Re: A little reason, please

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In a message dated 7/21/04 4:58:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

gpatruno1@... writes:

> If, as I

> understand it, " virgin " coconut oil is expensive, apt to leave a

> bizarre taste or tingle or " catch " in the back of one's throat, and

> becomes strong enough in flavor and/or smell to render it unpleasant

> enough for topical skin use only, why would anyone purchase it?

> Perhaps a knowledgeable someone - who does not have an economic

> stake in the question - could explain. Almost seems to me that the

> case has been made for the cheaper RBD oil....

Interesting. The RBD stuff is nasty, with this gross burnt taste or

something, in my experience, but unfortunately is what I use right now, until I

finish

saving up for a big internet order of virgin.

The Spectrum unrefined stuff is even nastier, and makes me want to puke. But

all of the other unrefined or virgin oils that I've had are much

better-tasting than the RBD crap.

Chris

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-Some people love the taste and odor of coconut oil.Others cant stand it.I am

somewhere in the middle. Also some people eat it strait off the spoon others

make it more palatable by cooking with it and adding it to smoothies and such.

As too why we subject ourselves to virgin coconut oil with its negatives

..Actually the throat catch is not that pronounced . Its really like an

aftertaste.

Here is a link to a great site that tells you the benefits of coconut oil.

http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/

The benefits of virgin coconut oil are supposedly multipled because heat is not

used in the processing and the Lauric acid content is higher. The Lauric acid

gives the anti bacterial and anti viral benefit.And ,as with most organic ,

fresh, Whole minimally procesed foods ,closer to the source gives more health

benefits, some of which we dont understand . But our health improves.So we eat

coconut oil.

My Family and I do use the Tropical Traditions refined Oil.It is made without

Chemicals in the extraction process so it is healthier than RBD.I use it in all

my cooking and baking. Evveryone has been healthy since we have been using it.

IN NC

-- In Coconut Oil , " toujourstoijamais "

<gpatruno1@c...> wrote:

> I've been reading with great interest the various comments the last

> few days about the quality of CO, production methods, taste

> variability, etc. I'm a relative newbie to the use of CO. If, as I

> understand it, " virgin " coconut oil is expensive, apt to leave a

> bizarre taste or tingle or " catch " in the back of one's throat, and

> becomes strong enough in flavor and/or smell to render it unpleasant

> enough for topical skin use only, why would anyone purchase it?

> Perhaps a knowledgeable someone - who does not have an economic

> stake in the question - could explain. Almost seems to me that the

> case has been made for the cheaper RBD oil....

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Re: A little reason, please

>

> The Spectrum unrefined stuff is even nastier, and makes me want to

puke. But

> all of the other unrefined or virgin oils that I've had are much

> better-tasting than the RBD crap.

>

> Chris

I use Spectrum Naturals Organic Coconut Oil all the time

these days. I go thru about a pint every 10 days or so. No bad

taste whatsoever.

Alobar

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What I got out of the thread was that any oil produced with too high

a moisture content will become rancid more quickly. Since RBD has

30 times less vitamin E antioxident than VCO, the RBD should be

going rancid quicker. I would think that brands and even batches of

both VCO and RBD could differ in shelf life due to manufacturing

process and through contaminants originating at the factory OR in

the home. The price a consumer is willing to pay is strictly an

individual choice, IMO. If I was going to fry large amounts of food

I'd probably choose RBD for that. I have question for anyone that

knows the answer, and the question is " Which type of coconut oil is

produced using hexane? " . My choice would be to NOT use oil produced

using hexane.

Darrell

> I've been reading with great interest the various comments the

last

> few days about the quality of CO, production methods, taste

> variability, etc. I'm a relative newbie to the use of CO. If, as I

> understand it, " virgin " coconut oil is expensive, apt to leave a

> bizarre taste or tingle or " catch " in the back of one's throat,

and

> becomes strong enough in flavor and/or smell to render it

unpleasant

> enough for topical skin use only, why would anyone purchase it?

> Perhaps a knowledgeable someone - who does not have an economic

> stake in the question - could explain. Almost seems to me that the

> case has been made for the cheaper RBD oil....