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When coconut oil was fed to pigs in the US after World War II, the intention was to fatten them up. But it actually made them leaner. This discovery led to soybeans and seed oils being added to their feed, which made the pigs unhealthy but fat.

When coconut oil was fed to pigs in the US after World War II, the intention was to fatten them up. But it actually made them leaner.

This discovery led to soybeans and seed oils being added to their feed, which made the pigs unhealthy but fat.

The same applies to humans.

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) March 13, 2024

Thank you to Wejolyn.   

[Coconut Oil] Kills Cancer Cells And Treats Alzheimer’s

My unprofessional and wholly anecdotal opinion?  Start consuming it today.

from MyFitMagazine article dated 12/4/2015

 

Coconut oil is about 90% saturated fat, which is a higher percentage than butter (about 64% saturated fat), beef fat (40%), or even lard (also 40%). Too much saturated fat in the diet is unhealthy because it raises “bad” LDL cholesterol levels, which increases the risk of heart disease. So it would seem that coconut oil would be bad news for our hearts. But what’s interesting about coconut oil is that it also gives “good” HDL cholesterol a boost. Back in the day, coconut oil was victimized during that era of erroneous dogma that demonized saturated fats. They’ve created the unhealthy trans-fatty acid hydrogenated unsaturated fat industry, which included margarine as well.

Now, when it’s all clear and understandable, more and more people are finding saturated fats, especially coconut oil, to be more than just safe. They are very healthy and have medical properties as well. Few studies, which have been published, but not publicized, are in progress to show the coconut oil’s medicinal properties. One of the studies you probably haven’t heard of involves cancer research. This study was conducted by Australian researchers and it was published in the Chemotherapy Journal, in January 2014, under “experimental chemotherapy”. This study was an in vitro study on human colon or colorectal cancer cells. The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 20 (5%). This risk is slightly lower in women than in men. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States when men and women are considered separately, and the second leading cause when both sexes are combined.

The researchers of this study were more concerned about finding a good add-on for the chemotherapy, than finding another solution. In their study, the researchers compared the effect of butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid or SCFA, which is derived from the fermentation in the gut to lauric acid – a medium-chain fatty acid or MCFA. You can find MCFA in palm and coconut oil. Almost 50% of MCFA palm or coconut oil is lauric acid. Lauric acid has shown great results in promoting oxidative stress and apoptosis in colon cancer cells and killing them over 90% in just few hours. You should remember this – cancer cells can’t handle oxygen. So, this is another reason to include coconut oil in your daily diet.

Coconut Oil vs. Alzheimer’s

A doctor’s husband had suffered from a serious case of Alzheimer’s and his case was only getting worse from pharmaceuticals that were also creating unwelcome side effects. Steve’s, Dr. Mary Newport’s husband, case was quite advanced, forgetting what spoons where spoons were, not remembering friends and relatives, and walking with a weird gait. Steve also failed a test of drawing a clock from memory. He wasn’t even close, and it had nothing to do with artistic rendering.

Dr. Mary Newport’s last hopes were into a new human trial at Big Pharma’s last attempt to curb Alzheimer’s progress. According to the latest statistics, Alzheimer’s disease affects over 5 million people in the USA, and it ranks seventh in deaths from diseases. It was unexpected for them that they missed the deadline for getting into that pharmaceutical trial. The trial went the way of others, providing ineffective or lethal. But, Dr. Mary Newport didn’t give up. She found out that the trial they had missed was using a synthetic medium chain triglyceride or MCT. The medium-chain triglycerides are more specific labels for MCFA. That’s what lauric acid is all about, and it’s naturally abundant in coconut oil. A high amount of LCT or long-chain triglyceride can be bad for your health. The medium-chain triglycerides are easily and quickly transformed and used into energy by the liver into energy ketones, instead of being stored as fat. The ketones cross the blood-brain barrier easily and provide glucose for the starved brain cells, which is the fuel they need to furnish neuron communication. Some medical experts are beginning to consider dementia as diabetes type 3.

