The Fat You Should Be Cooking With

Coconut oil. Coconut oil is about 90% saturated fat, so it barely oxidizes, and it's one of the most heat stable fats on Earth, and it contains predominantly a lot of different types of fatty acids like medium-chain fatty acids and lauric acid, which even have antimicrobial properties. Now, yes, it can raise LDL some, but when you compare coconut oil to every other type of saturated fat, from tallow and duck fat and butter and all of these other saturated fats, coconut oil raises LDL the least in studies. The other thing is it's got a lot of benefits for improving health of the gut microbiome, getting rid of Candida, if somebody's trying to get into ketosis on a ketogenic diet, it is the best oil for that. It can be good for baking and high heat cooking. Also, in Chinese medicine, it's known to be generally anti-inflammatory. So coconut oil, one of my favorite oils