I have noticed on some crackers that I have been eating that it has coconut and palm oil in them, should I avoid them?
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I have noticed on some crackers that I have been eating that it has coconut and palm oil in them, should I avoid them?
The type of palm oil in baked goods is usually not healthy because it's been chemically altered. IT is only the all natural palm oil that might sway blue.
I doubt very seriously there is enough in crackers to sway anyway.
I thought that was probably the case, thank you :-) does that apply with the coconut oil as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
I suspect there is very little coconut oil in them. The palm oil (the bad kind) is very cheap and sometimes they will say things have coconut oil when it's just for marketing purposes (because so many people are into the coconut oil right now). Shelf-stable oils like those in baked goods are nearly always processed and not healthy.
That's great thank you atomic :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
Unless the product is organic, and even then, whenever you see a blend of/multiple vegetable oils all in the same parentheses within an ingredient list e.g.
Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil (palm, coconut, soy), salt, etc.
it usually means the oils are processed and not very healthy, and that any potentially healthy oils are only present in small amounts, often for marketing purposes. And thus pink friendly. But double check the breakdown of saturated/monounsaturated/polyunsaturated/trans fats on the nutrition info, as the first 2 fats sway blue and the last 2 types sway pink.
Well, fudge. I have been eating butter :/ I think we have a couple sticks of margarine in the fridge though. I'll switch to those (assuming they aren't fortified as you mentioned). *Phew* Veggie oil is okay :) When I started reading, at first I thought I was going to have to switch to crisco(the white, lard-looking kind)... the sight of is grosses me out. Thanks for the post, and thanks to the person who bumped it :)
I wouldn't eat Crisco for a billion dollars! I'm all about sunflower/safflower oil, though canola is even pinker. A little butter is fine, just small amounts for flavour. I would often mix oil + butter to get the flavour withoit too much sat fat. Oil sprays are also great for frying & baking with minimal fat.
Forgive me, but WHAT is canola oil?! :)
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Rapeseed oil, American & Canadian term. I think it was originally a brand name for rapeseed oil in a can...thus Canola.
I ate butter when I got my DD. I don't eat margarine (and have gotten boys when eating it so no magic bullet!) I"ts just one little thing that may help a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by twointow83
My husband worked at a canola plant for a while and it actually means CANada Oil Low Acid CAN+O+L+A I know weird. But they didn't want to call it "rapeseed" LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by maidentomother
It does sound awful. I thought it might be Canada not can....
I have a question - and forgive me if its already outlined but my go-to for butter substitute (bc butter was my liffffe before lol) is I can't believe it's not butter light. It says water, vegetable oils, modified Palm and Palm kernel oils.... Is this a blue or pink swaying fat? It's got like 2g of fat in a tap
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Most likely very pink, but can you give me the exact fats breakdown (grams of saturated, polyunsaturated etc fats per serving)?
Yup.
Sat fat: 1g and trans .1g
Polysat: 1.5 - omega 6 1.5g/ omega 3 0.2g
Monosat .8g
Thanks in advance maiden!
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I'd call that pretty good. It's not as pink as possible but not super blue and definitely much pinker than butter. If you cook mostly/entirely with a very pink oil like canola and use the butter sub moderately you would have a great balance of fats IMO for a pink sway. But if all your fat came from that stuff, you'd still have an decent balance.
Yup! I cook with canola baby!! I gave up the olive Oil and butter too.
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Perfect! Well done.
bump since getting lots of q's on this lately
Hi Atomic, found it! 👍🏻
But what do you think about this article? I was looking for this thread and came acrossi this one.
It says that more omega6=more males in cows, and that made me search harder for this thread again because i am using corn oil as primary fat in my diet and I was so scared!!
I am not questioning your essay, just want to know you pov about this article...(aka looking for reassurance 🤣)
Thank you!
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...14459917301679
I have read several dozen animal studies that found the opposite. Additionally, our results for both pink and blue have improved dramatically since we started taking this into account and many of our blue sway opposites (people who were swaying blue, but got girls) were in people taking evening primrose oil and similar Omega 6 fats as supplements and having large amounts of milk replacers loaded with Omega 6 fats.
Do what you want to do but I am convinced the Omega 6 fats are important for pink sways.
Do what you want to do but I am convinced the Omega 6 fats are important for pink sways.[/QUOTE]
It's not about what I want to do, Atomic, I am looking for guidance and I only asked... I am very happy that omega 6 sways girl, as I am using corn oil very frequently.
Thanks for your answer anyway.
OK. Sorry if that sounded snippy. That is just an expression to mean that you should follow your gut instinct but I truly believe the Omega 6's sway pink and will continue recommending them.
Hey! Longtime reader here, and hope I’m not derailing the conversation too much as I know the post on animal fats was shared a while ago - but some backstory on how much I think what you are saying about animal fats matter, Atomic.
My family/genetics are heavily female and same DH. I know this has been sorta debunked, but based on that (and my very acidic ph), I thought I would for sure naturally conceive a girl.
For my 5 month old son born this past April, I looked back at the groceries I was buying when he was conceived. I was curious about this because my lifestyle is pretty pink - I’m quite thin, work a stressful job and go long stints without eating sometimes.
Looks like when he was made I was eating steak, salmon, and ina garten’s fontina and sausage casserole as well as tons of whole milk. Go figure! Hope this thread about the importance of fats helps someone!
Hi Atomic
How long should one be taking omega 6? I attempt soon so not sure if there is any point in including it now ttc girl
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I don't want you to take it. I want you to switch over to cooking with more Omega 6 fats if possible. So cooking with canola oil, etc instead of butter.
Thank you! This was also among my observations back on InGender - there were some gals who would drink a gallon of whole milk and eat a dozen eggs a day and even though they were doing everythign "right" in terms of minerals, got boys doing that. And then others who were eating tahini and margarine got girls even if they weren't as strict on the minerals. I just really think there's something to this fat stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexconnell