Paradise Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (coconut oil ful of saturated fat)

Yes, coconut oil is about 90% saturated fat. However, the saturated fats in coconut oil are natural, medium-chain fatty acids which are stable, easily digested, easily metabolized, and are not stored as fat in the body. The fatty acids in extra virgin coconut oil are in the cis form which is the form in which most fats are found in nature.

Extra virgin coconut oil does not contain harmful trans-fatty acids which have been linked to heart disease and banned in some parts of the world such as New York City because of their detrimental effects on health. In fact, coconut oil is arguably the best oil to use for cooking because its fats are naturally saturated and highly resistant to being converted into trans-fatty acids during the cooking process. In contrast, vegetable oils promoted for their high mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acid contents are actually highly susceptible to becoming trans-fatty acids during cooking.

The other problem with vegetable oils, such as canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil and even olive oil, is that they are composed of a high percentage of long-chained fatty acids which are not readily metabolized by the body and are consequently stored as fat. Extra virgin olive oil is great if you consume it raw, however, for cooking you cannot beat the stability of extra virgin coconut oil.