What's your opinion/experience with coconut oil? I'm reading a book by Bruce Fife and the way he describes it, it sounds like the "fountain of youth" and the answer to everything. What da ya think?


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certainly not the answer to everything. but not bad tasting. i like real coconut better.

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I don't think so. No fatty acid requirements have been identified beyond the essential ones (linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid), and coconut has very little to none of either of those.

Think about this.

Suppose you have a 1800 kcal budget for body maintenance. Suppose you devote 10% of those kcals to coconut oil. Coconut oil has very little in the way of vitamins and minerals. It is basically empty calories: no protein, no fiber, no vitamin C, only traces of vitamin E, and only traces of minerals.

Would you not be better off devoting those 180 kcals to foods that provide more than just energy, such as a variety of fruits, greens, and nuts/seeds?

I am not saying that coconut should be elminated. There isn't any harm in using a little (I would prefer coconut meat rather than a processed oil).

But I would not expect miracles from any one food--anyone who says so is probably trying to sell you something.

Food cannot just be measured by the amount of calories they provide. Some food will bring some nutrients very hard to find in other foods.

Coconut is rich in polyphenols
Here is quote from
[www.cholesterol-and-health.com]

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It simply means that coconut oil is not a good source of vitamin E. Coconut oil is still the best source of medium-chain fatty acids that boost metabolism and support the immune system, and virgin coconut oil is rich in powerful antioxidant polyphenols.

I personally do not use coconut oil, I prefer to go for the real thing. I buy mature coconut or young coconut and use a scrapper to add some to my smoothies every day.

So why are polynesians historically so fat? This is marketing mishmash.

[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Flavonoids and other compounds in fruits and vegetables also strengthen the immune system. Polyphenols are also available in other fruits and vegetables that provide more micronutrients per kcal than coconut.

I use coconut, too. A little bit.

People get fat on cooked and processed fat and cooked carbohadrate not on raw fat.
I use avocado, coconut almost everyday and I do not have a weight problem and it is the same for many raw fooders.

What are the vegetables and fruits with the Polyphenols?

i use it to lube my juicer.

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I use it for you know what

I also use my jar of coconut oil, that I bought 5 years ago from a seminar that David Wolfe gave, to lubricate my Champion juicer after I use it to make banana ice cream.

coconutcream Wrote:
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> I use it for you know what

Could you be more precise coconutcream ?????

Personal lubricant.

I use coconut oil in my hair instead of toxic gel.

Its great to use on skin (externally) as well.

I dont reccomend eating it.

Eat WHOLE coconuts to get the electrolytes, nutrients, fiber and the oil.