Re: Foot problems, and other things.

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I'll give it a whirl . Mo

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Dear Mo,

You said:

<<I'll give it a whirl .>>

** Which category are we putting you in, Mo? Is is a feet/magnesium

soak, or magnesium water internally, or coconut oil on feet and internally,

or just coconut oil internally? Also, why do you think you belong in

whatever category here you choose?

Everybody, please let me know what category you think you belong in and

why if you're volunteering. Thanks.

Regards,

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Hi

I have placed some recent photographs of my feet in the photo/files

section of the W & R group.

As anyone can see they are still quite a mess so I am keen to try

things that might improve this situation. I am happy to provide

followup photographs to the list.

Happy to try soaking feet and or taking Coconut oil, kind of someone

to donate Coconut oil, their interests in your work are much

appreciated by list members.

I do take magnesium and have done so for quite some time,

additionally I take ALA,GLA, Horsechestnut & Ginkgo ...........there

has been a noticable reduction in pain, especially on my left side

(leg & foot)...............also I have noticed that low temperaturs,

chills cold water is not such a problem either.

Sensation has shown some signs of returning, tingling & burning has

stopped on left side,(leg foot & hand)

whilst numbness remains and there is a worsenning of the white

blotching on my right palm, writing, typing and

dropping things remains a problem.(Skin on palms not peeling)

I certainly can walk a lot further now since taking the AAL etc

The skin peeling (soles) is self evident, have tried topical steroid

cream but not overly happy with using such things.

I'll send you my home address in an e-mail

Regards

J

> Some of you have foot problems with opeeling feet or rashes on

your feet.

> Would any of you want to try soaking your feet twice a day in

magnesium

> water? I am also looking for a few people to drink magnesium water

who have

> not been taking magnesium for more than 6 weeks. I'll send what is

> necessary to you. Please let me know if you're interested. I

will send

> you what you need to do it. All you need to do is cover the

shipping and

> keep me informed on how it is going.

>

>

> I am also waiting on a donation of coconut oil. This can be put

on your

> feet at night and taken orally. I'm open to having two categories

of people

> here. One category would be people who have the foot problems

while the

> other would be people still experiencing significant withdrawal

effects and

> willing to use a couple of teaspoons a day of this oil. Same

deal. You pay

> shipping and keep me informed.

>

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> First come, first serve on these. I have/will be getting a

limited

> amount.

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> Coconut Oil: Why it is Good For You

> by Lee

> 12/14/2001

>

> In this article, fats and oils are used interchangeably but in a

strict

> sense, oil usually means liquid at room temperature and fat

usually means

> solid at room temperature. However, coconut oil is solid at

temperatures

> under 76 degrees F. So if you live at temperatures of 76 degrees F

or more,

> coconut oil is liquid; if less than 76 degrees F, coconut oil is a

fat.

>

> Saturated fat - one that has a small degree of unsaturation or

double bonds

> and tends to be more solid at room temperatures lower than 76

degrees F.

> Example: butter, coconut oil.

>

> Monounsaturated oil - Contains some saturated fat but is largely

oleic acid,

> a mono-unsaturated oil, which contains only one double bond.

Example: Olive

> oil.

>

> Polyunsaturated oils - poly means many, so this means that the fat

has more

> than one double bond. Example: linoleic (omega-6) acid has two

double bonds;

> alpha-linolenic (omega-3) acid has three double bonds; arachidonic

acid has

> four double bonds.

>

> The following information comes from the research of Ray Peat,

Ph.D. and

> G. Enig, Ph.D. References are given where applicable.

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> I recommend only three types of fats to my clients: extra virgin

olive oil,

> organic or, preferably raw butter, and organic coconut oil. Most

people

> understand the first two but cringe at the thought of eating

coconut oil.

> Here's why I recommend coconut oil to everyone.

>

> Coconut oil has been used as cooking oil for thousands of years.

Popular

> cookbooks advertised it at the end of the 19th century. Then came

the

> anti-saturated fat campaign and the promotion of polyunsaturated

fats, such

> as flaxseed, canola, soybean, safflower, corn, and other seed and

nut oils

> plus their partially hydrogenated counterparts (margarine, " I

can't believe

> it's not butter " , etc.) as the way to go. Indeed, saturated fats

have been

> supposedly causally linked to high cholesterol and heart disease,

multiple

> sclerosis and other bad health conditions. I don't know how anyone

came to

> this conclusion, since it would be hard to find a person in

America who has

> a high saturated fat diet. Why? Because nearly all commercial

foods,

> including bread, crackers, chips, dips, many candies, zero

cholesterol

> coffee creamers, all mayonnaise and all salad dressings, many

pastries and

> ice creams, most dietetic (for weight loss or diabetes) " foods " ,

many

> cereals, and nearly all crunchy snacks contain either

polyunsaturated or

> partially hydrogenated fats (which contain some margarine and some

of the

> unsaturated fat mixed together). These foods are often advertised

as healthy

> " all vegetarian, " " no-cholesterol " foods. Even the so-called

saturated fat

> in commercial meat is partly unsaturated because most cows are fed

corn and

> soybeans, both of which contain unsaturated oils.

