nutritional benefits of coconut oil

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:51 -0500

Okay so Dr Webster and I briefly discussed adding coconut oil and the benefits of it. I received many email about the saturated fat in it. Read the previous blog about Sat. fat. Saturated fat being harmful to us is BOGUS to say the least. And if anyone wants to challenge bring it on, there is tons of research showing not only is saturated fat not this horrible monster, but there are benefits to consuming it.

I got this write-up on www.westonaprice.org there are also many references below it.

Coconut Oil should be staple part of everyone diet. By Mary G. Enig, PhD One of the very useful oils in the food supply comes from the coconut. Coconut oil has suffered from unjust criticism for more than 30 years in the United States because some of the governmental and food oil organizations, as well as consumer activist organizations such as Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), have claimed that coconut oil as a "saturated fat" is shown to be atherogenic. This is not true. There is a variety of supportive research published in 2003, 2004, and 2005, which shows the importance of coconut oil. Also, information on coconut oil is currently coming into the research literature from numerous countries, including India, Norway, Iran and the United States. The following are some of the most recent studies showing the benefits of coconut oil. These studies contradict claims that coconut oil contributes to heart disease and also support earlier research showing an antimicrobial role for the fatty acids in this traditional fat. BENEFICIAL FOR HEART DISEASE Recent research contradicts claims that coconut oil causes atherosclerosis and heart disease. In a study published in Clinical Biochemistry, 2004,1 researchers looked at coconut oil as a component of diet in laboratory animals (Sprague-Dawley rats). In this study, virgin coconut oil, which was obtained by wet process, had a beneficial effect in lowering total cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and low density lipoproteins (LDL). The effects were uniformly beneficial. In serum and tissues, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol levels were lowered and HDL-cholesterol was increased. The polyphenol fraction of virgin coconut oil was also found to prevent in vitro LDL-oxidation. We know that oxidized cholesterol can initiate the process of atherosclerosis—the fatty acids in coconut oil prevent this oxidation. The results in this study were interpreted as due to the biologically active polyphenol components present in the oil. LOWERS LP(A) Another study dealing with lipoproteins and cholesterol was carried out in women. Researchers found that coconut oil-based diets lowered post-prandial tissue plasminogen activator and lipoprotein (a).2 Lp(a) is a blood marker that is a much more accurate indication of proneness to heart attack than cholesterol levels. Researchers had believed that levels of Lp(a) were unaffected by various forms of dietary fat intake. However, in this study, Lp(a) was lowered when the subjects consumed a high-saturated fat diet and somewhat lowered when they consumed a slightly lowered-saturated fat diet. The saturated fat used in both of these diets was coconut oil. The control diet was based on a monounsaturated oil. POISON ANTIDOTE One of the more interesting uses of coconut oil found in the human toxicology literature involves the beneficial use of coconut oil as a successful treatment for acute aluminium phosphide poisoning. This poison is used to control pests in grain storage facilities where it functions as a poisonous gas, namely phosphine gas, which is a mitochondrial poison. There is no known antidote for aluminium phosphide. The patient described in this case study survived following rapid treatment which included taking baking soda and coconut oil, as well as supportive care, and it was concluded that coconut oil had a significant use as an added part of the treatment protocol in this type of poisoning.3 ANTI-MICROBIAL A few researchers have known for some time that a derivative of coconut oil, lauric acid and monolaurin, are safe antimicrobial agents that can either kill completely or stop the growth of some of the most dangerous viruses and bacteria. Many bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics but herbal oils such as the oils of oregano and the major fatty acid from coconut oil, lauric acid, which the body turns into the monoglyceride, monolaurin, are showing great promise as anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents. Monolaurin, in particular, is being shown to be useful in the prevention and treatment of severe bacterial infections, especially those that are difficult to treat or are antibiotic resistant. Difficult bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus as well as other bacteria have been studied here in the United States in research groups such as Dr. H.G. Preuss’s group at Georgetown University. They found that monolaurin combined with herbal essential oils inhibited pathogenic bacteria both in the petri dish (in vitro) and also in mice (in vivo).4 REFERENCES Beneficial effects of virgin coconut oil on lipid parameters and in vitro LDL oxidation. K.G.Nevin and T. Rajamohan, Clinical Biochemistry 37,2004;830-835). A Diet Rich in Coconut Oil Reduces Diurnal Postprandial Variations in Circulating Plasminogen Activator Antigen and Fasting Lipoprotein (a) Compared with a Diet Rich in Unsaturated Fat in Women. H. Muller, A.S. Lindman, A. Blomfeldt, I. Seljeflot and J.I. Pedersen. Journal of Nutrition. 133:3422-3427, 2003. Successful treatment of acute aluminium phosphide poisoning: possible benefit of coconut oil. S. Shahin, R. Mojgan, P. Abdolkarim, R. Mmohammad-Hosein, A. Mohammad. Human & Experimental Toxicology, 24:215-218, 2005). Minimum inhibitory concentrations of herbal essential oils and monolaurin for gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Preuss HG, Echard B, Enig M, Brook I, Elliott TB. Molecular Cell Biochemistry, 2005:272:29-34).

