Alternatives to olive and coconut?

#1

Hello all. I’m brand new to the keto diet, and I’m looking for an alternative to two things. I have a severe intolerance to coconuts and olives. I will not go into what they do to me, let’s just say I cannot eat them. So I’m looking for alternatives for coconut oil, olive oil, and anything else related to Coconut to olives. What are my options?

(Pete A) #2

How about butter, or bacon, sausage or chicken fat?

(Darlene Horsley) #3

Avocado oil.

(Renee Slaughter) #4

If no butter there’s ghee.

#5

I did t know avacado oil was a thing. I’ll check that out. In reading about the keto diet, it seemed that coconut oil is a pretty important aspect to losing weight. I’m wondering what effect it will have, not using it in my diet will have.

(Pete A) #6

It’s popular, trendy, hardly required. Not using it will have no effect. Find what agrees with you. Good luck!

(Sophie) #7

Tallow, lard and Duck fat.

(matt ) #8

Macadamia oil is good. Animal fats (beef, pork, poultry, etc) are also great.

There is zero need to use coconut or olive but they are the more convenient oils to buy for lots of folks.

(Edith) #9

I just finished reading a blog on the Virta Health website about weight loss stalls and plateaus. It was mentioned that too many medium chain fatty acids can cause a stall, because our bodies can’t store medium chain fatty acids, and it has to use them first. That can prevent us from utilizing our fat stores. Coconut oil has them, and the article mentioned not getting carried away with coconut or MCT oils.

Edith

(Darlene Horsley) #10

I like it. It has a high smoke point and doesn’t change the flavor of food. I get mine at Wal-Mart . More and more stores are carrying it.

(Roxanne) #11

Costco has 1 Litre bottles of avocado oil. It’s more expensive than olive oil, but also has a milder taste, so it’s great for making mayonnaise and dressings.

(Dan Dan) #12

organic canola oil :thinking:

If your not afraid of science GMO canola oil its inexpensive :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

#13

I love avocados, anyway, so this will be something to try.

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #14

For cooking fats, probably going really old school… butter (and ghee), lard, tallow, schmaltz and duck fat. Oh, and Avocado Oil… I’ve been using a lot of that for saute and sear.
Given it’s Omega 6 concentration, I don’t do anything but cook in it.

(Candy Lind) #15

Unless you’re trying to stay away from grain & seed oils. I lump canola in with corn, soybean, and “vegetable” oil and try to avoid all of them. Although … you may have to use soybean (if you don’t make your own dressings) - the vast majority of commercial salad dressings use it.

#16

I mainly use avocado oil and duck fat even though I can handle olives and coconuts just fine.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #17

Of the vegetable oils, coconut oil has the highest smoke point, I believe. That’s how I got started using it, because other oils form a shellac on the pan that’s almost impossible to remove once it hardens. But I also like lard, tallow, bacon fat, and butter for cooking with. My niece prefers my scrambled eggs to her mother’s because I fry them in bacon fat, and my sister doesn’t.

#18

I bet they are delicious!

(matt ) #19

Everything I have seen says Canola oil is an industrial seed oil AKA trash and should be avoided.

(Dan Dan) #20

please show me the science, thank you