>

> Are there any people who live on saturated fats who are healthy?

Yes! People

> who live in tropical climates and who have a diet high in coconut

oil are

> healthier, have less heart disease, cancer, colon problems and so

on, than

> unsaturated fat eaters. Two such groups of people include those

from

> Melanesia and the Yucatan. These people are slightly hyperthyroid

because of

> the thyroid stimulating effects of coconut oil plus a diet which

includes

> protein (fish) and adequate fruit (stimulates thyroid function).

>

> Can you eat unsaturated fats and get away with it? It all depends.

The

> Eskimos ate cold-water fish, high in unsaturated oils BUT they

also ate the

> whole animal, including the animal head, brain, thyroid glands,

etc. and got

> the hormones from these glandulars. This caused them to become

hyperthyroid,

> 25% higher than Americans, and they were classified

as " pathologically

> hyperthyroid " by standard medical definition.

>

> However, this so-called pathological condition allowed them to

burn the

> unsaturated fats in the foods they ate. If you are not an Eskimo

and eat

> mainly an unsaturated fat diet, you may be in trouble.

>

> Now you know why I wonder how anyone can associate high

cholesterol or

> saturated fats with heart disease, multiple sclerosis or any

disease. Over

> the past 40 years, Americans have increased their consumption of

unsaturated

> fats and partially hydrogenated fats and have decreased their

consumption of

> saturated fatty acids and butter. Lauric acid, the major fatty

acid in

> coconut oil and breast milk, is rarely present in the American

diet. Yet

> saturated fats are still being called the health culprits while

grocery

> stores abound with many kinds of seed and nut oils. Many have been

told that

> if the unsaturated oil is unprocessed, it is safe. This is untrue.

The

> harmful effects of unsaturated oil lie in their unsaturation, or

the

> presence of many double bonds, which are very labile and easily

peroxidized

> (become rancid inside the body). Details of this are given in the

report on

> unsaturated oils.

>

> Here is a summary of the health benefits of coconut oil. In

general, coconut

> oil stimulates thyroid function and has wonderful antiseptic

properties.

>

> The Stability of Coconut Oil

> Unsaturated oils in cooked foods become rancid in just a few

hours, even in

> the refrigerator, one reason for the " stale " taste of leftovers.

However,

> according to Peat, eating fresh unsaturated fats is even worse,

because once

> inside the body, they will oxidize (turn rancid) very rapidly due

to being

> heated and mixed with oxygen. Not so with coconut oil. Even after

one year

> at room temperature, coconut oil shows no evidence of rancidity

even though

> it contains 9% linoleic (omega - 6) polyunsaturated acid. Peat

theorizes

> that coconut oil may have antioxidant properties, since the oil

doesn't turn

> rancid and since it reduces our need for vitamin E, whereas

unsaturated oils

> deplete vitamin E.

>

> Thyroid-Stimulating, Anti-Aging Effects of Coconut Oil

> Many researchers have reported that coconut oil lowers cholesterol

> (Blackburn et al 1988, Ahrens and colleagues, 1957). In 1981,

Prior et al.

> showed that islanders with a diet high in coconut oil showed no

harmful

> health effects. When these groups migrated to New Zealand and

lowered their

> daily coconut oil intake, their total cholesterol and especially

their LDL

> cholesterol - the so-called evil one - increased. The cholesterol-

lowering

> properties of coconut oil are a direct result of its ability to

stimulate

> thyroid function. In the presence of adequate thyroid hormone,

cholesterol

> (specifically LDL-cholesterol) is converted by enzymatic processes

to the

> vitally necessary anti-aging steroids, pregnenolone, progesterone

and DHEA.

> These substances are required to help prevent heart disease,

senility,

> obesity, cancer and other diseases associated with aging and

chronic

> degenerative diseases.

>

> Weight Loss Stimulating Properties of Coconut Oil - a Direct

Result of

> Thyroid Stimulation

> In the 1940's farmers tried coconut oil to fatten their animals but

> discovered that it made them lean and active and increased their

appetite.

> Whoops! Then they tried an anti-thyroid drug. It made the

livestock fat with

> less food but was found to be a carcinogen (cancer causing drug).

In the

> late 1940's, it was found that the same anti-thyroid effect could

be

> achieved by simply feeding animals soybeans and corn.

