Over the past 20 years, people have started uncovering truths about eating.
What we thought was healthy vs unhealthy has become a mystery.
One example of this has been oils and fats.
“Fat Free” is still a powerful marketing tool that is misleading.
Not to mention all the refined oils that are causing havoc in our bodies.
IR’s stance on food is this: Eat more natural foods, period.
If man refines, alters, or markets it, the food is probably not ideal.
Here is a great excerpt from Huffington Post about the benefits of cooking with Coconut oil.
Coconut Oil in Your Kitchen
Personally, I use only two oils in my food preparation.
The first, extra-virgin olive oil is the best monounsaturated fat and works great as a salad dressing. However, olive oil should not be used for cooking. Due to its chemical structure, heat makes olive oil susceptible to oxidative damage. So for cooking, I use coconut oil exclusively.
And polyunsaturated fats, which include common vegetable oils such as corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola, are absolutely the worst oils to cook with.
Why?
Three primary reasons:
1) Cooking your food in omega-6 vegetable oils produces a variety of very toxic chemicals, as well as forming trans-fats. Frying destroys the antioxidants in oil, actually oxidizing the oil, which causes even worse problems for your body than trans-fats.
2) Most vegetable oils are GM (genetically modified), including more than 90 percent of soy, corn and canola oils.
3) Vegetable oils contribute to the overabundance of damaged omega-6 fats in your diet, throwing offyour omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Nearly everyone in Western society consumes far too many omega-6 fats — about 100 times more than a century ago — and insufficient omega 3 fats, which contributes to numerous chronic degenerative diseases.
There is only one oil that is stable enough to withstand the heat of cooking, and that’s coconut oil. So, do yourself a favor and ditch all those “healthy oil wannabes,” and replace them with a large jar of fresh, organic, heart-supporting coconut oil.
Read the full article here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/coconut-oil-benefits_b_821453.html
Want to learn more about coconut oil?
Be sure to check out The Coconut Oil Miracle
It is a great book that uncovers the truth about healthy oils and explains the benefits of coconut oil.
Believe me, its a lot more than just a cooking oil!
People living on islands around the world have depended on this natural wonder for centuries.
IR’s trainer and dietitian, Amanda Brown, also wrote a good article about Coconut Oil here:
Why coconut oil is the ONLY oil I cook with!
What oils are you using at home?
Take a look and leave us a comment.
PS…be sure to look at all the packaged foods that your family is eating. If it says “partially hydrogenated”, “soy bean oil” or something similar, you should consider throwing it out.
Stay healthy my friends!
Cori Lefkowith says
I always cook with coconut oil, grass-fed butter or duck fat. Not only is the food then more delicious but all three are totally unprocessed and have better ratios of omega 3s to omega 6s!
Ann Luu says
Where do you get grass fed butter and duck fat?
Cori Lefkowith says
Trader Joe’s has grass fed butter and The Meat House has duck fat. I’m pretty sure there are other stores here that sell both though. I just haven’t searched yet haha
Cori Lefkowith says
Trader Joe’s has grass fed butter and The Meat House has duck fat. I’m pretty sure there are other stores here that sell both though. I just haven’t searched yet haha
Joshua Spencer says
I didn't know butter ate grass 😉
Cori Lefkowith says
hahaha so does milk and cream
Aaron Guyett says
In case you were wondering …
Lilly Moscoso says
So good that I'll repost, thnx for sharing Aaron, I'm glad we do cook with Coconut Oil 😉
Michelle Yeun says
I use that and grapeseed oil.
Chad Roberts says
Hey Cory, I just don't go for the Duck fat….I go for the whole DUCK!
coconut oil benefits says
Very helpful and Great information,
we appreciate advise especially coming from a professional.
Thanks again and keep up the great work!
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