HI Beth,



I have placed a number of my clients on it who have herpes and one man with
HIV. I do believe it has the ability to kill lipid (fat) coated viruses.
Also, it does seem to speed the metabolism - I have experienced that myself.




I understand that saturated fat is of concern, but if you realize that
saturated fats are natural fats that have been around since the beginning,
then you can see that they are not the villains we are told they are. In
fact, that is ridiculous! Nature creates food that contains all fatty acids
other than those that are chemically altered such as damaged trans-fats. In
the old days, people primarily ate saturated fats and used them for cooking
as animal fats were readily available, just as the coconut was. Heart
disease was not prevalent and in fact, was practically non-existent. I
think a lot depends on the state of health of one's liver. It is true that
too many saturated fats can be hard on the body when coming from animals
raised in confinement with hormones, drugs, antibiotics, and poor diet.
However, as a general rule, they are fine. A great website is this:
www.thincs.org <http://www.thincs.org/> Check it out!



I do have one client whose cholesterol went way up after eating the coconut
oil. I think some people will have elevated cholesterol levels from taking
it and others will not. I am not clear as to why that is unless it has to
do with the liver. Maybe Cherie will know. But then again, I am not
convinced that cholesterol is responsible for heart disease. I think it has
been wrongly accused. If it were the cause, then we would see it
consistently causing heart disease and we don't. In fact, as I understand
it, most people who have heart attacks/heart disease don't have high
cholesterol.



Ann Louise Gittleman argues that people of different origin need different
fats. For example, a person of tropical ancestry would do better on coconut
than others. I am of German ancestry, very fair and blonde. According to
her, I need more Omega 6 fats. I don't know how I feel about this.
Sometimes I honestly think that we are more affected by what we THINK about
the food we are eating than the actual food itself, if you know what I
mean!!



If you feel good on coconut, if you are losing weight, if your skin is
better, keep it up!



Best to you,

Alana













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From: CoconutDiet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CoconutDiet@yahoogroups.com] On
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Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:24 AM
To: CoconutDiet@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CoconutDiet] New and a bit worried...




In a message dated 9/7/2006 11:05:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
alanasugar@comcast. <mailto:alanasugar%40comcast.net> net writes:

I don't see this forum as active at all. At one point the author Cherie
Calbom would answer people but I have not seen anything for quite some time.

Alana...Again thank you for your response....Would you mind sharing your
experience with me about coconut oil? I am sorry if you have already shared
this
and I have missed it...My mind is a bit scattered right now...We have had a
death in our family and I am leaving right now for a few days to attend the
funeral...I will check back here when I return...

I have changed my morning breakfast...to...whey protien, coconut milk, flax
seed, coconut oil about 1 TBS...I did have some banana in it this morning
because I was making it for my husband and daughter as well.

I guess my concern is....that the saturated oil in the coconut oil will
cause heart issues...or an attack! I am researching and reading and that
really
is one of my biggest concerns...I admit it could be the media talk about
it....

Have you known anyone who has had any negative effects besides weight
gain...from adding vco?

Also I did want to mention that Cheri has emailed with me a couple times and

answered some questions...So she is here just maybe answering emails
privately!!

Have a great weeekend....Beth

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