I do respect his opinion but I like coconut oil the best because I get better results from it , it feels so fabulous and it tastes amazing so i am going to continue to use it along with seseme oil.
My feeling is that in the ancient times in that part of the world it may be that sunflower and sesame were the main oils they had then. I'm thinking India - is that correct? I would imagine since it is a tropical climate that they do have coconut trees there, but I never have instinctively connected coconut with India the way I do say Thailand or Mexico. It's a curious thing. I have never been a person who is strict about any kind of tradition because we are always learning new things and everything is constantly changing and I believe it is good to be keep an open mind about things.
Just 2 cents from (admittedly) a fledgling who maybe doesn't know jack about anything.....