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Well, coconut oil is used for cooking, or just eating! It's quite tasty! But calorific. Many supplements add MCTs as a form of energy, but owing to it's low yield to creating an insulin spike a lot of fitness athletes use it as they want to keep their insulin levels in check (insulin is a fat storing hormone, though also an anabolic hormone - which makes it a love/hate relationship when it comes to nutrition, and being able to get your levels in an optimum state for muscle growth/recovery whilst minimising fatty deposits!)
IT can also trigger a thermogenic reaction (the process in which your body burns fat for energy) which is also ideal for people wanting to use fat as fuel rather than rely on carbs. It's also good at lowering blood/sugar and as such creates a more insulin sensitive state for your body which is a good thing.
It can help kick off a ketogenic process in your body. Furthermore, it can help increase HDL cholesterol (as usual, with the caveat of a good balanced diet!
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A lot of this has nothing to do with cooking though!
Coconut oil doesn't oxidise easily and you can cook at high temperature with it.![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/smile.gif)
IT can also trigger a thermogenic reaction (the process in which your body burns fat for energy) which is also ideal for people wanting to use fat as fuel rather than rely on carbs. It's also good at lowering blood/sugar and as such creates a more insulin sensitive state for your body which is a good thing.
It can help kick off a ketogenic process in your body. Furthermore, it can help increase HDL cholesterol (as usual, with the caveat of a good balanced diet!
![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/tongue.gif)
A lot of this has nothing to do with cooking though!
Coconut oil doesn't oxidise easily and you can cook at high temperature with it.
![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/smile.gif)