Dr. Mary Newport started to add 1-2 tablespoons of raw coconut oil to her husband’s meals. Steve started to make some real progress rapidly. His health condition reversed to the point where Steve began remembering his friends and relatives and conversed with them easily. He also began taking long walks and his weird gate has disappeared. He could finish projects once started that he couldn’t before. She even wrote a book about their coconut oil experience. The book title was Alzheimer’s disease: What If There Was a Cure?: The Story of Ketones. So, judging from other’s successful experiences with coconut oil, it’s better to start dosing those MCTs at the earliest onset or hint of dementia or Alzheimer’s. But, it’s very important for you to know that not everyone who has progressed to the Alzheimer’s phase that Steve had experienced will have the same exact results.

Besides that, the unrefined cold-pressed coconut oil has many other benefits as well. It kills viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites without disrupting beneficial gut bacteria. Coconut oil also improves digestion and liver metabolism and reduces inflammation. When the coconut oil is applied topically, it promotes healthier skin and hair. And, another surprising thing is that coconut oil promotes weight loss. It may even help reverse diabetes type 2. You can use it for cooking because it has a high smoke point. Smoke point is that point during cooking or frying when the oil starts smoking (burning), causing the oil to go rancid and toxic. Add coconut oil to your healthy diet, you won’t regret it, we promise.

"Sleep . . . organiz[es] . . . and keep[s] permanent newly learned skills and memories."

Thanks to Robert Wenzel

This was a terrific presentation.  His steps for learning new material was pretty good.  So was his 6 Steps to a Better Memory.

What follows are my notes from the presentation:

Cortisol stops all neurons from developing.  Coritsol is that hormone that we produce when we're stressed out, injured, or cannot sleep.  If your work situation is producing any of these and your coworkers enjoy watching you being stressed out, it's probably not a good idea to remain at that foul and fetid place.  Stress decreases the hippocampus.  Wow.  So it literally shrinks your brain. That was interesting and horrible.  

Be aware of how you react to stress.  Avoid counterproductive stress. Good advice but I wonder how much of this is a constant in everybody's work week.  Exercise and sleep both combat sleep.  True that, true that.  

Why is sleep so important?  Sleep is where the brain reviews and organizes things that happened to your in your day.  It's where the excess and unessential things gets discarded.  Part of a dialogue between your hippocampus and cerebral cortex and the rest of the brain where all of the new information and skills are stored.  If you don't sleep, then all of the new things you learn will be gone tomorrow.  Consolidate new information with good sleep.  Helps to keep your memories permanent. Sleep disruptions are common in aging and disease.  It's why we see memory impairments.  Even a short afternoon naps can improve memory retention. Stabilizing, organizing, optimizing, and keeping permanent newly learned skills and memories.  be helpful for beginning to consolidate new information.  

Socializing is important.  Friends help fill in gaps in memory.  They can also reassure us that we are young at heart.

Living alone doubles the risk for dementia markers.  Why are other people good for us?  Be with people who don't cause us stress.  Talking, interacting, having a conversation, all of this keeps us healthy and alive.

Friends are part of what keeps our memories young.

Eat light and healthy.  Ah, yes.  Food remedies.  Eat light and healthy.  Couldn't be more accurate!

1.  Exercise regularly.

2.  Keep mentally active.  

3.  Avoid unproductive stress.

4.  Get a good night's sleep.

5.  Socialize with others.  For those people who cause you stress, either keep interaction with them to a minimum, remove yourself completely, or give it back to them good and hard.

6.  Eat light and healthy.

His point about avoiding saturated fats and high cholesterol foods is flat out wrong.  This is part of the standard American commercial diet.  Truth is that saturated fats and high cholesterol foods are not only healthy for you but essential in fighting disease and aging, the two factors he mentions earlier that impair sleep.  Cholesterol fights inflammation.  It is vital for life.  Coconut oil and coconut butter, a saturated fat, is awesome for health.  See Dr. Mary Enig for thorough reviews on its benefits. One heart surgeon told me that he takes 2 teaspoons of coconut oil every morning for heart health. Not only does coconut oil fortify the heart, it also helps your kidneys function better.  What is not to like!!

