Coconut Oil For Cooking & Good For Skin

I've tired it when I was in the States, it's very good for cooking with. Not heard about using for scars or dry skin but sounds like it worked well.

I have not tried it yet but I do take a capsule orally since it is supposed to be good for memory as well.

I tried using virgin coconut oil for cooking, it does not have strong taste and it is a healthy choice but it is so expensive. I don't use refined cooking oil which are readily available in the market. It is so unhealthy.

yepperz, coconut oil's some good schtuff. 's fer cookin' with it? ya gotta be most careful 's to the kind'ja by 's most can't take to fryin' - they'll burn. ya also lose the good properties with the heatin'. if yer wantin' to boost yer metabolism 'n lose weight with it, i'd recommend jest eatin' a tablespoon a day. 'pposed to be good fer yer brain, too, from what i hear 'n some trials with dementia.

It does have a strong and distinctive smell which needs some getting used to.

Iv cooked with it when I make fish sometimes, its really healthy for your skin like for scars and even stretch marks

I have cooked with it and it does taste a little like coconut, which isn't bad for some things, but I didn't care for it for other things. I use it on my hand sometimes and on my hair when it's flyaway. It just takes a tiny bit!

I have a jar of coconut oil. It's more like a white butter, actually, because it's solid at normal room temperature. I forget where I got this particular jar but it was certainly a great deal cheaper than that sold in Waitrose (which was about £2.50 for about 500g, I think). I understand that it does not begin to break down into undesirable compounds until it reaches quite a high temperature, so it's good for high temperature frying and better than rapeseed oil or sunflower oil. I don't detect any strong flavour but it does have a very slightly different taste - perhaps 'nuttier' - to other cooking oils. I find it good for general frying and for cooking roast potatoes (though I prefer goose fat or duck fat for that).

coconut is lie the tree of life since it has many benefits and uses i don't know what our cooking oil is though

coconut oil is good for skin and hair too. It makes the hair healthy and darker

Yep, use it nearly all the time, and it smells like macaroons...mmmm

@gudheart - Coconut oil is nutritious as food and very useful in other ways - but, doggone it, coconut oil is a beast to get out of the shell when you need some.

I'm using the Virgin Coconut Oil both for cooking and for personal use. It's good .For cooking no after taste Yes it's good for scars for healing even use for the hair if there are itchiness. It really has many uses and I think you will find it the internet

Reading online or does that mean reading online MyLot and what I wrote about the benefits of coconut oil. I just did this post and addressed many of the issue you have here. Guess you liked my topic enough to copy it and do one of your own.

I've never tried using coconut oil for any of the above however I've used olive oil. My husband likes to mix it with some Italian herbs and dips his bread with it.

I just read another discussion on this very subject a few days ago. Must be pretty popular. I like coconut. I know different oils burn at different degrees so that may factor into whether this is a good oil for cooking or not.

when I lived on our farm we employed a lady who made coconut oil. She would grate the coconuts and then boil the flesh in water. Then it was left to cool overnight and in the morning she would skim off the coconut oil which formed on the top. We had half and gave her half to sell. It is excellent and studies have now found out that it is also good for delaying alzheimer's disease. The low income person would always rub the oil into their body as a cheap moisturizer and it worked! I drink coconut water almost daily and love it. The water (from an unripe coconut) is totally sterile and has been used as a substitute for a drip. The slight smell doesn't both me and now I tend to use it for everything that olive oil is called for.

It is so simply to use it for cook... I generally spares it for my hair shining.... More people in our locality regularly uses this oil for good and strong hair

I've never tried it myself, but I've heard others recommending it.

I haven't tried cooking with it, as well but I use it as a makeup remover.. love it!