Front Porch Fridays
July 25, 2008
Editor's note: This is the fourth in an eleven-part series exploring coconut oil in depth from Canadian chef, Lori Nichol-Davies. Check it out and come to your own conclusions.
Coconut oil / Coconut Milk / Coconut Flour, Pt. 6
by Chef Lori Nichols-Davies
Coconuts sustain civilization. The following collection of scientific data can be shared by those willing to hear. Families who want to heal the sick cannot ignore the benefits of coconut oil. . It is suitable for human consumption just the way it is. It has always supported human life, and has never caused untimely deaths. In fact, “deodorization of vegetable oils creates trans fats, which are carcinogenic.” Mary Enig, Ph.D. Nutrition, Maryland, Sally Falon, Nourishing Traditions, p. 29, New Trends Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Thousands of North Americans are discovering what islanders have known from the beginning of civilization - coconut oil has amazing health benefits. Rich in healthy fatty acids that boost a sluggish metabolism coconut will:
1. Curb cravings
2. Keep hunger at bay
3. Prevent Diabetes
4. Kill Candida albicans overgrowth, one of the causes of sugar cravings
5. Accelerate weight loss and make it easier to maintain your ideal weight. It raises body temperature to cause “thermogentics.” A few tablespoons a day cause pounds to melt away. Try it for yourself and prove it out, for it is true, a good thing of the earth. Coconut oil makes most weight loss programs more efficient, even the Canadian Diabetic Food Guideline, as lauric acid kills Candida yeast.
6. Enhance thyroid function
7. Boost your overall energy and stamina
8. Protect the Liver
9. Overcome IBS which affects 20 million Canadians
10. Lower cholesterol
11. Alleviate symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome
12. Overcome osteoporosis
13. Overcome Crohn’s disease, and other inflammatory digestive disorders.
14. Inactivate HIV virus
15. Build immunity against cancer
16. Coconut oil protects the skin and treats any skin diseases
17. Can replace harmful vaccines for immunity against pandemics
Coconut oil is essential to prevent diabetes
Insulin is a powerful hormone. “Primarily it pushes glucose out of the blood into the muscle, where it is converted to energy. It plays a critical role in blood sugar balance, weight management, and many other health factors. When blood sugar goes up, the pancreas releases insulin to deal with the sugar, but it often overreacts by releasing too much insulin. Then blood sugar goes down, often way down, and so more carbs are craved to bring it up again. And then the pancreas releases more insulin to deal with the carbs eaten – and on it goes in a vicious cycle.
Alcohol, pastries, candy, ice cream, pie, cake, and refined flour products such as bread, bagels and pasta, as well as starches such as white potatoes and white rice rapidly break down the sugar and quickly enter the bloodstream where it causes insulin to spike. “It doesn’t take much to cause your blood sugar to go up,” says Ron Rosedale, MD. He notes that one saltine cracker can take blood sugar to over 100, and in many people it can cause it to go over 150.” R. Rosedale, MD, Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects,” p. 6. Available at www.mercola.com
Listen to this case study. “I am an RN, with a bachelor’s in nursing, masters in psych, and am finishing my doctorate in holistic health science. I have followed the path of diabetes through all the stages. I take 20-30 supplements a day, some to lower my blood sugar and others for antioxidants. Recently, I reluctantly went on Actos ®, which lowered my escalating blood sugar from 279 fasting and over 300-400 after a meal to 197 fasting and 200-300 after meals. Then, I ran out (of Actos) and was unable to fill my prescription. (I am disables from a lifting injury, and Medicare doesn’t pay Rx. I upped my Vanadyl and did everything else I could think of to keep levels down, but to no avail. Bright and early this morning, after only one “dose” of the coconut oil, my fasting was 179. Absolutely no lie!
Cleora, RN, BSN,” Cherie Calbom, Coconut Oil Diet, p. 33, Warner Wellness, 2005.
Continued next week...
