In article >,
"Steve Freides" > wrote:

> James Silverton wrote:
> > On 10/6/2011 9:50 AM, Steve Freides wrote:

> >> There is nothing unhealthy about butter.
> >
> > It's 81% fat; 52% saturated fat. Draw your own conclusions.
>
> I have - that's why I posted in disagreement. I eat a spoonful of
> coconut oil twice a day for its health _benefits_ - let's repeat that:
> for its health _benefits_.
>
> Look up
>
> nutritional profile of coconut oil
>
> or a similar phrase. You'll find plenty of saturated fat, and zero
> trans fat.

I'm not going to argue the benefits of coconut fat, except to mention
that some claim that the saturated fat is "different". However, butter
not only has a lot of saturated fat (but not as much as coconut) but
also has naturally occurring transfats.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA