Coconut oil

Further to the Sissons idea about high carb diets and obesity – I understand it's to do with mucking up insulin production. janeainsworth mentioned this on GN a bit back, the idea that it isn't obesity that causes diabetes type 2 but the diabetes that causes obesity.

Good point about the animal fat vitamins, jess. I'm not sure I agree about the 'nice' smell of coconut oil. DH cooks his bacon and eggs in it. Cue me opening windows. It's a very strong smell when heated.

Sissons would probably argue that it's the carbohydrates in the taro, and other high carb foods, eaten by Pacific islanders that cause the high levels of obesity.

I don't use coconut oil myself. I think DH is just on another fad diet when really what he needs to do is eat less and spread it out more evenly over the day. However, I don't say these things out loud anymore. Waste of time. I've lost count of the number of 'brilliant' dieting ideas he has tried, to no effect .

Would the recipe work with ground nut oil?

Sorry to hear about your lousy week aka
There is a lot of marketing of coconut oil as a panacea at the moment (on the internet). No foundation in science. The fat is indeed saturated. Without the vitamin bearing benefits of animal fats I think bags.
In Pacific islands they tend to eat this stuff along with a root called taro.
Epidemic of obesity related diseases in that part of world. They are not an advertisement.
It is a great massage oil as it smells nice and is generally solid at room temperature and hence unlikely to spill.

I haven't used it for cooking, but did melt it and put it on my hair overnight when I was a lot younger as someone told me it made your hair grow really fast...

DH uses it for cooking. We don't worry about saturated fats. We don't think there's any need to. You might like to look up Mark Sissons and see what he has to say. DH is keen on his ideas.

(jings always tells me I should worry about sat fats).