Mary-Ann Shearer
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 If you feel you need a natural moisturizer then use extra-virgin olive oil or extra-virgin coconut oil.
Remember that without regular exercise, a continual supply of fresh air, and a daily dose of sunshine, you cannot begin to achieve or maintain the vibrant health that is your right. Together with a healthy diet these three things have helped Mark and me avoid jet lag on eighteen-hour trans-Atlantic flights! |
KC Craichy
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 Coconut and coconut oil are plant-based medium chain saturated fats that have been shown to provide extraordinary health benefits.
The Ugly—Trans Fats
While they exist in nature, trans fatty acids are also produced by heating liquid vegetable oils in the presence of hydrogen, in a process known as hydrogenation. This process increases the oils' firmness and resistance to oxidative spoilage. These are fats that the body cannot easily break down and often lead to blocked arteries and heart disease. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| You may want to blend some of these oils together. The coconut oil will help to make the mixture spreadable or you may just want to blend some of these natural oils with butter to start with
• Remember that without the right fat you can actually slow down your metabolism as it is controlled by the endocrine system, which cannot function efficiently without essential fats. |
KC Craichy
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| Controlled protein intake along with more liberal healthy fats, such as fish oil, olive oil, and coconut oil can have a very positive effect, as does eating a balanced diet that is high in fiber. Regular aerobic exercise is also known to reduce blood insulin levels.16
Some lifestyle habits should be avoided. Not only should you refrain from smoking, but you should also avoid these other addictive substances—caffeine, alcohol, over-the-counter medications, or "hidden" sources of fructose, such as soda and fruit juices. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| Using a dry popper is best, but cold-pressed extra-virgin coconut oil can be used quite safely (and tastes spectacular) and butter is fine provided you resort to this method of preparation only on the odd occasion. (Remember that heated fats are not all that good for the body.) I always drizzle popcorn made in a popcorn machine with olive oil and then lightly sprinkle it with herbal salt. Plain, salted chips, although not ideal, can also be served. Go for the unflavored organic chips as one never knows exactly what is used in the flavoring and MSG is common. |
| Both butter and coconut oil are a saturated fat and, as such, are stable during the heating process—they do not change shape and are easier for us to digest than a heated, unsaturated fat. For this reason heated, saturated fats in small quantities occasionally can be tolerated by most people without any serious problems.
We have been led to believe by the oil and margarine advertising companies that all vegetable fats are better than any animal fats. But is this true? Let us compare the relative merits of butter and margarine. Butter is not heated during processing. |
KC Craichy
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| Cook with or add some extra olive oil or coconut oil.
The Munchies . . . Who's Eating Whom?
As was mentioned previously, dangerous increases in blood sugar provoke the pancreas to release a correspondingly large amount of insulin, which seriously disrupts the body. When junk foods are consumed and
While whole fruits vary in their relative speed of sugar release, they are always better choices than juices or concentrates. blood sugar is elevated, more insulin is typically released than is actually needed. |
| Use virgin coconut oil, virgin olive oil, GLA, conjugated linolenic acid (CLA), and raw organic butter.
¦ Use Celtic Sea Salt or Real Salt brand mineral sea salts.
¦ Eat nuts (almonds, cashews, and macadamia) and organic coconut.
¦ Minimize all grains (bread, rice, and cereal); avoid junk foods, anything deep fried, such as French fries and pizza.
Minimize pasteurized dairy products, such as milk, cheese, and cream.
Minimize unfermented, genetically modified soy products. Minimize grain-fed, commercial beef, pork products, and shellfish. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 The conversion to the long-chain Omega-3 fatty acids from flax or hemp seeds is amplified by 1 tablespoon of coconut oil per day, from a conversion rate of 1-3 percent up to 6 percent. Golden algae concentrates give high amounts of DHA and purslane supplies the EPA long-chain Omega-3s. Klamath Lake algae supplies both EPA and DHA. For further support on individualizing your diet so that you can partake of optimal Spiritual Nutrition for your own biochemistry, please see Conscious Eating and Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. |
KC Craichy
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| The safest cooking oils are coconut oil, olive oil, and butter. Avoid eating only the whites, because your body needs the yolks in order to properly absorb and digest the wonderful attributes the eggs offer.
