HEALTH BENEFITS OF COCONUT OIL

taken from " The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil " by Bruce Fife, N.D. © 2000 HealthWise Publications

· Improves digestion
· Provides quick energy
· Improves insulin secretion and utilization of blood glucose
· Relieves stress on pancreas and enzyme systems of the body
· Can be easily absorbed and utilized by those who have trouble digesting fats or who have gallbladder disease
· Improves calcium and magnesium absorption for the development of strong bones and teeth
· Aids in the absorption of minerals and fat soluble vitamins
· Is lower in calories than any other fat
· Supports thyroid function
· Promotes excess weight loss by increasing metabolic rate
· Is utilized by the body to produce energy in preference to being stored as body fat like other dietary fats
· Supports and aids immune system
· Helps protect against disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites
· Is heart healthy; does not increase blood cholesterol or platelet stickiness
· Does not create free radicals like other vegetable oils and is stable under cooking temperatures
· Helps to protect the body from free-radical damage that encourages aging and degenerative disease
· Does not deplete the body's antioxidant reserves like other oils
· Helps you to look and feel younger
· Makes skin smooth and soft
· Reduces the need for essential fatty acids
· Does not deteriorate like polyunsaturated oils so has a long shelf life
· Is completely non-toxic to humans.
What Coconut Oil does NOT do:
· Does not contain cholesterol
· Does not increase blood cholesterol
· Does not promote platelet stickiness which leads to blood clot formation
· Does not contribute to atherosclerosis or heart disease
· Does not promote cancer or any other degenerative disease
· Does not contribute to weight problems
What Coconut Oil Does Do:
· Reduces rish of atherosclerosis and related illnesses
· Reduces risk of cancer and other degenerative conditions
· Helps prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal (including yeast) infections
· Aids the body in fighting viruses that cause the flu, herpes, and AIDS
· Supports immune system function
· Helps prevent osteoporosis
· Helps control diabetes
· Promotes weight loss
· Supports healthy metabolic function
· Provides an immediate source of energy
· Supplies fewer calories than other fats
· Supplies important nutrients necessary for good health
· Improves digestion and nutrient absorption
· Has a mild delicate flavor
· Is highly resistant to spoilage (long shelf life)
· Is heat resistant (the healthiest oil for cooking)
· Helps keep skin soft and smooth
· Helps prevent premature aging and wrinkling of skin
· Helps protect against skin cancer and other blemishes
· Helps maintain the body's antioxidant reserves.



For more information and a list of Resources & References, read the book:
" The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil " Author: Bruce Fife, ND.Format: Softcover, 112pp.ISBN: 0941599515Publisher: Piccadilly Books, LimitedPub. Date: July 2000



Coconut Oil:

A Healthy Fat **

Coconut oil is naturally saturated (with healthy saturated fats!), andit is an excellent frying and baking medium for foods. Coconut oil,however, has been the undeserving target of negative publicitygenerated by the North American Soy Oil industry and consumer activistgroups, particularly the Center for Science and Public Interest.

Themain reason for this negative publicity campaign is money (surprise!);coconut oil is a third-world commodity, and it is in directcompetition with hydrogenated soy oil for ingredient space in ourNorth American food products. The soy oil industry has successfully promoted a faulty study on coconut oilthat has systematically removed coconut oil from our North American diet.

Unfortunately this has inadvertently caused a deficiency of the healthy fat,lauric acid, in our food supply. Consequently, the soy oil industry'sattack on coconut oil has resulted in an increase in viral conditions in ourpopulation, predominantly in young children and the elderly.

For moreinformation on this and other fat related topics, you should read "Know YourFats," by Mary Enig, Ph.D. Dr. Enig has a specialized Ph.D. in the oilchemistry and has an extensive background in nutrition. Based on the following article by Steven Byrnes, Ph.D., R.N.C.P. (2000), coconutoil has many health benefits of which you may not have been aware. Read on!"I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" Once widely used in cooking, coconut oil has virtually disappeared from the American food supply, being found now only in certain icecreams and baked goods, like macaroons.

These days, most peopleassociate coconut oil with cosmetics, as it is a popular hair and skinmoisturizer. Ongoing research, however, has revealed a virtualpowerhouse of compounds in coconut oil that could offer considerablebenefits, which can be derived from medium chain triglycerides(triglycerides are the chemical forms in which fatty acids occur invegetable oils) and antimicrobial fatty acids. This compound, known aslauric acid, which comprises more than 50% of coconut oil, is used by thehuman immune system to break up the walls of viruses in the body.


No wonderthere are so many colds and flues these days! Our immune system is trying tofunction without the help of this special fat which combats viruses!Lauric acid is also one of the principle fats found in human breast milk.It is generally agreed that the lauric acid in the breast milk is one of thekey things that protects a baby's intestines from bacterial, protozoal,viral, and fungal infections until its immune system can gain enoughstrength to fend for itself. . . . Foods containing lauric acid help tomaintain the integrity and health of the digestive tract, as well as helpfight and kill a range of potential or actual pathogens.A major benefit to using coconut oil is its safety;

no side effectshave ever been recorded with its use. But along with butter, coconutoil has been unfairly demonized over the last few decades by theestablishment nutrition community as being bad for one's heart andcirculatory system. This pronouncement is based on the belief thatsaturated fats "clog" arteries and elevate cholesterol levels, alsobelieved to be a marker for health disease. . . .


Dr. Mary Enig,however, has this to say: "The idea that saturated fats cause heartdisease is totally wrong. Our bodies manufacture saturated fattyacids all the time to carry out a number of important biologicalfunctions. The same saturates that the body makes are the ones foundin food. . . . In a diet that includes enough EFAs, natural unrefinedcoconut is a safe and healthy food choice.


Heart disease is a complexillness with a number of causes, but saturated fats and dietarycholesterol are not among them."Source: Steven Byrnes, Ph.D., R.N.C.P., A & U Magazine, Dec. 2000,


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