Coconut oil

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Earl wrote:

Dear Pam:

My data suggests that canola oil is:

1-highly polyunsaturated, maning that it will induce massive free radical

activity

2-it is rape seed and contains highly toxic mineral compounds

3-it is heavily sprayed

4-it is heavily processed

The oil for cooking that has no problems, supports thyroid function and is

totally saturated, meaning that it creates no lipid peroxidation/free

readical activity, is coconut oil.

Best wishes,

Earl

This is another interesting turn of events, isn't it? A couple years ago

(early 90's) you could hardly find coconut oil, because of the big scare

about it being so very bad for you. Most people used it for popping corn,

but I have been making my own soap for about 20 years and use both coconut

and olive oil in it. (The soap is very moisturizing, and me being a typical

dry skin hypo needed any help I could get.) During that same period of

time, however, I went on a short term mission to Trinidad and Tobago. They

used coconut oil almost exclusively and according to studies done by their

government health bureau, it did not have the negative impact on health

that Americans were saying it did. (While I was there, we had fry-bakes

almost every day (bread fried in coconut oil) and food cooked with it, and

I lost weight--12 pounds in two weeks.) Recently, I've noticed that

coconut oil is back on the shelves after a long absence.

And now the truth comes out....less processed is better, and the partially

hydrogenated oils that were touted here as being better for us, were

actually destroying our health because they are full of trans fatty acids.

Not only that, but coconut oil can be kept for long periods of time

without turning rancid, which is a big problem with most fats.

It's no wonder that we have trouble believing anything doctors say....they

reverse themselves only too often, or jump on the bandwagon too soon,

before all the evidence is in. They wonder why we are turning to

alternatives by the droves.....DUH

Pam