Which is the healthier oil for weight loss: Olive or coconut oil?
A major ingredient in our food is oil, which is used for cooking most of the things we eat. But many people are often confused as to which cooking oils they should use for regular consumption. A big question hovering over their minds is the calorie content of each type of oil. To help us understand and address the confusion, nutritionist Pooja Makhija has some tips. In a new video called “This Or That”, Pooja is helping us decide whether to use coconut oil or olive oil in our daily diet.
“Let's break down the nutritional benefits of various similar thus confusing foods such that we can get the better one into our day-to-day regimes,” the caption for the post shared on Instagram reads.
Pooja Makhija says both are good but picking one over the other completely depends on what we want from it. Just because they are healthy, doesn't mean one should overindulge in any of them. Olive oil is higher in monounsaturated fats, while coconut oils are higher in saturated fats, mainly directly medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). “The key is the quantity that you use,” she adds.
Pooja Makhija often shares updates on helping people remain healthy. A month ago, she had shared an easy hack on how to enjoy sweetness while giving up on white sugar. She had said that one didn't need to deprive themselves of the food they crave. Instead, the key, was to “fine-tune your habits and switch to simple lifestyle changes that you can sustain”. Click here to read the entire post by Pooja Makhija.
A couple of months ago, in a video, Pooja shared the secret of healthy weight loss and long-term management. She captioned the post, “Healthy weight loss should always be a balance — 80-90 percent of the time eat right, eat with thought, then 10-20 percent, let the play come in where you (ch)eat with some of your favourite food. That's sanity. That's a lifestyle. That's forever.” Read more about it here.
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