I am not sure if it is good are bad but i know a state(Kerala) in India where entire food is cooked in Coconut oil and it is awesome and i have not seen their heart or other health point well in comparison to other states.

I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok. Also with food act always like dont have money to spend more than what you really really need then we should be ok.

> I think the matter is that eat what is naturally available in the environment you live and it should be ok.

Because we all live on the African savannah, where humans evolved?

Significant evolution has occurred since homosapiens left the savannah.

i actually meant where you currently live

It is a saturated fat - that is for sure. And the medical establishment has said that saturated fats are bad for you since the '60's or so. However, if you go over the literature, there isn't a lot of good science to back it up. I personally think the medical party line is wrong, and has harmed so many people.

I've stopped eating carbs over the summer. There is a "correct" moderate amount of protein to eat, hence I eat lots of fat (including saturated) to make up the rest of my calories. I've lost 33 pounds so far.

The old "saturated fat is bad" dogma is slowly being replaced by more nuanced views: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascula... .

It's very likely the final answer will be genetics dependent not a blanket one.