Coconut Oil Health Info
Coconut oil has been called the healthiest dietary oil on earth.
If there was an oil you could use for your daily cooking needs that helped protect you from heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative conditions, improved your digestion, strengthened your immune system, protected you from infectious illnesses, and helped you lose excess weight, would you be interested? This is what coconut oil can do for you.
What coconut oil does not do:
- Does not increase blood cholesterol level
- Does not promote platelet stickiness or blood clot formation
- Does not contribute atherosclerosis or heart disease
- Does not contribute to weight problems
What coconut oil does do:
- Reduces risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease
- Reduces risk of cancer and other degenerative conditions
- Helps prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal (including yeast) infections
- Supports immune system function Helps control diabetes
- Provides an immediate source of energy
- Supports healthy metabolic function Improves digestion and nutrients necessary for good health
- Supplies fewer calories than other fats
- Promotes weight loss Helps prevent osteoporosis
- Has a mild delicate flavour 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 the skin
- Helps protect against skin cancer and other blemishes
- Functions as a protective antioxidant If you're not using coconut oil for your daily cooking and body care needs you're missing out on one of nature's most amazing health foods.
As unbelievable as it sounds, the oil in coconuts has been found to aid the body in destroying dozens of harmful viruses including
- hepatitis C,
- herpes, and
- HIV.
Coconut oil has been called the healthiest dietary oil on earth. If you're not using coconut oil for your daily cooking and body care needs you're missing out on one of nature's most amazing health products.
These subjects are covered in depth in Dr Bruce Fife's Book the Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil
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Coconut Oil and Heart Disease
Coconut Oil and Medium-Chain
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- Coconut oil that has been kept at room temperature for a year has been tested, and showed no evidence of rancidity.
- In animal studies, feeding unprocessed coconut and coconut oils prevented tumor development, both malignant or benign.
- It lowers cholesterol if it is high and raises it if it is too low.
- Coconut oil is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal in the originating plant, in our gut and in our blood. Reducing seed oil consumption and using coconut milk or coconut oil as the dietary staple is reversing viral loads in HIV, eliminating all types of herpes virus and reducing or preventing other viral diseases including the yearly 'flus' and measles. The antiviral effect seems to be against lipid-enveloped viruses and is due to the presence of lauric acid in coconut oil.
- Coconut oil is unique in its ability to prevent weight-gain or cure obesity, by stimulating the metabolism. It is quickly metabolized, and functions in some ways as an antioxidant. Every study using natural, unprocessed coconut oil found a normalizing of cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure. This is also true of extra virgin olive oil, peanut oil and avocado oil.
All current research data declaring the harmfulness of coconut oil has been compiled from studies using hydrogenated oils. The conclusions drawn in these studies cannot factually be applied to the use of unprocessed tropical oils. All hydrogenated fats and oils, including margarine, shortening and all other hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils found in cookies, candies, baked goods, boxed to bake items, canned foods and most restaurant foods contribute to degenerative diseases including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, stroke, depression, hypoglycaemia, thyroid disorders and cancer. More information can be found at http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T22114.html
These subjects are discussed in depth in the book Coconut Lovers cookbook by Bruce Fife
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Coconut oil intake will lead to cholesterol, a myth:
01 August, 2005
Cardiologist Coimbatore :
It is only a myth created by the Western countries that consumption of coconut oil will lead to cholesterol, a visiting cardiologist from London University Dr B M Hegde has said. The Western countries, in order to promote business and sell Soya and other refined oils manufactured by them, were spreading that refined oils, particularly oils with longer shelf life were harmful for health, he said, delivering the keynote address at a seminar on ''Coconut for Health,'' organised by the Coconut Development Board here yesterday.
Coconut oil contained some saturated fats compared to other oils, but majority of the saturated fats in the coconut oil were medium chain. However, the short chain fatty acids were good for human beings, Dr Hegde said. Foods made out of fresh coconut oil were good for humans, he said and pointed out that Polynesian islanders, who used to take 90 per cent of their intake from the coconut tree never had ''heart attack'' problems and lived longer. Stating that coconut oil was known for protecting human beings against certain cancers, Dr Hegde said the type and quantity of fats matters a lot in the growth of ''Rogue cells,'' the seed of all cancers in the human body. Coconut oil plays a vital role in discouraging the ''Rogue cells'' from growing further, he added.
