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Similar: popcorn used to primarily be cooked in coconut oil. Then we had the campaign against saturated fat and theatres switched to vegetable oils. Decades lat

Similar: popcorn used to primarily be cooked in coconut oil. Then we had the campaign against saturated fat and theatres switched to vegetable oils. Decades later we discover that the MCTs in coconut oil are awesome for cardiovascular risk.

ams6110 12y ago
McDonald's french fries were cooked in beef lard until the late 1980s, then they switched to vegetable oil under pressure from activists to be more "healthy." Now we realise that not only were the lard-cooked fries more crispy and better tasting, they were probably healthier (relatively) as well.
- gadders 12y ago
  I think there probably religious and vegetarian reasons as well.
latch 12y ago
I'm not saying that you're wrong (because I don't know) but the 2nd paragraph on wiki seems to suggest different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil
- jsudhams 12y ago
  I am not sure if it is good are bad but i know a state(Kerala) in India where entire food is cooked in Coconut oil and it is awesome and i have not seen their heart or other health point well in comparison to other states. I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok. Also with food act always like dont have money to spend more than what you really really need then we should be ok.
  - maaku 12y ago
    > I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok. Because we all live on the African savannah, where humans evolved?
    - dasil003 12y ago
      Significant evolution has occurred since homosapiens left the savannah.
    - jsudhams 12y ago
      i actually meant where you currently live
- erkkie 12y ago
  The old "saturated fat is bad" dogma is slowly being replaced by more nuanced views: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascular_disease_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascula... . It's very likely the final answer will be genetics dependent not a blanket one.
- cschmidt 12y ago
  It is a saturated fat - that is for sure. And the medical establishment has said that saturated fats are bad for you since the '60's or so. However, if you go over the literature, there isn't a lot of good science to back it up. I personally think the medical party line is wrong, and has harmed so many people. I've stopped eating carbs over the summer. There is a "correct" moderate amount of protein to eat, hence I eat lots of fat (including saturated) to make up the rest of my calories. I've lost 33 pounds so far.
Shivetya 12y ago
I am beginning to wonder if Woody Allen wasn't prescient with his movie Sleeper. /s On a side note there is much of food and dietary research from the 50s onward that needs to be reviewed if not done over. I am still fascinated by the fight over salt, something as a cook I never believed as I cannot imagine cooking without it. Having the majority of relatives on similar diets who lived into their 90s its either genetic or just, well its anecdotal at best.

ams6110 12y ago

McDonald's french fries were cooked in beef lard until the late 1980s, then they switched to vegetable oil under pressure from activists to be more "healthy." Now we realise that not only were the lard-cooked fries more crispy and better tasting, they were probably healthier (relatively) as well.

gadders 12y ago
I think there probably religious and vegetarian reasons as well.

latch 12y ago

I'm not saying that you're wrong (because I don't know) but the 2nd paragraph on wiki seems to suggest different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil

jsudhams 12y ago
I am not sure if it is good are bad but i know a state(Kerala) in India where entire food is cooked in Coconut oil and it is awesome and i have not seen their heart or other health point well in comparison to other states. I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok. Also with food act always like dont have money to spend more than what you really really need then we should be ok.
- maaku 12y ago
  > I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok. Because we all live on the African savannah, where humans evolved?
  - dasil003 12y ago
    Significant evolution has occurred since homosapiens left the savannah.
  - jsudhams 12y ago
    i actually meant where you currently live
erkkie 12y ago
The old "saturated fat is bad" dogma is slowly being replaced by more nuanced views: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascular_disease_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascula... . It's very likely the final answer will be genetics dependent not a blanket one.
cschmidt 12y ago
It is a saturated fat - that is for sure. And the medical establishment has said that saturated fats are bad for you since the '60's or so. However, if you go over the literature, there isn't a lot of good science to back it up. I personally think the medical party line is wrong, and has harmed so many people. I've stopped eating carbs over the summer. There is a "correct" moderate amount of protein to eat, hence I eat lots of fat (including saturated) to make up the rest of my calories. I've lost 33 pounds so far.

Shivetya 12y ago

I am beginning to wonder if Woody Allen wasn't prescient with his movie Sleeper. /s On a side note there is much of food and dietary research from the 50s onward that needs to be reviewed if not done over. I am still fascinated by the fight over salt, something as a cook I never believed as I cannot imagine cooking without it. Having the majority of relatives on similar diets who lived into their 90s its either genetic or just, well its anecdotal at best.