Coconut oil is considered a staple both in the kitchen and among your beauty products. Though it certainly is great for solving dry skin and frizzy hair problems, does it really have a place among your cooking oils? It actually depends on a few things.
Coconut oil is 90% saturated fat. It comes from the coconut fruit, and it’s commonly used in Southeast Asian countries. It recently became popular in the West as a healthy alternative to some other fats, but that’s not always the case.
Before cooking with coconut oil, make sure that you’re using cold-pressed virgin oil and not refined oil.
It has amazing flavor and it’s especially great for making sweet meals, such as cakes and pancakes.
Besides the flavor, it’s not much better than other commonly used oils. The olive oil is still the best for using raw in salads and dressings with only 14 grams of saturated fat on 100 grams of oil.