Dr Hegde, who is a Prof of Human Health in the University of Northern Colorado, United States, said 50 per cent of the saturated fats in the coconut oil is ''Lauric acid,'' a medium chain acid which gets converted to mono laurin in the human body. The medium chain acid kills virus like HIV, Cytlomegalo, Herpes and Influleza, besides several bacteria in the human body, he said. Most of the women in Kerala, who use coconut oil regularly for bathing and apply it on skins do not suffer from dandruff and fungus, Dr Hegde said.
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Read Bruce Fife’s latest newsletter.
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- Animals and the Healing Power of Coconut Oil
- Conrado S. Dayrit, MD: Coconut Oil Pioneer (1919-2007)
- Coconut Oil: Atherogenic or Not?
Bruce Fife and Dr Sandra Cabot's recommendation
Dr Sandra Cabot conducts seminars on woman’s health issues and her company, Health Direction Pty Ltd, distributes Niulife Extra Virgin Coconut Oil nationally across Australia and New Zealand. Sandra is well known in Australia and has authored numerous books including The liver cleansing diet. For a list of Health Food stores and outlets contact us or Health Direction or order direct from this website
Bruce Fife who recently visited Australia with his wife Leslie said of Niulife Extra Virgin Coconut Oil “Yes, I did receive the same oil you sent. Thank you. The oil is very nice. I hope you will be successful in this venture.” Bruce is also the author of numerous books on the benefits of coconut oil and the coconut. Some of his books are listed here and are for sale on our online shop:
- The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil, by Bruce Fife (Piccadilly Books, 2001).
- Eat Fat Look Thin by Bruce Fife (Piccadilly Books, 2002).
- Saturated fat may save your life
- Coconut Lovers cookbook by Bruce Fife
- Coconut Cures by Bruce Fife
Bruce also recently spoke at the International Coconut Forum in Cairns – “Coconut Revival – New Possibilities for the Tree of Life”. The interview is on ABC radio's Bush Telegraph where Bruce talks with Mike Foale, (CSIRO - Australia's leading Coconut expert). You can get the transcript here. The Forum was co-sponsored by Kokonut Pacific and its founder, Dr Dan Etherington, shared the platform with Bruce and presented a paper "Bringing hope to remote island communities with virgin coconut oil production" (354Kb) outlining the possibilities and problems for remote island communities.
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Dr Jill Engelmann
Dr Jill Engelmann's recent talk on the perspectives program on ABC Radio National explained the link between highly processed foods, including polyunsaturated oils, and rampant obesity, heart disease, diabetes and macular degeneration. In her trial, overweight patients took a dessertspoon of virgin coconut oil about 15mins before each meal of natural, traditional food. The improvements in health and loss of excess weight were very impressive, with many being able to come off their medications. Jill along with others has also been critical of the CSIRO’s new diet book “CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet” saying it is flawed. In the book they have still labelled coconut oil as being unhealthy because it is a saturated fat.
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AIDS Victim Tells of Healing Virtues of Coconut Oil
Quoted from the Healthy Ways Newsletter E-Mail Edition Vol. 2 No. 2. Published by Piccadilly Books, Ltd., www.piccadillybooks.com. Bruce Fife, N.D., Publisher
In coming out of the closet to tell his story Tony, 38, lends hope to thousands of AIDS sufferers worldwide. “You don’t know how hard it is for one to have an illness that others find repulsive…I had wanted to shut myself inside my room and just wait for my time to die,” Tony told symposium participants.
Tony was a guest speaker at a symposium titled “Why Coconut Cures”, held in Manila, Philippines May14, 2005. The symposium was headed by Dr. Bruce Fife, who was also the keynote speaker. Other participants included cardiologist Conrado Dayrit, dermatologist Vermen Verallo-Rowell, biochemist Fabian Dayrit, and Senator Jamby Madrigal.
Tony’s testimony, along with those of others who had experienced dramatic recoveries from various ailments, provided first-hand accounts of the use of coconut oil in healing chronic health problems described by symposium participants.