The Truth: cholesterol is primarily elevated by the over consumption of sugars and foods that convett to sugar rapidly, including fruit juices and other sweet drinks. Organic eggs are a near perfect food that should be a staple in your diet.
Myth #5—Coffee Is Good for You. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| Eventually I found that I could go without any skin-care products at all and now only use a little extra-virgin olive or coconut oil when necessary. My skin can feel especially dry when I swim in summer, fly, or if I am exposed to indoor heating for an extended period of time.
If you are using a skin-care line, change to an organic 100 percent natural one that contains no animal products or artificial colorants and preservatives. Also support one that does not test on animals and use a pH-balanced cleanser on the rest of your body. (Visit www.mary-anns. com for what I recommend. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They show that a diet with extra virgin coconut oil is quite consistent with outstanding cardiovascular health. If coconut oil were bad for you, my numbers would be out of whack. There's no way I could have a ratio of 1.08 if I were consuming fats on a daily basis that were bad for my health.
Some of the other things I do, from a nutritional standpoint, are eating aloe vera gel, and eating no corn oil or other low-grade oils. I avoid all hydrogenated oils, and I eat at least one extremely large salad every day. Some days I eat two large salads. |
David Wolfe
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 We can double the conversion factor to 6% if we consume hemp seed or flax seed and their oils with coconut oil (a great idea). We can also get the long-chain omega 3 fatty acids from the same place fish get it - algae. Purslane (a wild herb) and blue-green algae from Klamath Lake (a popular healthfood store item) contain long-chain omega 3 fatty acids. Also, golden algae can be dried and pressed for its raw oil which is super-high in long-chain omega 3 fatty acids. This algae oil is called DHA and is essentially a vegetarian form of fish oil. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Coconut oil contains what are referred to as short- and medium-chain triglycerides, while the saturated fats in animal products are long-chain triglycerides. Being shorter in length, short- and medium-chain triglycerides are processed by the body differently and are preferentially sent to the liver to be burned as energy. In fact, these fats actually have been shown to promote weight loss by increasing the burning of calories (thermogenesis); some research suggests that they lower cholesterol as well.
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 RawFoods.com) and minimally processed plant-based oils. Fish oils can also be supportive if you choose to eat fish-derived products. Flax seeds serve a similar purpose for those who are vegetarian.
Berries: Eat massive quantities of fresh, raw berries to boost nervous system function and greatly enhance the power of your intention. Berries offer nervous system protection medicines, and they also happen to halt cancer, prevent eye disease, enhance memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 However, if you make good decisions at the grocery store and choose, for example, to purchase healthy oils -- like macadamia nut oil, olive oil, flax seed oil or even unprocessed coconut oil -- then your chemistry is going to be much healthier. Your blood chemistry profile will be positive rather than negative. It will indicate health rather than disease.
All these biochemical effects take place and, of course, affect your mental function because the brain is an organ that depends on chemistry for its function. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For example, coconut oil consumption wouldn't cause a person's risk of pancreatic cancer to leap 67%, although it's still saturated fat. The real cause of the cancer, I believe, is what's found INSIDE the fat, and what's ADDED to the meat during processing and packaging. |
Dianne Onstad
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 For this same reason, coconut oil is a primary
Coconut Oil/Butter / Nutritional Value Per 100 j
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| They show that a diet with extra virgin coconut oil is quite consistent with outstanding cardiovascular health. If coconut oil were bad for you, my numbers would be out of whack. There's no way I could have a ratio of 1.08 if I were consuming fats on a daily basis that were bad for my health.
Some of the other things I do, from a nutritional standpoint, are eating aloe vera gel, and eating no corn oil or other low-grade oils. I avoid all hydrogenated oils, and I eat at least one extremely large salad every day. Some days I eat two large salads. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Salmon: Superb source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are great for your skin and protective against heart disease and cancer. They're also great for your brain, eyes, cells, and circulation, and for normalizing triglycerides. Omega-3S reduce chronic inflammation of any kind and are therapeutic for conditions such as asthma, heart palpitations, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, and allergies.
7, 8. Beans, lentils: They have a low glycemic load, act as time-released energy, normalize blood sugar and blood lipids, and are a rich source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| As for saturated fats, steer clear of red meat, whole-fat dairy products, eggs, coconut oil, and processed and fried foods.
Reverse the usual ratio of carbs.
Reaven's plan leaves carbohyas long as you maintain the 45-percent ratio.
