Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 He is a national distributor for Quality First International. Is coconut oil your product?
Goodry: Yes, we focus on high-quality products, but this is our premium product. It's called Virgin Oil de Coco Crème. It's a trade name given to this specific coconut oil because of the way it's made.
Steve: What's unique about it?
Goodry: What's so unique about it is that when you make coconut oil, you're dealing with 50 percent moisture, since coconuts are mostly moisture. As you probably know, moisture works against you when you're trying to make a product that has any kind of shelf life. |
| Goodry: This coconut oil has its natural constituents; therefore, it has the highest nutrient value because it has all its natural constituents intact. It has a shelf life of over three years because it doesn't readily oxidize. That's the problem you're dealing with. A lot of oils, when refined, are stripped of their antioxidants, so they oxidize readily. That's why refining oils is a very tricky process.
Steve: What are people using this for? |
Ron Garner
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 Mary Enig points out that poor research practices were also to blame: "The problems for coconut oil started four decades ago when researchers fed animals hydrogenated coconut oil that was purposefully altered to make it completely devoid of any essential fatty acids."42 As already pointed out, the hydrogenation of oils produces trans fats, which are very unhealthy. Here was another example of deceit for commercial gain at the expense of people's health.
Coconut oil is classed as a medium-chain saturated fatty acid (mcfa). Since the body does not store it as fat, it:
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| Because it is easily digestible, coconut oil has many health benefits for everyone, the young and old, and the healthy and ill. It provides a quick source of energy that promotes healing. In several research articles, it is cited as alleviatory for conditions such as excess weight, heart disease, high cholesterol, bowel conditions of Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome, Candida and giardia, diabetes, chronic fatigue, thyroid, and skin problems. coconut oil has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Dr. Joseph Mercola calls coconut oil, "the healthiest oil you can consume ... |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Goodry: The reason why coconut oil has become so popular is that there's a lot of recent information coming out, showing that it helps to reduce weight because of the medium and short chain fatty acids. In addition, it's 65 percent lauric acid. What is special about lauric acid is that you find it in mother's breast milk. The mother's body makes lauric acid for the breast milk to build immunity in the baby. If lauric acid wasn't so important, why would the mother's body make it for the milk for the baby? |
| Goodry: What's so unique about it is that when you make coconut oil, you're dealing with 50 percent moisture, since coconuts are mostly moisture. As you probably know, moisture works against you when you're trying to make a product that has any kind of shelf life. What we do is take the fresh coconut meat, chop it up, and dilute it with water into a coconut milk. We go from the fresh coconut meat to a coconut milk; then, we chill it. We then take this chilled coconut milk and pour it into a series of centrifuges. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I frequently supplement with flaxseed oil, extra virgin coconut oil and olive oil. And by the way, a lot of people would say that coconut oil is extremely bad for your cardiovascular health. Some doctors argue that because it has saturated fat, it must be bad for you. Yet I eat coconut oil on a daily basis, and yet my cholesterol numbers speak for themselves. They show that a diet with extra virgin coconut oil is quite consistent with outstanding cardiovascular health. If coconut oil were bad for you, my numbers would be out of whack. There's no way I could have a ratio of 1. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Coconut Oil
If you read my previous book, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, you know I am an unabashed fan of coconut oil, one of nature's leading antifungal foods. It contains medium-chain fatty acids that help the body eliminate yeast. As a cooking oil, it is unmatched in its ability to tolerate a wide range of heat without burning or scorching. For those with systemic yeast overgrowth, ingesting 2 to 4 tablespoons of coconut oil daily is very beneficial. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Preparation: Liquid extract is prepared using a 1:1 ratio of the drug and 90% ethanol A mixture of the extract and coconut oil is prepared using a ratio of 1:8; tincture: 1:10 tincture: 70% ethanol; unguetum cocculi: 125 g extract plus 650 g coconut oil plus 50 g beeswax and 250 g paraffin; picrotoxin extraction is made using special procedures; maximum yield 1.5%
Daily Dosage: One to 5 mg can be taken by healthy patients who do not experience side effects. For peripheral states of dizziness: 1 mg to 5 mg (picrotoxin) by slow intravenous infusion. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 So if you simply substitute coconut oil for sources of LCTs in your diet, you are going to lose weight. We recommend substituting coconut oil for butter and other oils to be used in salad dressings, spreads, and for low-temperature cooking.
