Posted on 08/09/2010 10:52:26 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
A diet rich in coconut oil keeps fat away and also protects against insulin resistance, a new study shows.
The study also helps explain how people who incorporate medium chain fatty acids found in coconut oil into their diets can lose body fat. Obesity and insulin resistance are major factors leading to the development of Type 2 diabetes. Insulin resistance is an impaired ability of cells to respond to insulin.
Nigel Turner and Jiming Ye from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research compared fat metabolism and insulin resistance in mice fed coconut oil and lard based diets.
"The medium chain fatty acids like those found in coconut oil are interesting to us because they behave very differently to the fats normally found in our diets," said study leader Turner.
"Unlike the long chain fatty acids contained in animal fats, medium chain fatty acids are small enough to enter mitochondria - the cells' energy burning powerhouses - directly where they can then be converted to energy."
"Unfortunately the downside to eating medium chain fatty acids is that they can lead to fat build up in the liver, an important fact to be taken into consideration by anyone considering using them as a weight loss therapy."
Fat storage is determined by the balance between how much fat is taken in by cells and how much of this fat is burned for energy. When people eat a high fat diet, their bodies attempt to compensate by increasing their capacity to oxidise fat, said a Garvan release.
"Obese humans usually eat 40-50 percent of their calories as fat. Our mice were fed 45 percent of their calories as fat," Turner said.
Well, it’s a little pricey.
But all in all I guess it’s better than a big ol’ can of Crisco.
For all those uses...
In the 70’s I used to go to Sears (they used to have the best popcorn stands) to get the big block bricks of coconut oil to make popcorn at home in my Stir Crazy. That is what they used and sold it where they made their popcorn. Then when the coconut heart attack scare started it was replaced. I wish they would produce it again.
Coconut flour is more reasonable priced, and who knows? Maybe I'll come up with a knockout recipe. [I really, REALLY can't totally do without baked goods]
A girlfriend of mine is intolerant of wheat and has gone gluten-free, but I discovered some of the 'alternate' flours have as many carbs as wheat flour.
How is almond flour for making gravies and baking? Do you have to do major tweaking to your recipes?
Get organic coconut oil, pure, with NOTHING else in there.
No other oil does as well with being heated.
It’s a fantastic moisturizer, as well. It IS what all expensive designer moisturizers pretend to be, in their ads, without all of the dangerous preservatives and chemicals that leach into your bloodstream through your skin. It’s solid under 75 degrees and liquid above it. Great for children’s eczema, too.
“I wish they would produce it again.”
On my parent’s 25th anniversary (quite awhile back now) we wanted to make “movie theater popcorn” for my dad in a little popcorn cart. We had never done anything like that before.
We learned that the secret to “movie theater popcorn” was the coconut oil blocks, just like you said. And it worked, too. Delicious.
Our popcorn loving dad was very happy. Mom liked it, too.
We never made popcorn with coconut oil again. Maybe we should try it now.
Are you using coconut oil? Some very interesting comments on this thread.
It's probably those pink dresses.
It’s an ingredient in my homemade deodorant which works great and no icky chemicals......great for your skin. I use it for cooking and always add it to my morning smoothie.
It works out to about $1/month for all uses. That’s cheap.
Two out of three ain’t bad, either. Saves a buck. ;0)
I'll trade you a 2oz jar of skin care butter [100% vegan with a mixture of oils like jojoba, sunflower, sesame and cold-pressed grapeseed along with essential oils like bergamot, rosewood, palmarosa and others] for a deodorant.
Thanks to working for the schools, I now have an intolerance to chemicals that are very commonly found in skin care products, so I'm always on the lookout for chemical free items. So many companies make it into a racket, though. $7.00 for a 1/4 ounce of lotion?? Not in this lifetime...LOL!
This butter is the result of 5 years of research and usage. My friends and family think it's great, but seriously...how can you know that's what they REALLY think? :-)
An objective opinion would be great. I need the input so I can decide if I have a marketable item.
I AM serious BTW. If you're interested, please send a FReepmail. :-)
Google low carb recipes and you will find so many uses for the alternative flours. I made a pizza crust yesterday with mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, cream cheese, eggs and Italian seasonings and it was great! I will try some almond flour next time to add extra body. Bob’s Red Mill has many different flours.
bump.
what are the alternatives to almond and cocoanut?
cream
I have to add I’m on a very low carb diet. I’d imagine coconut oil being the highly saturated fat it is would clog arteries in a day if consumed with bread, sugar, rice and other stuff that’s bad. I eat popcorn maybe once a month or less.
where do you get the almond flour and other flours?
Most of those supposed healthy polyunsaturated oils used to be paint binders and pesticides until the Edible Oils Coalition found a way to make them 'less toxic' - they don't kill as rapidly, but they do kill.
BTW: Stay away from those gallon sized plastic bottles of coconut oil you find by the vegatable oils in the supermarket, they've been processed using the same methods as the soybean and other vegtable oils.
Fat tastes better than coconut.
hahahaha... yeah, carrying the age thing a little to far. I'm SUUUUUREE they think he's one of them. One of them "facebook" stalkers. hahahaha
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