it s processed too much. there are also refined coconut oils that don t really have the coconut taste, but they don t have quite the same health benefits. i always try to stick with the raw, unrefined. you said you sit with a five-gallon bucket by your desk. is that true? yeah. so i m actually a stay-at-home mom of five and blogger in my spare time. my office is part of my house, next to the kitchen. i keep the bucket in there a lot of times. we use it literally for everything. a lot of people write me and say, you know, coconut oil looks like lard when it s colder. i always say just wait until it melts. it melts at room temperature. yeah, there s several different kinds. the unrefined raw coconut oil is solid at anything below 76 degrees. in the summer, it ll be more liquid. this time of year, it s usually solid at room temperature, which actually makes it amazing for a lot of the ways you can use it, both topically on your skin or for seasoning cast iron. a lot of that comes
fact that it s a very saturated fat which has gotten a bad rap recently, but coconut oil is high in properties that are good for your health. it has a different profile than a lot of saturated fats. i tell people you need a wide variety of oils because, let s face it, essential fatty acids are one of the building blocks of the body. coconut oil is one of the beneficial oils, and i know a while ago it got a bad rap because they were looking at the cooked coconut oil which, of course, doesn t have the same benefits as raw. you found 101 benefits. can you name a few for us? yeah. absolutely. so obviously i use it in cooking. it s especially good i have found in stir fries with a curry type flavor because coconut and curry go really well together. they re used in a lot of different cuisines. i can also sneak it into smoothies for my kids putting a teaspoon or two in. it has a very faint coconut taste but it s not overpowering.