RE: Good coconut oil PR (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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Has anyone ever tried the VCO that Dr. Mercola sells on his site?

http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm

And how does it compare in quality and price to what you all have bought

elsewhere? He sells it for $18 for a pint, plus shipping.

Carol M

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Good coconut oil PR (Philippine Daily

Inquirer)

Not sure if you've seen this yet, still a good primer from a Philippine

newspaper:

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Virgin coconut oil being

tested on SARS patients

Posted: 1:55 AM (Manila Time) | May 18, 2003

By Cesar C. Villariba, Contributor

Inquirer News Service

'Potential'

HEALTH Secretary Dayrit stirred the national adrenalin at the

Senate hearing on SARS recently when he unveiled virgin coconut oil

as a potential cure for viral epidemics such as the deadly Severe

Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

While the senators cackled over the appellation " virgin, " Dayrit was

careful to mark the word " potential. "

Dayrit is well aware of the potential of virgin coconut oil. His own

father, Dr. Conrado Dayrit M.D., has been successful in using virgin

coconut oil since 1980 to combat the AIDS virus among AIDS patients

in the San Lazaro Hospital.

The elder Dayrit is currently conducting test applications of virgin

coconut oil to SARS patients in cooperation with The Research

Institute for Tropical Medicine at Alabang.

Medical director of the Potenciano Medical Center (formerly

Polymedic), emeritus professor of pharmacology, University of the

Philippines and past president of the National Academy of Science

and Technology, Dayrit has been quietly at work on 14 patients ages

22 to 48 on a shoestring budget.

The elder Dayrit's work has been documented in the research book The

Healing Miracles of Coconul Oil, written by Bruce Fife, American

doctor of naturopathy, and cited by the Michigan State University's

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacology.

Unfortunately, local research into coconut oil as medicine failed to

take off on a larger scale since pharmaceutical companies were not

interested in funding research of a natural readily available

substance that they cannot protect with a patent and charge

exorbitant prices for.

What makes coconut oil, virgin at that, a potent healing food for an

extremely health-challenged world?

In nutritional terms, coconut oils are rich in medium-chain fatty

acids (known as MCFA) of vital nutrients and protective anti-

microbials lauric and capric acids. These anti-microbial fatty acids

are of the same substance found in mother's milk that protects

infants from infectious illnesses when their immune systems are yet

immature. This is the same rationale that drives pacific islanders

to feed their babies with coconut water from young nuts as a natural

infant formula.

Even pharmaceutical companies have recognized MCFAs found in

abundance in coconut oil to make them a primary ingredient in infant

milk formulas.

It is this powerful antimicrobial/antiviral information that the

elder Dayrit is tapping in his search for a cure, if not an immune

defense against SARS.

In the ongoing test applications, Dr. Conrado Dayrit's prescription

is 4 tablespoonfuls of virgin coconut oil a day " to keep viruses at

bay " .

Eckard Rempe, founder of The Farm at San Benito in Lipa, Batangas

that produces pharmaceutical quality virgin coconut oil in limited

quantity, defines virgin quality as raw, pristine, unadulterated and

unaltered from the plant food's natural state where " you cannot

improve on something the Lord has given. "

Virgin best

Coconut oil is at its virgin best when cold-pressed and naturally

processed from freshly harvested mature coconut meats at a

temperature (below 100ø F or 40ø C) that retains its natural

antioxidant properties in Vitamin E, fatty acids and enzymes and -as

with other raw virgin oils-preserves the living energy that sustains

health.

The manual process is natural but laborious that only a liter of

virgin coconut oil can be produced from 15 to 17 fresh nuts even

with mechanized aid. The availability of virgin coconut oil in the

domestic market is a challenge as limited quantities are sold

selectively in roving organic markets.

The bulk is supplied to pharmaceutical companies in coco butter

form. The best way to go is to produce your own virgin coconut oil

in the home kitchen. (See story on this page how to make your own

virgin coconut oil).

On the other hand, Lola Nene's traditional kitchen method applies

heat to fast-track the extraction of oil from coconut milk. Despite

being no longer classified as virgin, this direct method still

produces much better quality natural coconut oil than commercial

cooking oil.

Commercial-grade coconut cooking oil is mechanically processed from

aged and dried coconut meat (copra) where the oil is extracted at

high temperatures and undergoes further refining, in the process

losing its enzymes and reducing its MCFA pharmaceutical properties.

In the 1980s, Dayrit's was the first clinical study on coconut oil,

which led to the breakthrough discovery that medium-chain fatty

acids (MCFA)-specifically lauric, which comprise 53%, and capric-

were effective in killing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in lab

cultures.

Since the HIV is a lipid-coated virus as the SARS coronavirus, there

is a high probability that virgin coconut oil can produce the same

effect on the latter.

Unlike the standard drugs that attack human immunodeficiency virus's

genetic material, MCFAs in coconut oil simply break the virus apart.

Because MCFAs in coconut oil mimic the fatty acids of the virus's

coating (called lipid membrane), the antimicrobial MCFAs are readily

absorbed by the unsuspecting virus, weakening its protective

membrane until it breaks apart, killing the virus. What is

significant thus far is that the most drug-resistant superviruses

don't develop immunity to a natural mechanism.

Virgin coconut oil is preferred as medicine over commercial coconut

cooking oil because its nutrients and anti-microbial properties are

at its most potent state when the oil is raw and unadulterated.

On top of this, coconut oil has the highest source of MCFAs among

all palm oils, with antimicrobial lauric acid making up 53 percent

of its composition.

Modern medical science is now just beginning to unlock the healing

secrets of coconut oil that traditional coconut-eating people have

known instinctively.

