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Originally Posted by Go-Bucks!
I have recently been using coconut oil for cooking and skin moisturizing. I love it. And it's now being recognized by the medical community for it's health benefits. The cheapest organic, unrefined, virgin oil is from Aldi. Yay!
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Health being the main concern, I don't think it's a good idea to do any frying. I have heard that heat makes oils more saturated. Also, frying adds more calories as the oil soaks into the food or the breading.
Yes, Aldi's olive oil is only $3.99 for 17 ounces.
Here's the problem with coconut oil: It's only sold in health food stores and the price is about $13 dollars for 10 ounces. And when you stop to consider it's essentially the same type of oil as olive oil, it hardly seems worth it. Olive oil is an excellent source of medium chain triglycerides just as coconut oil is.