Re: Los Angeles Times 3-29-10 article deceptively blasts coconut milk

[Guest guest]

I agree, so I just sent the article link to Sally Fallon and the Weston A. Price

foundation. Whether or not she chooses to act is her decision.

Personally, I see this as an active attack by a desperate milk industry. German

philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) had it right when he said:

" All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is

violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. "

Apparently, we are now in the " violently opposed " stage. Keep fighting the fight

fellow " Coco-Nuts " , apparently we're starting to win the battle.

Chef

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> I wish Dr. Enig would write a letter to the editor to the Los Angeles Times.

This paper recently concluded coconut milk products are not health foods.

>

> The Los Angeles Times ran an article on March 23, 2010, critical of coconut

milk in terms of weight loss and heart disease. The article quotes a UCLA

professor indicating that saturated fats are saturated fats. The complete

article can be viewed at:

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http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-0322-nutrition-lab-20100322,0,65650\

40.story

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> I had a real problem with conclusion of the article:

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> " But even if such research suggests that MCFAs, like those found in coconut

milk, might help speed up metabolism and help promote weight loss, there's still

no proof that they're any healthier for the heart than other forms of saturated

fat.

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> A 2004 study of 17 men published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

found that total cholesterol levels were 11% higher in those who ate a diet

containing MCFAs compared with those who ate a diet containing sunflower oil,

which is rich in unsaturated fats. The level of LDL, so-called bad cholesterol,

was 12% higher in the men who ate MCFAs.

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> The bottom line: MCFAs' unproven potential to speed up metabolism doesn't make

coconut milk products health foods — at least not until researchers confirm

their effects on weight and put to bed concerns about their effects on LDL

cholesterol levels. "

>

[Guest guest]

I have been studying nutrition and supplements in a serious

way for almost 9 years. I probably read articles, take notes, and

post into my LJ about 30+ hours a week. I can say that I know vastly

more than any doctor or nurse I have ever met in person, and the

breadth of my knowledge is far broader than many of the health experts

I read on line.

One of the major things I have noticed is that many of the

most verbal " health experts " (be they MDs in the field, writers in

newspapers, websites like Web MD, etc. ) are about 30 years behind

current research.

Some appears to be just plain ignorance. But there is more

to the story. Flawed research is being done, then promoted. For

example, when they test the efficacy of vitamin C, they NEVER use

nearly enough Vitamin C, so the results are not all that impressive.

The drug industry does not want people to stop taking drugs

because supplements work better with fewer side effects. And

" scientists " have been known to fudge results because they were bought

by drug companies.

I used to think that doctors were all willfully ignorant about

orthomolecular medicine. I still think many docs are willfully

ignorant, but now that I know that Medline refuses to index the

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, I acknowledge that even doctors

looking for alternatives to the drugs the drug companies want them to

push often just can't find information on high dose vitamins.

http://alobar.livejournal.com/2733530.html

Alobar

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:12 AM, chef_kevinca

<Chef@...> wrote:

> I agree, so I just sent the article link to Sally Fallon and the Weston A.

Price foundation. Whether or not she chooses to act is her decision.

>

> Personally, I see this as an active attack by a desperate milk industry.

German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) had it right when he said:

>

> " All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is

violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. "

>

> Apparently, we are now in the " violently opposed " stage. Keep fighting the

fight fellow " Coco-Nuts " , apparently we're starting to win the battle.

>

> Chef

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>> I wish Dr. Enig would write a letter to the editor to the Los Angeles Times.

 This paper recently concluded coconut milk products are not health foods.

>>

>> The Los Angeles Times ran an article on March 23, 2010, critical of coconut

milk in terms of weight loss and heart disease.  The article quotes a UCLA

professor indicating that saturated fats are saturated fats.  The complete

article can be viewed at:

>>

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-0322-nutrition-lab-20100322,0,65650\

40.story

>>