Steady your protein intake. Believe it or not, protein can increase your insulin just like carbohydrates. So Reaven's plan keeps protein at a minimum - 15 percent of your calories. That might disappoint you if you're a fan of high-protein diets. |
Jack Challem
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 Cold-pressed grapeseed oil, a pat of butter (preferably organic, from cows not injected with bovine growth hormone), and coconut oil are acceptable for occasional use.
The Salad Dressing Quandary
It's a common pitfall: you have just either ordered or made a healthy and nutritious salad—only to pour an unhealthy salad dressing over it.
The problem is that the vast majority of commercial salad dressings in supermarkets, fast-food places, and national chain restaurants are made with highly refined soybean or cottonseed oils, rich in omega-6 fats. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 Throw in some chopped carrots and zucchini to the boiling water and a tablespoon of virgin coconut oil and you have a satisfying gluten-free meal. Add a raw egg at the end and allow the heat of the water and noodles to cook it for added protein and satiation.
Also be sure to take advantage of the many pre-washed bagged salads, herbs, baby carrots and other chopped raw, veggies now available at grocery stores. Once again, check labels to be sure nothing has been added as a preservative, which is sometimes the case. |
| You will want to have at least the following every day:
• 6-8 glasses pure (not tap) water
• 2-3 servings fruit (preferably cooked or raw, not dried)
• 3 servings raw or cooked non-starchy vegetables
• 1 serving whole grains or starches
• 1 serving animal protein
• Or if vegetarian - 1 serving beans, lentils, nuts or seeds, or a non-allergenic protein powder such as rice protein (no whey or soy protein powders, until you have tested them)
• At least 1 tbsp and not more than 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil or unrefined sesame oil. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Unrefined, pure, organic, virgin coconut oil is a product that falls in that "miraculous" category. All you do is take one tablespoonful in the morning and one tablespoonful in the late afternoon. If you do this every day for thirty days, here is what you could find. High blood pressure can be a thing of the past. Circulation problems vanish. Mood swings, gone. Depression, lifted. Constipation, cured. Arthritis pain, reduced or eliminated. Cancer, in remission. Cholesterol, normalized. Acid reflux and heartburn, diminished or gone forever. |
| Take a teaspoon of organic virgin coconut oil before each meal. This will help food pass through the digestive tract quicker, stopping the conversion of food to fat, as well as stimulate the thyroid, increasing metabolism and making you burn stored fat even while you sleep.
4. Drink Yerba Mata tea. Drink three to four cups throughout the day; always use pure water, never tap water. This tea will reduce appetite and increase metabolism and energy. It's important to drink throughout the day, starting first thing in the morning, and ideally drink some every few hours. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The perfect margarine would have coconut oil, macadamia nut oil and butter flavor, whipped into the texture of margarine. That would be quite heart-healthy and have no trans-fatty acids whatsoever. Of course, it would also be the most expensive margarine product on the market, but as consumers become more educated about the health benefits of healthy oils, they are increasingly willing to pay higher prices for healthy ingredients. |
Paula Begoun
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 This product contains a tiny amount of hemp seed oil, and relies instead on coconut oil for increased shine and emollience. The small amount of alcohol is unlikely to be a problem for the scalp, especially because products like this are best used on the ends of hair for smoothing.
© $$$ Hemp Seed Spray Wax ($23-70for 4.7 ounces) is an aerosol spray-on pomade that is thin-textured, almost liquidy, but also quite greasy. It goes on wet and takes several moments to dry, leaving a thin layer of wax and oil on the hair. |
Mike Adams
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 My breakfast isn't complete without coconut oil, and I think it's an ideal source of healthy fats.
The soybean industry suppresses studies and attacks tropical oils
But that's not widely believed, even today. The propaganda efforts of the soybean industry were so effective - even while lacking any real scientific evidence - that the public bought into it. |
| I use liquid egg whites in my chocolate dough recipe, which combines coconut oil, chocolate whey protein powder, Jenny Lee Supergreens, stevia, and liquid egg whites to create a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, nutrient dense meal that keeps you satisfied for hours.
You may find other uses for liquid egg whites as well. It's truly a versatile food. The only drawback to liquid egg whites is trying to locate organic egg whites. So far, I have been unsuccessful -there doesn't appear to be any such product on the market at the time of this writing. |
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