Beneath the sunglasses that he wore his eyes were moist, not in self-pity but in triumph. Covered with a cap and long sleeves, hides a body scarred by a disease Tony contracted while working in the Middle East in the 1990s. Coming home in 2002, Tony was devastated to learn that he was infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As the disease progressed, the pain he endured came not only from the infections ravaging his body but from the shame the disease had brought him. He felt like giving up.
Drugs, which he could barely afford, could not deliver him from the dreaded virus and the other infections that were slowly draining away his life. His body was covered with fungal infections, and oozing sores accompanied by a chronic pneumonia infection that caused a persistent cough. He knew he was losing the battle as each day symptoms grew worse and he found it increasingly more difficult to function and was completely incapable of working.
Unable to afford medication he sought help from the Department of Health. He was referred to Dr. Conrado Dayrit, the author of the first clinical study on the healing effects of coconut oil on HIV infected patients, which was conducted at the San Lazaro hospital in the Philippines. By this time Tony was diagnosed with full blown AIDS and had little hope for recovery.
Dr. Dayrit secured a steady supply of coconut oil for Tony’s use, free of charge. He was instructed to apply the oil to his skin two to three times a day and consume six tablespoonfuls daily without fail.
The program worked miracles. Each time Tony went to the hospital for his periodic blood tests his viral load decreased. Tony said that when he told hospital doctors what he was taking, they could not believe that a simple dietary oil was killing the virus better than all the modern drugs of medical science.
Just nine months after his initial visit with Dr. Dayrit, Tony appeared before the audience at the symposium for all to witness his remarkable recovery. The infections that once racked his body were gone. Even HIV was no longer detectable. What used to be skin sores all over his body were now just fading scars. His life energy had been restored enough for him to give an eloquent testimony of how something as simple and natural as coconut oil could halt this deadly disease.
Evidence for coconut oil’s effect on HIV was first discovered back in the 1980s when researchers learned that medium chain fatty acids—the kind found in coconut oil—possessed powerful antiviral properties capable of destroying the AIDS virus. Since then numerous anecdotal accounts of HIV patients using coconut and coconut oil to overcome their condition circulated in the AIDS community. Even basketball legend Magic Johnson who retired from the NBA because he was HIV positive is reportedly credited with using coconut on his road to recovery. The first clinical study using coconut on HIV patients was reported by Conrado Dayrit in 1999. In this study HIV infected individuals were give 3.5 tablespoons of coconut oil daily. No other treatment was used. Six months later 60% of the participants showed noticeable improvement. This was the first study to demonstrate that coconut oil does have an antiviral effect in vivo and could be used to treat HIV infected individuals. Dr. Dayrit is now heading a larger study in Africa using coconut oil in the treatment of HIV.
The symposium “Why Coconut Cures” was based on Dr. Bruce Fife’s recently published book Coconut Cures. Philippine president Macapagal-Arroyo recognized Dr. Fife’s relentless advocacy in educating people about the healing properties of coconut. The Philippine Department of Agriculture will publish the Philippine edition of Coconut Cures, which is scheduled for release in that country August 2005. Coconut Cures is currently available at most health food stores in the US. It is also available directly from the publisher at www.piccadillybooks.comm or from www.amazon.com.
Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap acknowledges the efforts of author Bruce Fife (with wife Leslie) in promoting the health benefits of coconut. Dr. Fife presented president Macapagal-Arroyo a copy of his new book Coconut Cures.
The Miracle of Coconut Oil digestion and weight loss
By Bruce Fife, N.D.
Do you eat low-fat and fat free foods and shun fat at every opportunity to avoid gaining weight? If so, that may be one of your problems. The belief that eating fat makes you fat is no longer considered accurate. Some fats can actually help you lose excess weight. Adding fat into your diet may be the key in helping you shed spare pounds you’ve been struggling with for years.
Not all fats, however, are alike. Some fats promote weight loss better than others. One fat in particular is gaining a reputation as an effective aid in weight loss and is being recommended for use in the prevention and treatment of obesity. This miracle fat is coconut oil.
At one time coconut oil was criticized for its saturated fat content but we now know that it is composed of a very special group of saturated fats known as medium-chain triglycerides (MCT). Research has shown that MCT provide many health benefits, one of which is aiding in weight loss.
