welcome back. by now you know i m a big fan of raw coconut oil but i don t really like the taste of it so i use to topically instead. i am not the only one who found some other useful ways to enjoy it. my best next found a whopping 101 benefits of coconut oil and she joins me now from kentucky. welcome, katy, aka the wellness mama. welcome katy. thanks so much for having me. i m excited to be here. well, i m excited to hear about 101 benefits of coconut oil but let me first ask you, do you distinguish between cooked coconut oil and raw coconut oil because i know that cooked coconut oil had a really bad rap a while back. yeah, there s two kinds and the one i use a raw unfiltered virgin coconut oil.
there s a processed one and it can become hydrogenated if it s processed too much. there s some that don t have the coconut taste but also don t have the health benefits. you said you sit with a five gallon bucket by your desk. is that really true? yeah. sooim actually a stay-at-home mom of five and a blogger in my spare time. my office is also it s part of my house and next to the kitchen. so i keep the bucket of coconut oil there a lot of times and we use it literally for everything. you know, a lot of people write me and say coconut oil looks like lard when it s colder. i always say just wait until it melts because it melts at room temperature. yeah. there s several different kinds but the unrefined raw coconut oil is solid at anything below 76 degrees. in the summer it will be more liquid. it 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 from the