I'm no health freak, but isn't coconut oil the least recommendable of all plant oils?
Taste is fine, I agree.
I just read that the official Greek nutrition recommendations say rapeseed/canola oil is harmfull compared to olive oil, because it contains so much polyunsaturated acids :o/ I wonder if such a statement exists. That would be ridicilous.
Have you ever put cold pressed virgin olive oil and cold pressed virgin canola oil in the fridge? I was surprised to see, that the rapeseed oil remained fluid, the olive oil went hard. I sort of assume, that's the way they behave in my internal system as well. Up here we believe rapeseed oil is even healthier than olive oil. Logically. We don't produce olives :o)
OK. Had to check it. Coconut oil has more hard fats than butter, over 90 %. Coconut oil and palm oil are the only vegetable oils that can not be recommended on a health basis compared to butter.