Coconut Oil

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• posted by herbie
  on 19th November 2017 at 4:44 am

  

  I just made brownies and wonder why is coconut oil used in recipes when it is so high in fat and calories?

• posted by Firefox7275
  on 19th November 2017 at 5:50 am

  

  Pure oils are all the same in respect of fat and calories. Butter is a little lower because it contains some water and milk solids.

  Energy (calories) is supplied by foods rich in one of three macronutrients (fat/ carbs/ protein). The Clever Guts Diet is a reduced carbohydrate plan, so the calories have to be made up by another macronutrient: in this case fat.

  Also a low fat brownie would likely be dry in texture!

• posted by GrahamSPhillips
  on 27th November 2017 at 6:36 pm

  

  Just to add: focus on reducing carbs and sugars. Coconut oil is very healthy!

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