COCONUT SNAKE OIL

hAvInG spent the best part of the past two years smugly cooking everything in coconut oil, I now discover that it’s just as bad for you as butter or beef dripping.

A study published by the American heart Association has found coconut oil is 82 per cent saturated fat. More proof, if it were needed, of the general bogusness of the whole ‘clean eating’ fad — and likely the reason I’ve suddenly developed high cholesterol.

Still, at least my longsuffering husband can go back to having his vegetables the way he likes them: swimming in butter.