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Why a slim, gorgeous supermodel and mother of three admits to a coconut oil habit of 4 tablespoons per day since she was 14 bucking conventional doctors’ advice.
Want to look like supermodel Miranda Kerr – shiny hair, trim figure, clear skin? Eat lots of coconut oil to stay thin says the beautiful Australian and mother of three who says that she has been consuming it since she was 14. She says,
I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea.
Her love of coconut oil is similar to Sports Illustrated cover model Carolyn Murphy who told fans to eat butter on her Instagram page!
The World Health Organization warns that such behavior is risky, however, and that coconut oil (or butter) consumed in such amounts leads to an increase in coronary artery risk. But, this foolish advice is based on outdated science.
Keith Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine said that people should not consume that much coconut oil and that is should be used sparingly.
He also added:
You want to cut back on saturated fats in your diet. I don’t know what benefit it would have for weight management because it has just as many calories as any other fat. (1)
Dr. Robert Eckel, director of the General Clinical Research Center at Colorado Health Science University in Denver commented that:
Saturated fat intake does contribute to LDL [low-density lipoprotein] cholesterol, and that has been pretty well documented by research,” Eckel said referring to “bad” cholesterol. (2)
What’s The Truth About Coconut Oil?
All this doctor-speak just goes to show that many physicians, even those with impressive titles from well-respected centers of learning, have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to nutrition!
In fact, they embarrass themselves with their elementary school understanding of the subject of healthy fats.
Coconut oil is one of the most healthy oils to consume especially for weight loss! The primary fat in coconut is lauric acid, that wondrous fatty acid that is anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, and anti-fungal. The human mammary gland produces lauric acid so that human infants get plenty of this magical fat to protect them from pathogens in their environment.
The saturated fats in coconut oil are medium-chain triglycerides which means they are converted by the body into immediate energy, not as added weight. Cows fed coconut oil to fatten them up actually get lean, active, and more energetic instead!
Traditional societies studied by Dr. Weston A. Price that consumed large amounts of coconut oil had virtually no coronary artery disease and did not experience problems maintaining normal weight.
Thus, strong anthropological evidence of coconut oil consumption by healthy ancestral cultures flies in the face of the politically correct dietary advice to avoid it.
In addition, the phantom link of saturated fat causing coronary artery disease has clearly been disproven by at least two major studies, yet the doctors spouting this misinformation are still heralded as “experts” in newspaper articles. (3)
But watch out. Not all forms of coconut oil are ideal. For example, do not substitute inferior MCT oil for coconut oil. MCT oil is a factory produced fat that has little to no lauric acid in it. In no way does it compare to pure, virgin coconut oil in health benefits.
Does your doctor buy into this backward notion that coconut oil is bad for you or that it will somehow risk a heart attack? If so, it is clearly time to get a new doctor who understands that a daily coconut oil habit is, in fact, a healthy habit.
References
(1, 2) Miranda Kerr’s Coconut Oil Habit Risky Warn “Experts”
(3) Two Major Studies Conclude that Saturated Fat Does Cause Heart Disease
(4) Miranda Kerr Bio
Its the fake oils that are bad….like canola oil…poison! !!!
In india people cook with coconut oil.
And most of the doctors pushing mainstream medicine and their views of a healthy diet are excessively overweight and show many outward signs of being very unhealthy!
Has anyone personally experienced lowering of triglycerides and “bad” cholesterol (or increase of “good” cholesterol) after consuming coconut oil for a period of time?
Yes! We experienced an improvement in our Cholesterol. My husband and i are in our 40’s and we started using Organic Coconut oil and Organic Olive Oils back n 2011.We had been using it for about 6 months when my husband had to take his yearly physical for the National Guard. They did blood work and the whole nine yards. sometime later, must have been about two weeks we got a letter along with the test results in the mail stating that my husband needed to see our regular physician concerning the previous checkup and he was to take the tests results with him. We thought something serious was going on. So we made an appt right away. When our Dr looked over the results he was puzzled by the results and he checked my husbands blood pressure right then and it was good. You see my husband was borderline high for along time but then that day his pressure was great. Our Dr asked us what had we been doing differently and my husband said that we’ve been cooking with and eating coconut oil and olive oil and eating healthier. He said that My husbands blood work and cholesterol tests was better than his own. in fact it was better than anybody’s he has seen. He told us to keep up the good work.Our Dr said he didn’t know why my husband was sent to him concerning the tests unless they thought their was a fluke in the tests or something but anyways, i wanted to share our story with you to let you know we have experienced great health benefits from using coconut oils and olive oils.
thank you for your post going start using coconut oil in my cooking was doing some research to make sure it is really good for you
It should be unrefined
Someone asked whet to buy…check out tropical traditions website. Lots of reading and learning to be had there and many healthy products.
ha ha ha. One proof of coconut oil not causing heart problems is one place in the Philippines called Bicol. Their food consists mainly of coconut milk infusion. Or is it because coconut milk/oil plus pepper as in cayenne are eaten just as much?
@john bucklew, she gets nearly naked in her reebok commercial, which personally, I find offensive. But what do you expect from a VS model? I however do love coconut oil!!
My family has been cooking in coconut oil for generations n i dnt knw of anyone with any heart probs!!! We truely love coconuts and the tree… Infact the entire tree is giving, brooms are made of it, the shells are used to burn fire for warmth or cooking(traditional), heat water to conserve electricity, ofcos the tender coconuts has tremendous goodness 🙂 coconut palm is one of the most giving palm in every way…n the palm lives for years n years bearing lots of coconuts… <3 them!!!
Wow this is the first time a doctor’s been wrong about something… Not! Do your own research people.