COCONUT OIL ENHANCES KIDNEY FUNCTION

". . . coconut oil enhances kidney function . . . because it supplies myristic acid, the 14-carbon saturated fatty acid."

from Weston Price Foundation . . . .

Saturated Fats and the Kidneys

Posted on September 30, 2000 by Mary Enig, PhD • 1 Comment

One of the body’s most important organs is the kidney. Properly functioning kidneys are essential for maintaining proper blood volume and composition; for filtering and excreting or saving various chemical metabolites; and for helping to maintain proper blood pressure. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is known to result from improperly functioning kidneys. Research carried out during the last few years indicates that both saturated fat and cholesterol play important roles in maintaining kidney function, as do the omega-3 fatty acids.

The kidneys need stable fats both for their cushioning and as their energy source. We know that the kidney fat normally has a higher concentration of the important saturated fatty acids than are found in any of the other fat depots. These saturated fatty acids are myristic acid (the 14-carbon saturate), palmitic acid (the 16-carbon saturate), and stearic acid (the 18-carbon saturate). When we consume various polyunsaturated fatty acids in large amounts, they are incorporated into kidney tissues, usually at the expense of oleic acid, because the normal high level of saturated fatty acids in the kidney fat does not change.1

A species of rat known to be prone to strokes and to spontaneously develop hypertension (high blood pressure) has been used to evaluate effects of different lipids such as plant sterols or cholesterol, and also fatty acids such as omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids in the finely tuned functions of the kidney. These animals are very sensitive to dietary cholesterol manipulations and a deficiency of cholesterol in their membranes makes their membranes weak and fragile. When plant sterols found in vegetable oils are substituted for cholesterol in their diets, these animals have a shortened life span.2Also, these animals are reported to need a proper omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in the kidney phospholipids. It was further reported that feeding oils high in omega-6 fatty acids without omega-3 fatty acids resulted in renal injury, and that feeding oils rich in the omega-3 fatty acids such as fish oil, perilla oil, and flaxseed oil prolonged the survival time of this animal.3

The omega-3 fatty acids are recognized as being important, and the conversion of the flax oil-type omega-3 fatty acid (alpha-linolenic acid) to the fish oil-type omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) is enhanced when the diet contains saturated fat such as coconut oil. This conversion is hindered when there is extra omega-6 oils in the diet.4 Injury to the kidney from immune dysfunction (IgA nephropathy) responds to omega-3 fats (both flax oil-type omega-3 and fish oil-type omega-3).5 As noted, adding the saturated fats, especially coconut oil, improves the body’s use of omega-3 fatty acids.

Another reason that coconut oil enhances kidney function is because it supplies myristic acid, the 14-carbon saturated fatty acid.6 Myristic acid is involved in the signalling from cell membrane receptors through G proteins and their attachment to membranes. These signalling proteins require a lipid such as myristic acid to be added to one end of the protein, a process called myristolation.7

Thus, the fats that we recommend for general good health, namely various saturated animal fats and tropical oils, along with a supplement of flax oil, are also specifically helpful for kidney function. Products containing high omega-6 oils and trans fatty acids should be avoided.

REFERENCES

    1.   Suarez et al, Lipids 1996;31:345; Taugbol and Saarem, Acta Vet Scand 1995;36:93

    2.   Ratnayake, et al, J Nutrition 2000;130:1166

    3.   Miyazaki et al, Biochim Biophys Acta 2000;1483:101

    4.   Gerster, Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1998;68:159

    5.   Kelley, ISSFAL, 2000;7:6

    6.   Monserrat et al, Res Exp Med (Berl) 2000;199:195

    7.   Busconi and Denker, Biochem J 1997;328:23

This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Fall 2000.