Thermogenic Formulas
Herbal formulas containing mixtures of caffeine and ephedrine were once the most popular weight-loss products in the nutritional supplement industry. There was no question that these products worked to promote diet-induced thermogenesis and weight loss, but they were abused by some and side effects were common. |
| The best source of medium chain triglycerides is coconut oil. Coconuts, like most nuts, contain significant amounts of fat, but unlike other nuts, which contain mostly monounsaturated fat, the fat provided by coconuts is almost all in the form of health-promoting medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). The MCTs in coconut oil are saturated fats that range in length from 6 to 12 carbon chains. In contrast, the long chain triglycerides (LCTs) found in most other foods are 18 to 24 carbons long. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Preparation: Liquid extract is prepared using a 1:1 ratio of the drug and 90% ethanol A mixture of the extract and coconut oil is prepared using a ratio of 1:8; tincture: 1:10 tincture: 70% ethanol; unguetum cocculi: 125 g extract plus 650 g coconut oil plus 50 g beeswax and 250 g paraffin; picrotoxin extraction is made using special procedures; maximum yield 1.5%
Daily Dosage: One to 5 mg can be taken by healthy patients who do not experience side effects. For peripheral states of dizziness: 1 mg to 5 mg (picrotoxin) by slow intravenous infusion. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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 Coconuts (and coconut oil) have been used as a major source of food for thousands of years by millions of people in Asia, the Pacific Islands, Africa, and Central America. Traditionally these people have had much better health than those in North America and Europe who don't eat coconut.2 Before the introduction of modern foods, many of these people depended almost entirely on coconut to sustain life. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 It is worth noting, however, that the study in question used hydrogenated coconut oil. While coconut oil does contain saturated fat, it is easily digestible and converted into quick energy. In addition, nearly 50 percent of the fatty acid in natural coconut oil is lauric acid, which has adverse effects on a variety of microorganisms, including yeast, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. It is not necessary to avoid all coconut oil, but do not consume it in the hydrogenated form, which is found in most processed foods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| And by the way, a lot of people would say that coconut oil is extremely bad for your cardiovascular health. Some doctors argue that because it has saturated fat, it must be bad for you. Yet I eat coconut oil on a daily basis, and yet my cholesterol numbers speak for themselves. They show that a diet with extra virgin coconut oil is quite consistent with outstanding cardiovascular health. If coconut oil were bad for you, my numbers would be out of whack. There's no way I could have a ratio of 1.08 if I were consuming fats on a daily basis that were bad for my health. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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| Yes, as incredible as it sounds, I learned that coconut oil can be used to fight AIDS—a dreadful disease that up until now has been considered incurable! Many AIDS patients have already benefited. Let me relate one example.
In September of 1996 AIDS patient Chris Dafoe of Cloverdale, Indiana figured his time was running out. He'd lost a great deal of weight, lacked energy, and felt worse and worse with each passing day. The thing that drove the nail into his coffin was the lab results. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Cooking Oil (Organic)
Replace processed and unhealthful oils with organic sources of virgin coconut oil, olive oil, Grapeseed oil, or almond oil.
Mercola.com coconut oil www.mercola.com/forms/coconut_oil.htm 329 1 (877) 985-2695 -
Olio Beato" Demarco Organic Oil www.organicoil.com/default.aspx 1 (888) 421-6546
Omega Nutrition www.omeganutrition.com 1 (800) 661-3529
Spectrum® Organics Cooking Oils www.spectrumorganics.com/?id=6
VeganEssentials www.veganessentials.com
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Wilderness Family Naturals www.wildernessfamilynaturals. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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| I started using coconut oil myself and began recommending it to my clients.* I've witnessed it get rid of chronic psoriasis, eliminate dandruff, remove pre-cancerous skin lesions, speed recovery from the flu, stop bladder infections, overcome chronic fatigue, and relieve hemorrhoids, among other things. In addition to this, the scientific literature reports its
*I am a certified nutritionist and naturopathic physician, thus the N.D. after my name. |
Jack Challem
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 Serve them with a small amount of butter or coconut oil and salt.
Optional: You can steam many other vegetables as well. Green beans and carrots will steam much faster, in 5 to 6 minutes.
Note: Always remove the cover after you steam vegetables. If you keep the cover on, the vegetables will continue steaming and will turn mushy.
