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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 But, this foolish advice is based on outdated science.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
What great information bout the healthy benefits of coconut oil. Thanks for sharing it!
Totally agree! Funny store is though haha… I hadn’t had coconut oil in a long time (this is from a few months back) and I BINGED! I had a couple of spoons, just llike that cause I missed it so much. But in the middle of the night, I was puking up the coconut oil bahahahaha! It was so gross and now I can’t stand the smell of it… but I still use it with my cooking, I just hold my breath. Back in Canada you can buy non scented coconut oil, but in OZ I can’t find any 🙁
Hi Sarah, thank you so much for your blog. I have been learning so much! I just both two jars of organic expelled coconut oil from tropical traditions. Can you tell me how I would use it for baking. I have some recipes that call for vegetable oil (eek!!). Can I substitute for coconut oil? Same amount 1 cup to 1 cup. Thank you!
Yes, just sub the coconut oil … fantastic moist cookies and cakes! I love to fry up pancakes in it too. I also cook homemade chicken nuggets in it.
Chicken nuggets are awesome in beef tallow or lard too! I made a bunch and froze them pre-baby and they’ve been a great, quick lunch around here.
Thank you Sarah! I can’t wait to get both jars of the coconut oil. We switched to real raw milk from a great farm a few months ago. We have been making the Kefir too (delicious!)
I had been buying organic milk/ half and half(Ultrapasteurized ugh!!) not knowing any better 🙁 I can’t wait to try the coconut oil as love to bake. I appreciate all the great information !
@ Amber.. what i like to say is.. “follow da money” COCONUT OIL IS DA BOMB!!!!! I USE IT … A LOT!! 🙂
We love coconut oil, it tastes so good. The fact that is so good for us, is just an extra bonus.
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What my husband and I found funny is that we switched around to all the morning shows (and we never watch morning shows) but every one of them had a segment on how great coconut oil is. Hmmm, I think someone is wanting to boost sales in the oil, huh?
Bottom line, the feds now own all student loans. Any institution from public education to private universities that accept federal monies, are at the will of the feds and what info they put out..this is why dentist do not teach we can heal our own teeth, they aren’t taught the truth in the first place. They are taught fluoride is good. Who pushed this? The govt…it makes money & keeps people needing healthcare and pills. We have seen time and time again how much wrong and flat out opposite info comes out of any federal govt entity..same goes for any place that takes any federal money..they are owned by the feds and must teach what the feds want them to teach. The blind leading the blind.
What people need to realize is that the govt OWNS THE SCHOOLS…the govt ONLY passes along info THEY WANT TO INDOCTRINATE THE MASSES ABOUT…k on up..start paying attention to WHO is funding our “educational” centers and that answers all the questions!
My husband gets so irritated with me for using the term “the government”, but that’s exactly where the trail leads back to again and again. I
With regard to the feeding of our schoolchildren, as well as in writing recommendations for things like the food pyramid, the “government” has a funny way of writing policies that allow it to do business with its own self. It’s almost comically transparent, yet no one seems to see it happening. At the same time that they are writing guidelines for what our kids are eating from school lunch menus, they are also doing business with the companies who produce the foods they subsidize, in effect keeping the money in their own pockets. It’s all an endless loop, and sadly enough they are using our tax dollars to accomplish all of this!
@Caryl My hubby loves coconut butter mixed with tahini and lactofermented apricot butter for breakfast!
I’d like to have the recipes for those, please!
Me too! That sounds interesting. I have used it as a moisturizer. Not greasy at all.