Next time you are doing a bit of searching on the net, why not also enter in
"coconut" along with
your cholesterol and oil search words. Virgin coconut oil, fresh from the
nut, not the stuff made from copra and bleached and refined and deodorised
and hydrogenated etc. In Australia, look at Kokonut
in Canberra www.kokonutpacific.com.au. And elsewhere people are highly
praising some of the oils
available out there. It seems to be "fair trade" oriented too, so the
growers are not being exploited and disrespected.
Rowena
And the original natives of Alaska ate almost nothing but meat and fat
and never had heart disease before being introduced to processed
foods.
Cholesterol is a red herring. The real culprit is industrial
vegetable oils and trans-fats. At the beginning of the 1900s,
people ate animal fats on a regular basis.
http://www.coconutoil-online.com/
They have a newsletter Interesting information on the different grades of
coconut oil
Also an online purchase source for USA
Also a diet book "Eat Fat Lose Fat"
Book "Coconut Oil for Health and Beauty"
Free sample for postage of $1.50 here:
http://www.coconutoil-online.com/best_coconut_%20oil.html
"Because coconut oil is, in large part, made up of medium chain
triglycerides (MCT) it doesn't have to be broken down in the digestive tract
like other fats and can immediately be used by the body as fuel.
ideal for people with slow metabolism or low thyroid (hypothyroidism),
Crohn's Disease, colitis. other digestive disorders who
normally have problems digesting fats. Since coconut oil burned by
body as fuel rather than being stored as fat, ideal for
weight loss. Dr. Bruce Fife: coconut oil good for diabetics,
not only does not contribute to disease but helps
control blood sugar. .. use of
coconut oil in combating chronic fatigue, candida, and parasites as well as
for skin and hair care."
http://www23.netrition.com/now_coconut_oil_page.html
Info and on line sales
http://tropicaltraditions.com/book_virgin_coconut_oil.htm
Has discussion group / forum you can join
http://www.coconutdiet.com/forum.cfm
http://www.coconutdiet.com/viruses.htm oil lowered
viral load of HIVpatients - study now under way re SARS
http://www.purefiji.com/
Fiji fresh oil airfreighted to USA weekly.
http://www.cyberdyaryo.com/features/f2002_1113_01.htm some coconut research
in the Phillipines:
...monolaurin the antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoal
monoglyceride used by human or animal to destroy lipid coated viruses
such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria
including listeria monocytogenes and heliobacter pylori, and protozoa such
as giardia lamblia.
http://www.alternativehealth.co.nz/diseases/assortedhealth.htm
Candida A fungal infection ...thrush (oral or vaginal) and skin infections.
...invades ..body ...digestive tract ...bloodstream, thereby overwhelming
the immune system. ...cause or aggravate ...food allergies, digestive-tract
diseases, ...auto-immune diseases, lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis,
myasthenia gravis, but also schizophrenia, mental depression and anxiety,
impaired memory, hyperactivity, menstrual problems, miscarriage - basically
any part of the body may become impaired. Some antifungal remedies are
coconut oil, garlic, pau d'arco, propolis, wormwood, and the oils of
tea-tree, neem tree, cinnamon, clove, eucalyptus, mustard and thyme.
...fresh or dried neem leaves...or severe fungus infestation of inner organs
an internal iodine solution (4 x 6 drops of Lugol's solution) ...in liquids
for three weeks, see below..
COCONUT: The medium-chain saturated fatty acids in coconut oil are potent
antimicrobial agents, effective against fungi, viruses and many bacteria...
most effective fatty acids caprylic acid (with 8 carbon atoms),
capric acid (10 carbon atoms) and lauric acid (12 carbon)... appear to
work by causing microbial cell walls to disintegrate. Coconut oil appears to
be effective within days. Start taking 4 tablespoons of coconut oil spread
out during day, after improvement reduce to 2
tablespoons for several more weeks.
Better than cheap commercial coconut
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/light.html Coconut oil,...rich in
lauric acid, ...monolaurin. ...disarming ...viruses, ...measles, herpes,
Cytomegalovirus, vesicular stomatitis, and possibly AIDS." ...how coconuts
saved AIDS sufferer's life:... viral load ...700,000. He went ...an
Indian village in Surinam;...fresh coconut meat every day. Within two days
peripheral neuropathy gone, within two weeks 'running
through the jungle'..."Back home, ...half coconut per day, ...viral
load ...300,000. Within another month viral load dropped to
non-detectable. 'My doctor is completely baffled,' said Chris..
http://www.coconut-info.com/ http://www.coconutoil.com/soy.htm
http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/thailand.html...
Thais...consume water ...filthy, ...numerous parasites and
pathogens...miraculous ..entire
nation has not succumbed to food and water borne illness. ...amazement at
the sight of healthy, smiling children swimming in the murky waters of
Bankok's canals. ...answer ...protective factors...diet. Pickled garlic,
onion .peppers,..., inhibit ...parasite eggs...fermenting...meats kills
.larvae .trichinosis organism. Native maklua berries ..effective treatment
for hookworm.... most protective factor... lauric acid found in coconut
products. Coconut oil contains almost 50% of this 12-carbon saturated fat,
which the body turned into monolaurin, a substance that efficiently kills
parasites, yeasts, viruses and pathogenic bacteria in the gut. Coconut oil
...additional benefits. ..immune system .development ...brain and nervous
system...cancer and heart disease,...healthy bones. ..best fat ..proper
This was a Thai site with a lot of other links on coconut subjects:
http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/coconut.html
http://lauric.org/mission.html
would be of interest to people researching the anti-viral properties of
coconut:
(i) undertaking clinical research focused on role lauric acid
and monoglyceride derivatives play in combating lipid-coated viruses
(LCVs) such as HIV virus, measles virus, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1),
vesicular stomatitus virus (VSV), visna virus, and cytomegalovirus (CMV),
and (ii) promoting awareness among international research community
of existence of such anti-viral, anti-microbial monoglycerides.
http://www.coconutoil.com/coconut_oil_21st_century.htm
microorganisms inactivated include bacteria, yeast, fungi,
enveloped viruses....reported that fatty acids and
monoglycerides produce killing/inactivating effect by lysing
plasma membrane lipid bilayer. .. antiviral action attributed to
monolaurin is that of solubilizing lipids and phospholipids in
envelope of virus, causing disintegration of virus envelope.
However, evidence from recent studies that one antimicrobial effect
in bacteria is related to monolaurin's interference with signal transduction
(Projan et al 1994), and another antimicrobial effect in viruses is due to
lauric acid's interference with virus assembly and viral maturation (Hornung
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