any brands that publish their extraction and purification processes?