What makes MCT different from other fats is the way they are processed and metabolized by the body. MCT are broken down and digested very easily. Unlike other fats, they do not require pancreatic digestive enzymes or bile for digestion.
The vast majority of fat digestion occurs in the small intestine. Here pancreatic digestive enzymes with the aid of bile break fats down into fatty acids. These fatty acids are then absorbed into the intestinal wall where they are packaged into bundles of fat and protein called lipoproteins and sent into the bloodstream. As these lipoproteins circulate in the bloodstream they release particles of fat. This is the fat that eventually ends up being packed into our fat cells...
The MCT in coconut oil are processed differently. MCT are broken down into individual fatty acids before they leave the stomach. So when they enter the small intestine they do not need any further processing by digestive enzymes or bile. For this reason, they are immediately absorbed into the portal vein and sent directly to the liver, bypassing the lipoprotein stage in the intestinal wall. In the liver these medium-chain fatty acids are used as a source of fuel and are burned to produce energy. Therefore, the fat in coconut oil does not circulate in the bloodstream to the degree that other fats do and does not contribute fat to our fat cells.
The MCT in coconut oil produce energy, not body fat. The fact that MCT are used by the body as a source of fuel, rather than being packed away as body fat, provides many health benefits. The most obvious is a boost in energy. This rise in energy stimulates metabolism. Metabolism is shifted into a higher gear. As metabolism increases the rate at which we burn calories also increases. Therefore, the calories we eat are consumed at a higher rate leaving fewer to be converted into body fat.
Studies have shown that in normal weight individuals after a single meal containing MCT metabolism increases by 48%. In obese individuals metabolism increases by an incredible 65%! So the more overweight a person is the greater the effect coconut oil has on stimulating metabolism and encouraging weight loss.
This metabolic stimulating effect isn’t seen for only an hour or two after eating. Studies have shown that after a single meal containing MCT metabolism remains elevated for a full 24 hours. So for 24 hours energy level is increased, metabolism is running at a higher pace, and calories are burned off at a greater rate. Calories consumed from other foods are even burned off at a higher rate.
There was an interesting study published in the journal Metabolism. Volunteers were given one of three diets—a low-fat diet, a high-fat diet, and a high-fat diet consisting of MCT. The study lasted 44 days. At the end of the study those who received the MCT had 60% less body fat then either of the other groups.
Researchers at McGill University have calculated that if all fats in the diet were replaced with an oil that contained MCT, such as coconut oil, a person could lose up to 36 pounds a year. This is without dieting, changing the type of foods eaten, or reducing the amount of calories consumed. When combined with a sensible diet coconut oil can be an effective aid in weight loss.
The benefits of coconut oil aren’t limited to just an increase in energy and loss of excess body fat. Because coconut oil increases metabolism it has an effect over the entire body. When metabolism is increased the body functions at a higher level of efficiency; circulation improves, the rate of repair and healing increases, the immune system is raised to a higher level of efficiency, energy levels are increased. There is an overall improvement in health and well-being. Because of this and other reasons coconut oil is proving to be of benefit in preventing and alleviating many of the symptoms associated with heart disease, diabetes, cancer, liver disease, Crohn’s disease, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and hypothyroidism, to mention just a few.
Bruce Fife, N.D. is the director of the Coconut Research Centre and is the author of 18 books including The Coconut Oil Miracle (Avery; 2004) and Eat Fat, Look Thin (Piccadilly Books; 2002). For more information visit the coconut research centre or piccadilly books
Why late sleepers complain of pimples when they started taking VCO
...and these pimples increased for weeks and so they stopped taking it. VCO generally increases basic metabolic functions in the body when applied topically in the skin. It also increases the activities of the sebaceous gland which is a halocline gland, meaning, it is the whole gland itself that is extruded out and burst to produce the sebum. Since it is closely associated with the hair follicles. Once the hair follicles is also clogged up and in time the sebum is to come out, that is the time that pimples developed, secondary to clogged up hair follicles. If you apply the VCO , and you stimulate the glands activity to be extruded, especially at night, when the hair follicles too is clogged up with sweat, and secretions, this aggravates the condition. It is best to apply the VCO after thoroughly cleaning the face with soap and water. I hope I have given you a basic understanding of how the VCO works on the skin in relation with pimples.
Naomi, M.D.
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