Coconut Oil Benefits?

Those with lactose intolerance often use it along with virgin olive oil to
replace butter. It is better in a vegetable stir fry than olive oil, but it
has a very low flash point. Be careful you keep the heat low so you don't
oxidize it too much (it smokes easily) or start a fire. It's main benefit is
that it is lower in arachidonic acid (AA) than olive oil. AA induces an
inflammatory reaction in some people's guts causing problems. Many people
think it tastes better than olive oil in cooking. I haven't seen any
research of value on the coconut oil. It's more on avoiding AA.
Stuart//
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From time to time I have seen references in posts in this ng on coconut

oil. Are the health claims true and what research is available to
support the claims. Most of what I've been hearing about it over the
years is negative! A store in my area sells certified organic, expeller
pressed and free of solvents and additives. What's the real scoop on
coconut oil?

Thanks.

Rob

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From time to time I have seen references in posts in this ng on coconut

oil. Are the health claims true and what research is available to
support the claims. Most of what I've been hearing about it over the
years is negative! A store in my area sells certified organic, expeller
pressed and free of solvents and additives. What's the real scoop on
coconut oil?

Thanks.

Rob

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From a Chemists' point of view....Coconut oil is so widely used and so

well known because it is super cheap to produce!! It's benefits, if
any, would be very questionable. One of my old professors even laughed
at the idea of coconut oil being used in lotions to moisturize skin
when (according to him) it is more likely to end up drying skin out.
Personally I don't like coconut oil -shea butter, flaxseed oil and
olive oil are beneficial, but as far as coconut oil goes, I would'nt
believe it has any benefit other then being a very cheap way for
companies to make money off the uninformed consumer.

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Those with lactose intolerance often use it [coconut oil]
along with virgin olive oil to replace butter.

Butter doesn't have any significant amount of lactose, does it?

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it [coconut oil] smokes easily...

www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=50 lists smoke points of
various oils.

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It's main benefit is that it is lower in arachidonic acid (AA) than olive oil.

Vegetable oils (whether coconut, olives or other) have no AA; however,
oils high in omega-6 vs omega-3 can lead the body to overproduce AA.

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Most of what I've been hearing about it [coconut oil] over the years is negative!

20 to 40% of fat in many baby formulas comes from coconut oil
(askdrsears.com/html/0/T000100.asp#T031002) mainly for its palmitic
acid which is also a component of human breast milk.

Stuart said:

Those with lactose intolerance often use it along with virgin olive oil to
replace butter.

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http://naturalhealthperspective.com/food/

http://www.mercola.com/2003/sep/13/coconut_oil.htm

http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/thailand.html

http://www.efn.org/%7Eraypeat/coconut.rtf

http://www.mercola.com/forms/coconut_oil.htm

http://www.completesupplements.com/x_Garden%20of%20Life%20Extra%20Virgin%20Coconut%20Oil%2016%20oz.htm

http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_oil_is_the_healthiest_oil.htm

Scroll down to 'Coconut Oil for Digestion'
http://www.westonaprice.org/healthissues/digestion_primer.html

Scroll down to 'Coconut Oil - Health and Nutritional Benefits'
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/flaxoil.htm

There are a number of subtypes of saturated fat. One of them is myristic
acid, which is found in coconut oil. Myristic acid consumption elevates
blood serum cholesterol the most. Does anyone out there know how coconut oil
compares to lard with respect to myristic acid?

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Those with lactose intolerance often use it along with virgin olive oil to
replace butter. It is better in a vegetable stir fry than olive oil, but
it has a very low flash point. Be careful you keep the heat low so you
don't oxidize it too much (it smokes easily) or start a fire. It's main
benefit is that it is lower in arachidonic acid (AA) than olive oil. AA
induces an inflammatory reaction in some people's guts causing problems.
Many people think it tastes better than olive oil in cooking. I haven't
seen any research of value on the coconut oil. It's more on avoiding AA.
Stuart//
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From time to time I have seen references in posts in this ng on coconut

oil. Are the health claims true and what research is available to
support the claims. Most of what I've been hearing about it over the
years is negative! A store in my area sells certified organic, expeller
pressed and free of solvents and additives. What's the real scoop on
coconut oil?