>

> Anti-Cancer Effects of Coconut Oil

> In 1987 Lim-Sylianco published a 50-year literature review showing

the

> anti-cancer effects of coconut oil. In chemically induced cancers

of the

> colon and breast, coconut oil was by far more protective than

unsaturated

> oils. For example 32% of corn oil eaters got colon cancer whereas

only 3% of

> coconut oil eaters got the cancer. Animals fed unsaturated oils

had more

> tumors. This shows the thyroid-suppressive and hence, immuno-

suppressive

> effect of unsaturated oils. (Cohen et al. 1986).

>

> When Albert Schweitzer operated his clinic in tropical Africa, he

said that

> it was many years before he saw a single case of cancer. He

believed that

> the appearance of cancer was caused by introduction of the

European diet to

> the Africans. Many studies since the 1920's have shown an

association

> between consumption of unsaturated oils and the incidence of

cancer.

>

> Antimicrobial (Antiseptic) Effects of Coconut Oil

> Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids such as lauric (C-

12),

> caprylic (C-10) and myristic (C-14) acids. Of these three, coconut

oil

> contains 40% lauric acid, which has the greater anti-viral

activity of these

> three fatty acids. Lauric acid is so disease fighting that it is

present in

> breast milk. The body converts lauric acid to a fatty acid

derivative

> (monolaurin), which is the substance that protects infants from

viral,

> bacterial or protozoal infections. This was recognized and

reported in 1966

> (Jon Kabara). Work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) showed that

monolaurin

> has virucidal effects on RNA and DNA viruses, which are surrounded

by a

> lipid membrane. In addition to these RNA and DNA viruses, in 1978,

Kabara

> and others reported that certain medium chain fatty acids, such as

lauric

> acid have adverse effects on other pathogenic microorganisms,

including

> bacteria, yeast and fungi. These fatty acids and their derivatives

actually

> disrupt the lipid membranes of the organisms and thus inactivate

them

> (Isaacs and Thormar 1991; Isaacs et al. 1992). This deactivation

process

> also occurs in human and bovine milk when fatty acids are added to

them

> (Isaacs et al. 1991).

>

> Here are two of my coconut oil salad dressing recipes:

>

> 's Ranch Salad Dressing

> One egg

> 4 tbsp cider vinegar (try 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar plus 2

tbsp balsamic

> vinegar or 4 tbsp of rice vinegar)

> 1/2-tsp salt

> 1/2-tsp dry mustard

> Spike or other seasoning to taste

>

> Add the above ingredients to your blender. Then very slowly

dribble into

> blender one cup of oil consisting of about 3/4-cup coconut oil

(melted and

> cooled) plus 1/4-cup extra virgin olive oil to the blender and

blend till

> smooth. (The more coconut oil, the thicker the dressing). (If oil

added too

> fast, or oil is too hot, mixture will curdle).

>

> Then add the following ingredients to the mayonnaise you just made

to make a

> thick and creamy Ranch dressing that can be uses as a substitute

for

> mayonnaise:

>

> 1-1/4 cup buttermilk

> 4-6 tbsp or so sour cream, cream cheese or honey yogurt

> Onion flakes to taste

> Garlic powder to taste

> Salt

> Juice of one lemon

> Spike to taste or other seasoning

> Black pepper

> Parsley flakes

>

> Blend until smooth. Refrigerate. This dressing will thicken as it

cools. You

> can use it instead of mayonnaise and can dilute it with more

buttermilk if

> you want a thinner Ranch dressing. If this tastes too tart, add a

little

> honey.

>

> Other suggestions for using coconut oil in your diet:

>

> 1) When you make pastries, substitute 50% coconut oil for whatever

fat is

> recommended, hopefully butter.

>

> 2) When you fry or sauté eggs, fish, veggies or whatever, toss in

some

> coconut oil. Add butter or olive oil you wish, for flavor.

>

> To come: coconut oil ice cream!

>

> These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug

> Administration. Not intended to diagnose, prescribe for, treat or

claim to

> prevent, mitigate or cure any human disease. The third party

information

> referred to herein is neither adopted nor endorsed by this web

site but is

> provided for general informational purposes.

>

> References:

>

> Peat, , Ph.D., From PMS to Menopause: Female Hormones in

Context,

> Chapter 29, page 175. Copyright 1997 by Peat, P.O. Box

5764, Eugene,

> OR 97405. Price including S & H is $14.

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> Reprinted with the permission of the author. ©2001

>

> Regards,

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What caught my attention was something you said about the coconut being useful for those having difficulties with withdrawal.I suppose everyone has difficulties with withdrawal bt I am finding that with my last two reductions I had to go back up again after several weeks of torture! Would it help me in this respect do you think?

Mo

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