The coconut is an unusual fruit: It's rich and the fat is mostly saturated. In the South Pacific, traditional diets use copious amounts of coconut oil, yet studies there have shown that people don't get heart disease. In the U.S., research to support the heart healthy claim is still being conducted. But we do know that coconut flakes, coconut milk and cream, and coconut oil contain lots of an antiviral, antibacterial fatty acid called lauric acid--one of the immune boosters babies get from breast milk.
COOKING TIP: Mix a can of coconut milk with a pint of chicken stock and some grated ginger for a coconut chicken soup! Could be good....I will have to try it.
I still stand in awe of this amazing find and continue to find article after article that claims that coconut products are so good for us!
This INFORMATION came from the Parade Magazine March 30, 2008,Healthy Ways to Eat on the Run.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Coconut Oil
I would have to say that I am grateful to have a knowledge of what coconut oil can do for me; for everyone. Dad, Jackie, James and I were out shopping one day and ran into TSC. James picked out a play horse that he wanted and as we were waiting in line to checkout, I came across this magazine called WELL BEING JOURNAL. I was intrigued by a printed thought on the front cover that said, "The Fat that can make you Thin". As I cruised down the article low and behold it was coconut oil which had been using for three or four months. Excited you could say that! Now that I want to quote the article I can't find the magazine but it is in the March/April 2010 issue.
Just yesterday I was clearing off the chair next to the game table and caught my eye on an article out of the Sunday paper Parade (March 30, 2008) that I must have ripped out and this is what it says about coconut milk.
The coconut is an unusual fruit: It's rich, and the fat is mostly saturated. In the South Pacific, traditional diets use copious amounts of coconut oil, yet studies there have shown that people don't get heart disease. In the U.S., research to support the heart healthy claim is still being conducted. But we do know that coconut flakes, coconut milk and cream, and coconut oil contain lots of an antiviral, antibacterial fatty acid called lauric acid---one of the immune-boosters babies get from breast milk.
COOKING TIP: Mix a can of coconut milk with a pint of chicken stock and some grated ginger for a coconut chicken soup.
Just yesterday I was clearing off the chair next to the game table and caught my eye on an article out of the Sunday paper Parade (March 30, 2008) that I must have ripped out and this is what it says about coconut milk.
The coconut is an unusual fruit: It's rich, and the fat is mostly saturated. In the South Pacific, traditional diets use copious amounts of coconut oil, yet studies there have shown that people don't get heart disease. In the U.S., research to support the heart healthy claim is still being conducted. But we do know that coconut flakes, coconut milk and cream, and coconut oil contain lots of an antiviral, antibacterial fatty acid called lauric acid---one of the immune-boosters babies get from breast milk.
COOKING TIP: Mix a can of coconut milk with a pint of chicken stock and some grated ginger for a coconut chicken soup.
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