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My favorite use for coconut oil is leaving it on the shelf.
I use extra virgin olive oil for most cooking, light olive oil for some dressings, vegetable oil for my cast iron and real butter for the rest of my cooking.
Baking is another story but it never involves coconut oil.
What is "vegetable oil" and why would you coat a cooking utensil with it? I try to use as a good of an oil for treating my cast iron as I would for actual cooking -- like grapeseed oil.
I read about oil pulling for dental care and I have tried it a few times with coconut oil. Can't report anything positive or negative but teeth feel clean.
Several years ago my husband was advised, by someone working for his doctor, on the many uses of coconut oil. I suspect most of them don't hold up, but we keep it around. Generally I don't fry anything if I can avoid it. We tried eggs with coconut oil, and didn't care for the taste. I tried using it in coffee as one website suggested--nope. H and S tried it as a sunscreen (again some website suggested it.) It worked okay. I use it about once a month as a deep hair conditioner. It leaves my hair very soft and shiny. I also use it on my skin after showering.
When our D had mono I read that coconut oil would speed her recovery, along with massive amounts of vitamins B and C. Since we had it around, I figured it couldn't hurt. I don't know if it was the coconut oil or the super strength vitamins, but she was only out of school for a few days and back at her athletic practices in a week.
Several years ago my husband was advised, by someone working for his doctor, on the many uses of coconut oil. I suspect most of them don't hold up, but we keep it around. Generally I don't fry anything if I can avoid it. We tried eggs with coconut oil, and didn't care for the taste. I tried using it in coffee as one website suggested--nope. H and S tried it as a sunscreen (again some website suggested it.) It worked okay. I use it about once a month as a deep hair conditioner. It leaves my hair very soft and shiny. I also use it on my skin after showering.
When our D had mono I read that coconut oil would speed her recovery, along with massive amounts of vitamins B and C. Since we had it around, I figured it couldn't hurt. I don't know if it was the coconut oil or the super strength vitamins, but she was only out of school for a few days and back at her athletic practices in a week.
I tried it as a moisturizer, too but it made my hands really itchy, and I don't know why. I tried to use it as a frying oil, and I also fried some eggs with it and it was a horrible experiment. The flavor and aroma of the eggs was sickening. I wanted to use coconut oil to replace all other cooking oils because of the health benefits I'd been reading about, but after the egg experiment I knew it would not be an option for me. The idea of coconut oil is so attractive - exotic and delicious, you would think. I do love coconut water and milk, though, just not the oil.
I read about oil pulling for dental care and I have tried it a few times with coconut oil. Can't report anything positive or negative but teeth feel clean.
Yes, I read a book about coconut oil, that's what made me want to try it a while ago. The writer said that the people in a exotic locale (I don't remember), hardly ever went to the dentist, didn't brush their teeth regularly (if ever), but most of the people were able to keep their teeth their whole lives and they lived very long lives. I think they were indigenous people and removed from the modern world. Coconut was a big part of their diet.
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