Thanks.

Rob

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Myristic acid consumption elevates blood serum cholesterol the most.

See PubMed article# 219681 "Studies on the quality of breast milk
during 23 months of lactation in a rural community of the Ivory Coast".
Myristic acid is small but normal part of breast milk of many species
including humans.

See PubMed article# 15294485 "Dietary fat quality: a nutritional
epidemiologist's view" which says "Among the cholesterol-raising SFA,
myristic acid appears to be more potent than lauric acid or palmitic
acid, but the data are not entirely consistent."

See PubMed article# 15936650 "Moderate intake of myristic acid in sn-2
position has beneficial lipidic effects and enhances DHA of cholesteryl
esters in an interventional study"

See www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html for favorable
remarks about myristic acid.

AA is an n-6 PUFA that is found mostly in the following cooking oils
(in decending order): safflower, grape seed, sunflower, corn, soybean,
sesame, peanut, canola, almond. Although olive oil may possibly contain more
AA
than coconut oil, it is not regarded as a significant source of
AA. In fact, AA is so low in olive oil that it is usually not included in an
assay.

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Those with lactose intolerance often use it along with virgin olive oil to
replace butter. It is better in a vegetable stir fry than olive oil, but
it has a very low flash point. Be careful you keep the heat low so you
don't oxidize it too much (it smokes easily) or start a fire. It's main
benefit is that it is lower in arachidonic acid (AA) than olive oil. AA
induces an inflammatory reaction in some people's guts causing problems.
Many people think it tastes better than olive oil in cooking. I haven't
seen any research of value on the coconut oil. It's more on avoiding AA.
Stuart//
"Rob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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From time to time I have seen references in posts in this ng on coconut

oil. Are the health claims true and what research is available to
support the claims. Most of what I've been hearing about it over the
years is negative! A store in my area sells certified organic, expeller
pressed and free of solvents and additives. What's the real scoop on
coconut oil?

Thanks.

Rob

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Stuart said:

Those with lactose intolerance often use it along with virgin olive oil to
replace butter.

Anyone interested in a NORMAL diet for NORMAL people?

NORMAL diet would do fine.

NORMAL people? Well, you pays your money and you gets your chances!

Chypho...

Knack wrote:

: AA is an n-6 PUFA that is found mostly in the following cooking oils
: (in decending order): safflower, grape seed, sunflower, corn,
: soybean, sesame, peanut, canola, almond.

That is not correct, you mix things up. Arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4) is an
utterly different fatty acid than linoleic acid (18:2) high in many
vegetable oils you mentioned. AA is actually highest in animal products and
lowest in vegetable products. Probably your source of confusion is the fact
that AA can also be synthesized from linoleic acid in the body. As AA is a
precursor of prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and related compounds, which have
important roles in inflammation and in the regulation of immunity, it is
reasonable to set a limit to the intake of linoleic acid in order to control
inflammation.

Foods highest in AA - notice: no vegetable oils among these:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-000064000000000000000.html

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Juhana

Do a google search for ray peat coconut and I think you will discover
more information than you expected. One point to make here is that if
you replace a substance like the typical refined corn, soy, or
safflower oil with an oil like coconut, you will be subjecting yourself
to far less damage from lipid peroxidation, so it's not necessarily
that a young and healthy adult, for example, needs the particular fatty
acids in coconut oil, but rather that you will be avoiding the free
radical damage that comes from consuming the oils that you are
subsituting with the coconut oil. A similar oil is palm kernel.

This is turning out to be a surprisingly informative thread. Thanks
for that info, Jay.

Max.

Max C. said:

This is turning out to be a surprisingly informative thread. Thanks
for that info, Jay.

Nah! Not really.

But, I think I will try to buy a bottle of coconut oil at our local
health food grocery store, and see first hand just hard it is to buy
and use this [censored].

Just thought that you might want to know that you can use coconut oil,
without being a kook about it. I hear it is great for softening old
leather belts and shoes.