According to the resource book The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil,

coconut oil sponges out petrochemical waste from factories, exhaust,

etc. in the body. Natural coconut oil is proven to be a

petrochemical filter and can destroy microbes.

Coconut oil has also been found to kill most STD bacteria including

some strains of HIV. It inactivates viruses like measles, herpes

simplex 1 & 2; bacteria such as e.coli, salmonella, influenza, yeast

infections. Fungus like candida, clamidia and eczema can't grow in

coconut oil.

Taken in therapeutic amount of 3 1/2 tablespoonfuls (pure or mixed

with coconut water or flesh), coconut oil can remove the bacteria

which causes ulcers.

Virgin coconut oil has been recognized for its optimum healing

properties in Ayurvedic Indian medicine to treat malabsorption for

thousands of years.

Use as cooking oil

To a coconut country reeling from the effects of declining exports,

Wolfe, one of America's foremost authority on natural

nutrition, comes a surprise booster for a sagging tree of life as he

declared in a recent visit to use coconut oil " only and

exclusively " for cooking.

Coconut oil, a completely saturated fat, is found to be the most

stable of any known oil at high temperatures up to 170 degrees

Fahrenheit (67 degrees Celsius). Meaning, it is the only oil-aside

from palm kernel oil-that does not turn rancid at high temperature.

Rancid oils create highly toxic trans-fatty acids that suppress the

immune system.

Wolfe dismissed claims of saturated fats' link with cholesterol and

heart disease as " hostile propaganda " when in reality, " arterial

plaque comes from cooked unsaturated fats derived from seeds-like

canola, corn, soybean oils & margarine-and foreign cholesterol

derived from animal products " -such as beef tallow and pork fat.

He clarified that it is cooked unsaturated fats and oils that are

difficult to metabolize, making them inflammatory to the tissues and

harmful to the cardiovascular system. Oxygen, heat and light turn

normal fats (except coconut and palm kernel oil) into trans-fatty

acids that cause degenerative conditions and an increase in

cholesterol, and create free radicals linked to cancer and aging.

On the other hand, fatty acids in raw virgin oils combine with

minerals (manganese, selenium), vitamins A, C, E and complex

biological compounds as antioxidants in the body to prevent and

reverse damage by giving free radicals the electrons they need to

become stable.

There is more empowering information on the tree of life from Wolfe:

Clear coconut water is one of the highest sources of electrolytes

found in nature. Young coconut water is identical to human blood

plasma, making it the universal donor. Plasma makes up 55 percent of

human blood. The remaining 45 percent consist of hemoglobin, which

is essentially transformed plant blood, chlorophyll.

This means " when we consume a drink consisting of 55 percent coconut

water and 45 percent fresh green-leaf juice we give ourselves an

instant blood transfusion. "

Soft young coconut meat has the most remarkable ability to restore

oxidative tissue damage, and-good news for challenged males-restore

sexual fluids. That is equivalent to drinking and eating three or

four young coconuts in a day.

The Farm at San Benito suggests nutritious ways of getting your

daily requirements of immune system booster natural coconut oil:

virgin coconut oil dressing in green salads; desiccated coconut on

pastries; fresh young coconut flesh as dessert or salad; dehydrated

(slow heating) shredded coconut crackers as appetizers; coconut

noodles and coconut milk (gata) blended in low heat for entrees, and

fresh buko juice.

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[Guest guest]

At 10:39 PM 3/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Has anyone ever tried the VCO that Dr. Mercola sells on his site?

>http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm

>And how does it compare in quality and price to what you all have bought

>elsewhere? He sells it for $18 for a pint, plus shipping.

Mercola is a reseller for Tropical Traditions who in turns simply

repackages oil bought from independent Philippine farmers. Should be good

quality.

I'm currently using oil from Nature's Blessings which bottles it own virgin

coconut oil from coconuts in its own plantation in Quezon province in the

Philippines. Excellent quality (cleaniness, odor, packaging) so far.

[Guest guest]

> Well, The manufacturer of the coconut oil mercola sells is the same

> as the Herbs and vitamin line tropical traditions sells. Its just a

> guess, but I think it is probably a re bottling of TT virgin coconut

> oil, so its bound to be good.

> IN NC

It's bound to be good with the caveat " while it's fresh " .

In fact, according to the largest wholesaler of coconut oil in North

America, Quality First, this coconut oil does go rancid in a few

months and that's why it's called " Virgin 2 " . They must sell it

within a short time or they have to throw it out.

The taste test will indicate if it burns the throat or tongue, as

amply described on several lists.

On the other hand, the superior extraction method (wet-milled,

chilled and centrifuged), produces an oil with a three year shelf

life.

regards,

Duncan crow

[Guest guest]

I agree with your last paragaraph Duncan.

As long as the moisture is taken out, that oil should last a long time, provided

it is not exposed to intense heat.

Re: RE: Good coconut oil PR (Philippine

Daily Inquirer)

> Well, The manufacturer of the coconut oil mercola sells is the same

> as the Herbs and vitamin line tropical traditions sells. Its just a

> guess, but I think it is probably a re bottling of TT virgin coconut

> oil, so its bound to be good.

> IN NC

It's bound to be good with the caveat " while it's fresh " .

In fact, according to the largest wholesaler of coconut oil in North

America, Quality First, this coconut oil does go rancid in a few

months and that's why it's called " Virgin 2 " . They must sell it

within a short time or they have to throw it out.

The taste test will indicate if it burns the throat or tongue, as

amply described on several lists.

On the other hand, the superior extraction method (wet-milled,

chilled and centrifuged), produces an oil with a three year shelf

life.

regards,

Duncan crow