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softlight wrote:I am a newbie here and I have a questions concerning cocoa butter contained in dark chocolate. I'll appreciate if anyone can provide some answers.
1. Is cocoa butter saturated fat? If so, should I stay away from consumption of it?
2. Dr. McDougall recommends we stay away from saturated fat. Does that recommendation also applies to plant saturated fat, such as coconut/palm oil?
Thank you.
Softlight
softlight wrote:Thank you all for your replies. I'm still bit confused. I understand oil is either liquid or solid form of plant oil that you can buy in store. But what about the natural oil contained in plants and seeds. I know nuts and seeds can contain both saturated and unsaturated oil. Does that mean I need to stay away from eating avocados, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, and etc? Thank you.
calvin wrote:softlight wrote:Thank you all for your replies. I'm still bit confused. I understand oil is either liquid or solid form of plant oil that you can buy in store. But what about the natural oil contained in plants and seeds. I know nuts and seeds can contain both saturated and unsaturated oil. Does that mean I need to stay away from eating avocados, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, and etc? Thank you.
We need more information. What are your goals? Are you looking to have your cake and eat it too? In other words, are you hoping to consume a calorie-dense diet and not gain weight? Are you hoping to justify a sweet tooth by only eating "healthy desserts" like "Nice Cream"? Do you find the "All Things In Moderation" philosophy attractive? Do you substitute smoothies for healthy meals, e.g. breakfast?
Because, first of all, processed oils are unacceptable in a healthy diet. Next, naturally occurring plant fats are in calorie dense foods and so not good if you have symptoms.
What outcome(s) are you looking for?
softlight wrote:Thank you all for your replies. I'm still bit confused. I understand oil is either liquid or solid form of plant oil that you can buy in store. But what about the natural oil contained in plants and seeds. I know nuts and seeds can contain both saturated and unsaturated oil. Does that mean I need to stay away from eating avocados, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, and etc? Thank you.
softlight wrote:AlwaysAgnes, thank you again for the link. I watched it and it seems Dr. McDougall is OK with nuts and seeds but he didn't say anything about non-dairy dark chocolate. I'll eliminate dark chocolate from my diet since cocoa butter is saturated fat. I don't want to lose or gain weight. Because my weight has stayed almost the sane since my college days. On the other hand, I have eaten fairly good amount of nuts and seeds everyday all these years, and I even make my own soy milk, almond milk, rice milk,and tofu. But I have never gained weight or lost weight.
AlwaysAgnes wrote:softlight wrote:AlwaysAgnes, thank you again for the link. I watched it and it seems Dr. McDougall is OK with nuts and seeds but he didn't say anything about non-dairy dark chocolate. I'll eliminate dark chocolate from my diet since cocoa butter is saturated fat. I don't want to lose or gain weight. Because my weight has stayed almost the sane since my college days. On the other hand, I have eaten fairly good amount of nuts and seeds everyday all these years, and I even make my own soy milk, almond milk, rice milk,and tofu. But I have never gained weight or lost weight.
Dr. McDougall talks about dark chocolate in this 2012 newsletter. https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2012nl/jan/fav5.htm Dark Chocolate Can Be a Small Part of the McDougall Diet
You sound like you're doing fine to me.
Here are a couple of videos that show people extracting cocoa butter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_7v3mGBRFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyMLsebNMAQ
Here are a couple for Mexican chocolate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CltsqNyVyE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAg7zIR57k
Sorry if I got sidetracked.
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