You know what, what ever floats your boat, I think the coconut diet is awesome,
I love the taste to coconut oil, it puts sucha wonderful flavor toall that I use
the oil in, its yummy, there are all sorts of other natural things that you can
takle, for instance, red tea, or Rooi Bos Tea as it is known by its natural
name, it is a natural dierectic it also helps keep the bowels moving as well it
is natural, anyone who wants to find fault with any diet will, you have to do it
for yourself and see if it works for you, the Coconut Diet ROCKS!!!!!



----- Original Message ----
From: "alanasugar@..." <alanasugar@...>
To: CoconutDiet@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:04:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CoconutDiet] Study with coconut oil

Hi Beth,

I absolutely agree with Cherie. This is rediculous. We must ask who funds the
study, what sort of coconut oil are they using, and YES! Why in the world would
they test it in cake and milk shakes???

Coconut oil has been a part of traditional diets for eons. I have a good friend
from Gambia in Africa, I have another friend from Thailand, and when growing up
in Hawaii, I knew plenty of people from the Phillipines. All had grown up using
coconut oil and/or red palm oil. Their families and societies have existed on
these tropical oils with no heart disease, obesity, etc that the westerners have
suffered for the past 70-80 years or so.

Please don't be scared. Check out the work of others who have done the research.
Namely, Dr. Mary Enig, PhD. She is an expert on coconut.

Best to you,
Alana Sugar

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From: "wrinkleprogram" <trinityretreat@ aol.com>
Hello Beth,
The tv show probably was referring to a study done in Australia with
milk shakes and carrot cake using coconut oil. My question was what
kind of coconut oil did they use? Was it hydrogenated? If so, it would
produce very negative results. A study was done with babies and
coconut oil in formula several decades ago with negative results and
the coconut oil was hydrogenated. Also, it's strange that they
studied it in carrot cake and milk shakes. My question also is: what
else was in the milk shakes and carrot cake? What kind of sugar did
they use? What were the other ingredients? People have eaten coconut
oil in many parts of the world for centuries without problems--no
heart disease, until western foods were introduced. So, we must ask:
what is behind this? Is coconut oil infringing on market share for
other oils? Bad press years ago nearly destroyed the tropical oils
industry, without any real validity. If coconut oil truly narrowed
arteries and caused heart disease then populations that used it would
have died out long ago.
Best of health,
Cherie Calbom

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