Comments on: Good Fats, Bad Fats

By: Endi

Endi — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:32:13 +0000

We have been using extra-virgin organic unrefined coconut oil for over 2 years now. for allergye reasons, I cannot cook with butter so coconut oil makes a good substitute. I haven’t touched any artificial oil – aka margarine and don’t plan to do so ever again. Saturated fats are not bad per se, if you use adequate amounts and stop eating all the crap in the artificial stuff. We are fairly active as a family, even now with 2 toddlers and expecting a 3rd one. My husband and I actually lost weight or not gained any (except now during my pregnancy)even though we eat full saturated fats. We taste the diference that margarine makes when we go out, and lost interest even in best looking cookies at our friends’ house when we taste them. Try it and read about it. You may not like it, but it surely is good for you. I occasionally cook with animal fat – from organic beef or chickens and it’s always delicious. By the way, both my toddlers are tall and on the skinny side considered here in Canada, and just perfect everywhere else in the world.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:30:14 +0000

This is a comment about the picture of the plate with similar quantities of salmon, mashed potatoes and rapini. It looks delicious! But nutritionists suggest that to really eat healthily, we should divide the plate into 4 quarters. Meat or fish should occupy one quarter, starches (like potato or rice) another quarter, and veggies, half the plate. I have found an easy way to accomplish this is to add a scoop of mashed sweet potato to my plate. Just microwave the sweet potato, peel it, and mash it on a plate.

By: Michael Muryn

Michael Muryn — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:21:33 +0000

Dorothy, I don’t know and cannot claim to have the truth, but I have also been reading on the coconut oil hype. Actually extra-virgin coconut-oil. It is costly (normal coconut oil, from brand like Clic, does not cost as much, but people say it is not as healthy).

What I heard is that coconut oil received a bad reputation in the past (probably because it is a saturated fat) and that it was also contraindicated for people with heart problem among other thing. However I also heard this was an error.

My main source for this information is Mercola.com — you might want to search there for coconut oil and see his deep explanation (sometime quite lengthy, but he goes to low-level in some of his article to explain the why). Mind you, he is now selling extra-virgin coconut oil. That does not mean that what he says is untrue though.

Like anything (think of Goji, Omega-3, Probiotics, etc.) it is not a silver bullet to all our problem, but maybe there is some positive benefit for it. If you ever reach a conclusion from your research, let us know!

And I personally like about anything made with coconut so I am biased for the taste part! 😉

I also have Crohn’s disease and I heard stories about coconut helping people stop their chronic diarrhea. Apparently some even substitute their medicine for it. Interesting.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:34:02 +0000

Thank you for the information on fats, good and bad, its always good to review. Lately I’v been hearing a lot of good things about Coconut oil which happens to be a saturated fat. Is this hype on the part of the makers of coconut oil? Even though it’s not an animal fat, it’s still a saturate. I would love to have your opinion on this matter. Also it’s quite expensive.