Cauliflower and Almond Slices (Serves 2-3)
1 head of cauliflower, cut into very small florets 1-2 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon coconut oil Va cup almond slices
Steam the cauliflower for about 8 minutes. |
| Vi head cauliflower, cut into florets Vi head broccoli, cut into florets butter or coconut oil salt, to taste
Place the steamer in the pot and add about 1 inch of water, so that it comes to the bottom of the steamer. Rinse the vegetables and place them in the steamer. Cover the pot, but leave it slightly ajar so that steam can escape. Heat it on high for 8 to 10 minutes, depending on whether you prefer your vegetables al dente or soft. Serve them with a small amount of butter or coconut oil and salt.
Optional: You can steam many other vegetables as well. |
Ron Garner
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| When purchasing coconut oil for consumption, rather than for cooking purposes, look for extra virgin. This oil is delicious and really tastes and smells like coconut. It is pure white in its solid state below 76°f (24°c). coconut oil is very stable and can remain at room temperatures for long periods of time without showing signs of rancidity.
Colostrum
Colostrum is produced in the bodies of all female mammals toward the end of their pregnancies and secreted by the mammary glands during at least the first forty-eight hours after delivery. |
Jack Challem
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| Cauliflower and Almond Slices (Serves 2-3)
1 head of cauliflower, cut into very small florets 1-2 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon coconut oil Va cup almond slices
Steam the cauliflower for about 8 minutes. Transfer the cauliflower to a large bowl with a tight-fitting lid. Add the butter, coconut oil, and almond slices; cover the bowl and shake it to mix the ingredients.
Optional: While steaming the cauliflower, toast the almonds in a hot but dry frying pan. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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| Beauticians who are familiar with coconut oil swear by it. They claim that it can be just as effective for conditioning hair as a $40 or $50 salon treatment—at only a fraction of the cost. And you can do it yourself at home.
A little oil (a couple of teaspoons) can be applied at night and washed out in the morning or you can use a little more and thoroughly soak the hair for an hour or two before washing. Some people prefer to put the oil on, cover the head with a shower cap, and then take a long relaxing bath. After about an hour the oil is washed off. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Mercola.com coconut oil www.mercola.com/forms/coconut_oil.htm 329 1 (877) 985-2695 -
Olio Beato" Demarco Organic Oil www.organicoil.com/default.aspx 1 (888) 421-6546
Omega Nutrition www.omeganutrition.com 1 (800) 661-3529
Spectrum® Organics Cooking Oils www.spectrumorganics.com/?id=6
VeganEssentials www.veganessentials.com
1-866-888-3426 c 0
Wilderness Family Naturals www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com 1 (866) 936-6457
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Environmental Working Group www.ewg. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Avoid those in soybean or vegetable oil.
4. Coconut oil: Rich in lauric acid, important for immune health, stable at high temperatures, great for sauteing, frying, and baking.
5. Broccoli sprouts: No food is higher in sulforaphane than these. Great on salads or in wraps. If you are short on these tiny powerhouses, eat cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage).
6. Spinach (and other dark green leafies):
Packed with nutrients, especially folate, without a slug of carbs.
7. Tomatoes: Full of potassium and lycopene and so versatile you can serve them at any meal.
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Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 The saturated fat in coconut oil comes mainly from MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides), which are preferentially burned as energy and less likely to be stored as fat, making them a good choice for a weight loss program. coconut oil also contains a high proportion of the antiviral and antimicrobial lauric acid, as well as the antimicrobial capric acid and the potent "yeast fighter" caprylic acid. Be sure to purchase the virgin or cold-pressed kind.
What Are the Good Fats? |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 Flax seed and hemp seed will provide most of the short-chain Omega-3 fatty acids. coconut oil is a great oil for building ojas, as are hemp seed and macadamia nuts. coconut oil increases the conversion of short-chain to long-chain Omega-3 fatty acids by 3-6 percent.
Certain tonic herbs in general, and particularly ashwagandha, shatavari, ginseng, and licorice are good for ojas. These are what Ayurveda calls soma-producing herbs. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Replace them with organic sources of virgin
How to Eliminate Toxins from GMO FOODS (contd.) coconut oil, olive oil, or grapeseed oil, available from markets specializing in organic and whole foods.
• Corn and popcorn are usually genetically modified. Use organic varieties only.
• Zucchini and yellow squash are now being genetically modified for color and size. Use organic or locally grown sources.
• Avoid all products containing Aspartame as it is genetically modified and extremely toxic.
• Most meat and dairy products come from animals fed genetically modified feed. |
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