“Loco About Coco”

Hi Fellow Coco-Nut…

Over the past three years in business I’ve been asked by skeptical folks about how I can say, with certainty, that coconut oil is good for you. These people go on to say that for years it was considered bad and one of the worst things you could use.

While there are many places to go on the internet to find positive information on our precious coconut oil, many, if not most of these, are biased opinions put out by companies that are selling coconut oil themselves.

Sure, we sell coconut oil, but that’s not my main goal. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe in doing what’s right, not necessarily what’s profitable. If those two come together, great, but I want to help people be as healthy as they can. That’s the main reason I got into the business of selling coconut oil… it’s one of the best foods you can put into your body.

Luckily, we in the coconut business have an unbiased researcher in Dr. Bruce Fife… or Mr. Coconut as he’s known. This naturopathic doctor has been researching coconut oil for 30 years, and is considered the number one authority on it. While I’ve never met him personally, I have exchanged emails with him on occasion with my own questions. I can tell you he is straight up and honest.

In his latest newsletter put out from his website, he has listed, in detail, numerous documented sources of research on coconut oil. His article titled “The Coconut Oil Miracle: Where is the Evidence?” can point you to about 10,000 studies on the various properties of coconut oil. Yes… 10,000 with four zeros

It’s a long article so I won’t re-post it here. To read Dr. Fife’s newsletter go to http://www.coconutresearchcenter.com/hwnl_8-4.htm

Thanks for listening… here’s to your better health using coconut oil…

“Loco about Coco”
Chef Kevin

Hello My Fellow Coco-Nut!

I just came across some great video bites of coconut facts that I have to share with you. I’ll put as many up here as I get time for.

They are interviews with Dr. Bruce Fife ND, known as Mr. Coconut for all his research into our beloved food. This particular one is all about the cancer fighting properties of coconut oil…

Transcript: Interview with Dr. Bruce Fife
Interviewed by Raena Morgan
January 20, 2009

Raena Morgan: Bruce, what role does coconut oil have in treating cancer?

Dr. Bruce Fife: It’s very interesting. The coconut oil has very pronounced anti-cancer properties. For example, in one study researchers chemically induced in a group of lab animals and the diet that they gave these animals was the same except for the oils. They wanted to test what effect different types of oils would have on the development of colon cancer.

RM: Okay.

BF: So, the type of oils used included olive oil, corn oil, safflower oil, coconut oil and others. And, what they found was that all of these animals in this study developed cancer except those that were given coconut oil. Coconut oil blocked the formation of the colon cancer in these animals. In another study very similar, researchers were testing mammary cancer/breast cancer.

RM: Okay.

BF: And again, the chemically induced mammary cancer in these animals, like the other study, they gave them a diet of different oils in it. And, all the animals in the study developed mammary cancer except those given coconut oil. And, the researchers stated they looked and dissected the tissues and they said they couldn’t find any evidence of cancer in these coconut oil fed animals, even though the chemicals they gave to them were very potent. In another study with skin cancer, a very similar thing—they applied cancer causing chemicals on the skin of animals and within weeks tumors started to develop. However, if they used coconut oil….on it no cancer developed. So, coconut oil has very prominent anti-cancer properties.

RM: Well, for melanoma you would just put it on to protect your skin from the sun, right?

BF: And, I personally have seen people with melanoma use it and have it dissolve the melanoma basically.

RM: Thank you Bruce.

BF: You’re welcome.

Should Coconut Oil Be Your First Line of Defense?

Hello Fellow Coco-Nut!

After years of suppression by major business interests, coconut oil is fast becoming the darling of natural health products. We’ve known for years that coconut oil is good for you, but exactly why is that?

Well, there are many reasons, but at the top is “Lauric Acid”.  This medium-chain compound is solid at room temperature but melts at 85 degrees, making it very useful in the food industry.

Lauric acid is found mainly in mother’s breast milk, and helps the baby build immunity to many diseases. Outside that, the number one place to find lauric acid is… of course… in coconut oil and other coconut products. Coconut oil contains 48% lauric acid, and is the highest natural source aside from breast milk.

As for health benefits, lauric acid is converted into monolaurin in the body, and has incredible anti-virus, antifungal and antibacterial qualities. That is why breast feeding is so important for newborns, to build up their immune systems. Lauric acid is so important, in fact, that it has been known to destroy the following viruses and bacteria:

Viruses killed by VCO

* HIV 1 and HIV
* Measles Virus
* Herpes HSV 1
* Herpes HSV 2
* Herpes Viridae (all)
* Human lymphotrophic viruses(type 1)
* Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)
* Visna virus
* Cytomegalovirus
* Epstein-Barr virus
* Influenza virus
* Leukemia virus
* Pneumonovirus
* Sarcoma virus
* Syncytial virusr
* Ruboela virus

Bacteria killed by VCO

* Lysteria monocytogenes
* H. Pylori (gram negative)
* Hemophilus Ibnfluenza (gram negative)
* Staphilococcus aureus
* Streptococcus agalactiae
* Groups A, B , F & G streptococci
* E. Coli
* Salmonella
* Gram positive organisms
* Gram negative organisms if first pre-treated with a chelator.

Research and evidence sources :
www.lauric.org/lcv.html
wikind.wikispaces.com/Monolaurin

If you’re not using coconut oil daily you’re missing out on a boatload of prevention in every spoonful. Cook with it, melt it into your food, or just take a small spoonful now and then as -is. I’m sure you’ll see (and feel) a big difference in just a few short days.

Call us at 902-467-2626 (COCO) or email info @ downeastcoconut.com if you need to get some. (Note: the email link is not clickable to kill SPAM)

“Loco about Coco”
Chef Kevin