Saturated not are NOT bad for you at all

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:19:46 -0500

This is a topic that became controversial and was not intended to be. I am glad it received a lot of attention, yet there was confusion about the truth about saturated fat and its safety.

This article came from Dr Jeremy Webster who is on my radio show often. I wanted to share it with all of you.

It has been falsely vilified due to faulty studies in the 1950's that used hydrogenated oils (trans-fat) and attributed all of the bad results to saturated fats. The fact that the author repeats this false conclusion that saturated fats are bad for your health just proves that they're uninformed and does not understand fat metabolism.

 

Saturated fat is your bodies natural energy storage device so it makes no sense to assume that saturated fat is the most harmful fat to your health. Besides, plenty of research backs me up. Look at westonaprice.org

You can find plenty of information on tribes and colonies who eat huge amounts of saturated fat yet have virtually no heart disease.

Another thought- breast milk is about 50% lauric acid which is a medium chain saturated fat. Coconut oil is 47% lauric acid. Do you really think breast milk is an extremely damaging form of food???

Canola oil is quite simply not fit for human consumption. It is extracted using harsh methods including heat and chemicals such as hexane that damage the oils.

Further the fats in canola oil are primarily unsaturated which means they will be quickly ruined when exposed to heat, much less the extreme heats involved in popping corn. Even if canola were a healthy unsaturated oil such as fish, flax, sesame, sunflower (if extracted properly), or primrose oil it would still be destroyed by heating and converted into a dangerous fat.

 

 

Ability to perform pull-up

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:54:50 -0500

Another favorite exercise is the pull-up. There ways to practice, no need to fear. You can use a pull-up bar or Smith machine at the gym to modify this exercise. Put the bar at about your belly, then facing up with your back facing the ground place your hands facing you on the bar about shoulder with. Feet in front of you, at first knees bent making sure to keep your hips high. Then after gaining strength enough to perform 15 pull-ups straighten your legs in front of you still keeping your hips high trying to perform 15 more. After attaining that goal, put your feet on a bench and repeat 15 reps. Notice how I keep progressing you toward a real pull-up.

After you're able to perform 15 or more pull-ups with your feet on a bench legs straight, it's time to lower the bar. (important KEEP YOUR CHEST UP) no need to bring your chin to the bar. When you make that your goal, you'll lose form. I've seen happen almost every time.

 

Stand next to the bar that has been at your belly and lower it to your thigh between your knee and pelvis. By lowering the bar you increase the intensity. Progress with the same instructions above, once you reach the point you can put your feet on the bench, legs straight and 15 or more pull-ups, you're ready for trying the traditional pull-up.

You may perform 5-10 more than you did prior to starting the above protocol. or if you've never been able to perform a traditional pull-up you may do 3 or more. If you still need assistance, use the assisted pull-up machine to help you progress further. You'll expend many calories with pull-ups and have a great looking shape.

 

 

 

inventor of flu shot dismisses it

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:38 -0500

If this doesn't wake you up to start taking care of yourself, what will?

November 2007, the UK newspaper The Scotsman, made public warnings by the inventor

of the “flu jab,” Dr. Laver was a major Australian scientist involved in the invention of a flu vaccine, in addition to playing a leading scientific role in the discovery of anti-flu drugs,

went on record as saying the vaccine he helped to create was ineffective and [that] natural infection with the flu was safer. “I have never been impressed with its efficacy.”

Supplementation is needed per JACC for the heart

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:08:17 -0500

It is finally happening, the medical community is beginning to embrace the need for supplements to ad to and replace a poor diet deficient of vital nutrients for a healthy heart.

