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ACTUAL FAT

Coconut oil

What it is

Saturated, stable, and made by a tree. It doesn't need an antioxidant added to keep it from going rancid — that's what stable means.

Why your biology objects

Almost entirely saturated medium-chain fats, so it has essentially no double bonds to oxidise — heat-stable in a way no seed oil is. The MCTs are absorbed and burned for quick energy rather than stored.

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