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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 But, this foolish advice is based on outdated science.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
Yeah, really, chemo would have helped her so much more! no hair, no health and full of poison…what a nice skeleton tortured and killed and sent to her grave, while sending them to the bank! (don’t get me started)(oh, wait, you already did LOL) Yup, I had a nightmare that good health was coming to get me and take me captive…forever! oh, no!!! and no doctor even made a trip to the bank…his wife wore a jean jacket…no furs! I could hardly stand it!!!
YAY coconut oil! And butter…and lard! I eat all of these in copious amounts and I’m currently healthier than I’ve ever been. (With the blood work to prove it!) Poo-poo what the doctors say. Nutrition isn’t even addressed in most medical schools. They’re clueless.
well it isn’t the HEALTH care industry, its the SICK care industry. Healthy people dont make money for them.
I prefer pastured butter, ghee, lard, beef tallow over coconut oil.
Fascinating. I’m going to start taping into my coconut oil jar more often! Does it have any amounts of vit A or D in it?
Coconut oil does not have any true vitamin A/D in it. You must consume animal fats to get these important fat soluble activators. Fermented cod liver oil, grassfed butter, and cream are great sources.
One of our favorite uses for coconut oil (besides baking) is to fry up chicken and potatoes in it with a little sea salt. Super quick, healthy meal, especially if paired with a salad. We often fry chicken (usually unbreaded) in coconut oil.
This is GREAT info… thanks so much Sarah! I am not exactly sure what kind of coconut oil to buy. I am wondering if all “expeller-pressed” coconut oils are refined. I was just on Tropical Traditions website and it says that their expeller-pressed coconut oil is refined, but Wilderness Family Naturals does not say anything about that. Would it be fine to use expeller-pressed coconut oil for all my cooking/baking, as long as it is not refined, or would it be healthier to get virgin coconut oil?
@rawmilklover – I use the TT expeller coconut oil for cooking. I keep a 5 gal bucket in my garage with a tight lid and it keeps perfectly for a year or so until I use it up (I use 1 gal every 2-4 months). The expeller coconut oil is like the virgin and is just steam deodorized from what I understand to eliminate the coconut flavor.
I just got a gallon bucket of expeller pressed CO from Wilderness Family Naturals and it is lovely! Also got their centrifuge extracted raw CO that I use in smoothies and baking. Both are excellent.
Does coconut butter have the same good stuff in it that the oil does? I love coconut butter in my tea but am not crazy about the oil in it. I cook with the oil all the time and just love it that way.
Uh, there is no such thing as ‘extra’ virgin coconut oil. The ‘extra’ is just hype. AFAIK, there are only 3 types of coconut oil: virgin, expeller, and chemically extracted and treated.
Ciao, Pavil
Exactly, Pavil. It’s seller-hype. I use Nutiva brand which I can buy at Amazon.com – 54 oz tub for about $23.00. I use it for cooking when I’m not using my real homemade butter, I use it for baking, I occasionally use it in smoothies. My husband doesn’t care for coconut oil by itself, so I mix butter and coconut oil together in a small ceramic container with a lid and leave it out on the counter for him. Whatever he doesn’t use in about four days, I use for cooking and mix up a new small batch for him.
I’m sorry, but Miranda is not what I would call healthy looking, weight-wise. She has healthy skin and hair, but she is too skinny. To me and my taste she is too thin and that is not pretty – it’s Ethiopian. And, as a side note, skinny does not equal healthy.
D. – As far as Miranda being too skinny, perhaps that’s just her natural body weight. I’ve struggled to maintain enough weight my whole life and I’m probably at the healthiest weight I’ve ever been (I’m now at 118 pounds and I feel great). For the last 6 or more years I’ve eaten a lot of healthy fats including coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, butter, lard, tallow, etc. and grass-fed meats and poultry, raw dairy, and FCLO. So clearly the foods I’m eating aren’t making me overweight or causing health issues. While I agree that being skinny doesn’t automatically mean a person is healthy, it also doesn’t meant he or she isn’t healthy.
Very good point.
My very best friend also is very thin and struggles to gain weight and to keep her energy levels up. She just started GAPS a few weeks ago to hopefully help with that and other medical issues. Assuming that the model is also eating enough food every day and includes meat and eggs and other healthy proteins as part of a healthy, nourishing diet, I would say that’s just how her body is, for sure.
I think it’s fantastic that she’s eating coconut oil, but it would be interesting to know what the rest of her diet is like – just for curiosity’s sake and to be sure that she’s actually eating healthy overall and it’s not just 1 or 2 things that are similar to a nourishing, traditional diet.
Rachel – I also began the GAPS diet as well, almost 4 months ago. I have seen tremendous results, and I still have quite a ways to go. For many years, I thought my health was better simply because I had changed my diet. But then when I would eat certain foods again, I’d have recurring symptoms. I figured I was too healthy to need GAPS, but I was wrong, and I know now I’m reaping great benefits. I hope your friend finds great benefits in her GAPS journey as well. It’s one of the most gentle and healing protocols there is.