This is just a small sample of an article written in the journal of American College of Cardiology (AJCC)

Despite major advances in medical therapy, morbidity and mortality remain high, in part because current pharmacological regimens may not fully address some unique requirements of the heart for energy. The heart requires a continuous supply of energy-providing substrates and amino acids in order to maintain its function. In HF, defects in substrate metabolism and cardiac energy and substrate utilization may contribute to contractile dysfunction. HF is often accompanied by a deficiency in key micronutrients required for unimpeded energy transfer. Correcting these deficits has been proposed as a method to limit or even reverse the progressive myocyte dysfunction and/or necrosis in HF. This review summarizes the existing HF literature with respect to supplementation trials of key micronutrients involved in cardiac metabolism: coenzyme Q10, L-carnitine, thiamine, and amino acids, including taurine. Studies using a broader approach to supplementation are also considered. Although some of the results are promising, none are conclusive. There is a need for a prospective trial to examine the effects of micronutrient supplementation on morbidity and mortality in patients with HF.

I hope you can now understand the need for cleansing your system and allowing your organs to work properly with the highest grade of nutrient dense supplements avaialble on the market to date at www.21daybodymakeover.com

 

 

AMERICANS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:25:48 -0500

This is perfect as it is and so I didn't want to ruin it by putting my two cents in to sway your decision about whether or not we live in a very toxic  environment and once again it does not matter how fit and lean you are, you are toxic. We cannot run from it and although eating healthy helps it does not rid you of the billions of pounds of chemicals we are exposed to every year.

Voters want the EPA to be given more power to regulate chemicals

WASHINGTON – A poll conducted in August, 2009 by the opinion research firm Lake Research Partners found that Americans are very concerned with the way chemicals are regulated for consumer use in the U.S. The findings come as new legislation—an overhaul of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act—is expected to be introduced soon in both Houses of the U.S. Congress.

 

Voters are particularly concerned that, under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), chemicals in existence prior to 1976 were grandfathered in and allowed to be used and produced in the U.S. without testing or a demonstration of safety. (87 percent were somewhat or very concerned; 66 percent were very concerned). Eighty percent of voters were concerned that the EPA was unsuccessful in banning asbestos under the current law. Eighty-four percent were concerned that EPA has mandated testing of barely 200 out of the more than 80,000 chemicals on the market in the years that TSCA has been in effect.

 

“What’s really surprising is that voters across almost all demographic groups—Democrats, Republicans and Independents, said that they didn’t think that regulations on chemicals are strong enough,” said pollster Celinda Lake. “People definitely are not confident about how chemicals are currently regulated, but they’re ready to give the EPA authority to protect consumers.”

 

Hundreds of scientific studies in recent years have revealed concerns about chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, which are widely used in baby bottles, pacifiers, canned foods and children’s and pet toys. These studies associate such chemicals with a variety of health problems and chronic diseases such as the rise in diabetes, asthma, increased risk of certain types of cancer and infertility. Consumer confidence in the safety of products has also been undermined by news of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in the trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina victims.

 

“The public is aware of the growing body of science linking common chemicals to chronic diseases and they’re waking up to the fact that the existing law isn’t working.”  says Andy Igrejas, director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition. “Americans are doing their best to shop smart, but we can’t protect our families without help and without strong reforms to put common-sense limits on toxic chemicals.”

 

Majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans say they would be in favor of legislation that would take toxic chemicals off the market if they have been detected in newborn babies or infants (Democrats – 66 percent much more favorable, Independents – 52 percent, Republicans – 59 percent), and that would mandate immediate reductions in exposure to other toxic chemicals, such as formaldehyde, that have been extensively studied (Democrats - 69 percent much more favorable, Independents – 51 percent, Republicans – 57 percent).

 

The poll was commissioned by the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent. The poll was conducted among 1000 registered voters nationwide Aug. 25 to 31, 2009.

 

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is a growing coalition of 100 groups united by their common concern about toxic chemicals in our homes, places of work and products we use every day. A full list of coalition members is here: http://saferchemicals.org/about/who.html

free yourself of these harmful chemicals by cleansing your entire body not just your colon or liver at www.21daybodymakeover.com

 

How Toxins affect our Weight

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:35:13 -0500

This was written by Dr. Light and it was so perfect that I didn’t want to touch it.
All I have been writing about can be verified and has credibility added to it when an MD recommends it ~ George

A study based in Michigan found DDT in more than 70 percent of four-year-olds. All the children were citizens of the U.S., and as mentioned above, DDT has been OUTLAWED since 1972.
So, how were these children exposed to these toxic chemicals? Probably through their mothers' breast milk. But how did the moms acquire it?

With our global economy, we are often eating food that is picked a day or more before in Guatemala, Indonesia, or Asia, where there are not the same restrictions on the use of pesticides as there are in the United States.

Many of these chemicals are stored in fat tissue, making animal products concentrated sources.
One hundred percent of beef is contaminated with DDT, as is 93 percent of processed cheese, hot dogs, bologna, turkey, and ice cream, because the soil still contains residue of the pesticide long ago banned.