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<pre>Cyndi. Thank you for your views about coconut oil. This seems to be a North
Indian versus South Indian thing. People in North India use ghee and condemn
coconut oil as harmful, and visa versa with South India. Actually South
Indian cookery is less popular than North Indian but it tastes 100% better
than the dishes eaten in North India, and Sri Lankan food is out of this
world. I find the "sodi" or "hothi" far far better than ghee sodden curry,
etc. I have also heard a lot of bad things about unrefined palm oil, but
used sparingly with fried flat breads it makes them taste divine. I just
cannot understand how any vegetable oil can higher ones cholesterol? Surely
things like lard, dripping, and ghee do that, but not coconut oil or palm
oil?
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