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So I recently had a question from someone that wanted to know what would be better

to use, coconut oil or olive oil.

So I want to go through some of the differences, but they're both really, really good oils,

but have slightly different purposes.

So let's start with olive oil, okay?

Olive oil, it's heavy on the

omega-6 fatty acids, which typically will cause inflammation. But olive oil is one of the only oils

being omega-6 that will not cause inflammation. It's an anti-inflammatory. So it's 78% mono saturated. Coconut oil is 92% saturated fat. And honestly,

saturated fat is not a bad thing. It's very stable. It will not increase bad cholesterol. It will not clot your arteries.

It really has no side effects. Despite being a saturated fat, it's not the type of fat that will cause heart attacks

or insulin resistance or anything like that. Okay. Now, olive oil is great to put on your salad.

It has tons and tons of phytonutrients. I mean, the list is very, very long.

So phytonutrients are those extra nutrients that give you extra health benefits that go beyond

vitamins and minerals. There's not hardly any minerals or protein in olive oil. Actually,

there's no protein. There's very little vitamins except there's some vitamin E,

and there's no minerals. It's mainly healthy fatty acids, which are essential. That means your

body can't make them, but it needs them. So it has olic acid, 83%, linolytic acid, 21%,

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