Re: [Felvtalk] Coconut oil

2011-04-30 Thread Lorrie
Very interesting... I have avoided it for my husband and
I because most tropical oils such as coconut oil and palm kernel
oil are very bad for people with high cholesterol.  Good to see
that coconut oil has some good uses.

Lorrie

On 04-27, Natalie wrote:
 
  As it happens, coconut oil is one of the world's best (and
 few) sources of MCTs.  In fact, 65% of coconut oil is made up of
 MCTs.  Coconut oil is also an amazing source of ketone bodies,
 because those are produced through metabolism of MCTs -- and they
 may be a critical weapon against a host of crippling conditions
 such as . . .

 .  Parkinson's disease 
 .  ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) 
 .  Huntington's disease 
 .  Drug resistant epilepsy 
 .  Diabetes

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Re: [Felvtalk] Coconut oil

2011-04-30 Thread Natalie
That's why I switched to coconut oil - especially for sautéingmuch
higher heat tolerance!  My husband has high cholesterol. Natalie

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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Coconut oil

Very interesting... I have avoided it for my husband and
I because most tropical oils such as coconut oil and palm kernel
oil are very bad for people with high cholesterol.  Good to see
that coconut oil has some good uses.

Lorrie

On 04-27, Natalie wrote:
 
  As it happens, coconut oil is one of the world's best (and
 few) sources of MCTs.  In fact, 65% of coconut oil is made up of
 MCTs.  Coconut oil is also an amazing source of ketone bodies,
 because those are produced through metabolism of MCTs -- and they
 may be a critical weapon against a host of crippling conditions
 such as . . .

 .  Parkinson's disease 
 .  ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) 
 .  Huntington's disease 
 .  Drug resistant epilepsy 
 .  Diabetes

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