[Joeschmoe]

Originally Posted by escapee

Yes, Both mono and saturated fats ( and of course carbohydrate ) are not essential, but that does not mean we do not need them.



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FYI, Coconut contains 90% of saturated fats so i guess you wouldn't regard it unnecessary part of healthy diet since it's a vegetarian food.

My suggestion is eat a wide variety of natural food in moderation and get over the fat phobia..

I don't have fat phobia, but i do regard oils in the same category as refined sugar. Oil is an isolated macro nutrient, that is everywhere in large quantities. It is pure calories with little to no nutritional value, same as sugar or protien powder. I dig fat, even saturated fat (which i had made no mention of), just in whole natural sources.

This is a good article, backed with real research(published in peer reviewed scientific journal), about coconut oil.

Jeff Novick - Marketing Junk Food: Don't Go Cuckoo Over Coconut Oil

I will repeat what i said in the first place.

Some of disagree on this point. There is no conclusive evidence either way.

I don't know how that somehow sparked an argument.