2009/12/5 floriano <floriano.l...@gmail.com>:
> But Mario, one thing puzzles me. We in Goa ate nothing but coconut copra oil > for ages and if people died of choked cardio vascular systems and high LDL > we would never know. But sure as hell they didn't die at 40-45 :-)). Then, > all of a sudden this staple became the killer and they fall off their feet > at 40-45, very much dead. Can you solve this puzzle for me please?? Don't trust everything you read on the Net... but: Coconut oil not just safe, beneficial, says controversial study http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/sep/17coco.htm The potent anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-microbial effects of coconut oil have implicated it in the treatment of both AIDS and candida. Whatever bad things you may have heard or read about coconut milk have not stood up to scrutiny by unbiased food scientists; however, the goodness of coconut milk has not been given equal press because of intensive lobbying against it by the powerful vegetable oil industry. Southeast Asians, meanwhile, have been staying healthy for generations with coconut an integral part of their diet (The Truth about Coconut Oil). http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/ingredients/cocmilk.html The coconut oil myth http://www.heart-health-for-life.com/coconut-oil.html -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 ANOTHER GOA: http://tiny.cc/anothergoa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fredericknoronha Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism