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DianeJ wrote:I know, I know....NO added oils, period. My question is... is there ANYTHING to this coconut oil stuff? I just got off the phone with my sister who swears it is "changing her life"- more energy, weight loss and is sold on the supposed health benefits of it, she says its "different" from other sat. fats, something about the "chains". What can I tell her? I'm thinking either its all a good PR scam, or maybe its kinda like the " fish" of the oil world. You know, better than all the other meats, if you had to grade, but still not acceptable in our world. Thanks again.
kpolninja wrote:that link doesn't work
Jaggu wrote:6) You are welcome to add all the coconut and/or coconut oil you would like to you diet, on one condition; you keep the total amount of saturated fat in your diet below 7% of your total calories (with below 5% being optimal).
If saturated fat is not essential, why allow even 5%?
Jaggu wrote:Did you change your recommendations,
Jaggu wrote:If you allow 5% of the calories from saturated fat which almost will come from outside of plant based arena which means your total fat intake could be up to 12% + 5% = 17% ( assuming 10-12% is embedded in plant based foods)
JeffN wrote:Jaggu wrote:6) You are welcome to add all the coconut and/or coconut oil you would like to you diet, on one condition; you keep the total amount of saturated fat in your diet below 7% of your total calories (with below 5% being optimal).
If saturated fat is not essential, why allow even 5%?
Because it is impossible to get "0" as all foods have fat and all foods have all 3 kinds of fat (Poly, Mono and Sat). Even oatmeal has some saturated fat, but the amount in the foods recommended here is very low.Jaggu wrote:Did you change your recommendations,
No.Jaggu wrote:If you allow 5% of the calories from saturated fat which almost will come from outside of plant based arena which means your total fat intake could be up to 12% + 5% = 17% ( assuming 10-12% is embedded in plant based foods)
I don't "allow" that. I said, that the AHA recommendation is less than 7% and based on long lived populations, I would say less than 5% wold be optimal.
Again, that 5% is what would come naturally when following even the strictest of the guidelines and principles recommended here.
You can see an example here, where a very strict McDougall type diet is around 1% Saturated fat.
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Oatmeal is about 16-17% fat with some of that coming from saturated fat. If you were to consume 2000 calories of plain old oatmeal, you would get in 8.7 grams of saturated fat, which would be 3.9%, which would occur naturally, and be less than the 5%.
Nothing has changed.
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Jeff
Jaggu wrote: For some reason I was thinking plant foods contains NO saturated fats. .
Jaggu wrote: If you were consuming plants foods, that puts you at 7-12% fats, do you think the saturated fat portion would be this high (5%), I would imagine most of the fat share would go to Poly and mono unsaturated fats.
kpolninja wrote:Is there anything wrong with using it on the skin? It makes a lovely moisturizer and feels good on sunburns. Would we absorb the fat using it on our skin? (I feel like this is a dumb question, but I really have no idea!)
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