Coconut Oil is nature’s richest source of healthy medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs). These include Lauric Acid and Capric Acid. MCFAs are vital nutrients and found in coconut oil, coconut milk, and coconut flakes. Coconut is one of the only foods that contains these rare healthy fats. Mother’s milk is also a good source for these as it helps nourish young babies as they grow.
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The most common vegetable or seed oils are comprised of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), also known as long-chain triglycerides or LCTs. LCT’s are packed with Omega-6′s and become rancid easily when sold in clear bottles and degrade. LCT’s such as corn or soy oil can also polymerize into gunk. Not good for our veins. Many doctors now understand why these long-chain fatty acids are not as healthy as the MCFAs in coconut oil.
The more we understand the role that good fats play in our health, the healthier our society will be.
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Dr. Joe Mercola has a reputation as America’s most controversial medicine guru. He shares his beliefs as to why you shouldn’t trust your doctor’s standard views on vitamin D, flu shots and saturated fats. Could his alternative take on medicine transform your life?
Click the image below to watch Dr. Mercola and Dr. Oz discuss saturated fats, and the benefits of coconut oil.
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About Hemp Seed and Hemp Oil: Learn about hempseed nutrition, hemp oil nutrition, and hemp oil facts!
Hempseeds are 44% hemp oil. Please see the ratio of polyunsaturated to monounsaturated fats on the hemp oil panel and use that same ratio to compute the grams of poly to mono in the seeds. So three tablespoon of hempseeds (30 gram) would have approximately 13.2 ml of hemp oil. Of those 13.2 ml it would contain 9.77 grams of polyunsaturated fat and 1.76 grams of monounsaturated fat.
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Coconut Oil for Beauty
Coconut (Cocus nucifera) is the largest known seed, and the fruit of the coconut palm tree. It is a member of the Palmaceae (Palm) Family. Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is solid at room temperature and becomes a clear liquid oil at temperatures greater than 78 degrees Fahrenheit.
Coconut oil smells great and imparts beauty and radiance when rubbed on the skin. It is excellent for inflamed and sensitive skin, as well as normal, dry, mature, and oily skin. It is very nourishing, cooling and moisturizing and has a long shelf life. Coconut oil is emollient and can help create a thin imperceptible layer that recreates the soothing benefits that our own skin produces and prevent moisture evaporation.
Coconut oil can help reduce scars and blocks about twenty percent of UV rays. Used in massage, skin care, and first aid creams, it helps repair tissue. Many body care products like moisturizers, sunscreens and lotions contain petroleum by- products, which can clog pores and cause breakouts.
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Hemp products have been misunderstood for quite some time. Hemp’s potential as a cash crop and its nutritional value have been overshadowed by the stigma of Marijuana. However, with the passing of SB 676 in the California State Senate hemp’s day just got a little brighter. This article from IVN does a great job of outlining this historic event and the potential it brings to California.
We’ve all heard about how the Declaration of Independence was penned on hemp paper and how our founding fathers grew the stuff like it was, well, a weed. Their reasons for growing it 
were sensible enough: hemp offered unparalleled capital potential as a cash crop with its seemingly limitless industrial applications, not to mention its nutritional properties. A couple of centuries and a failed Drug War later, a California state senator is making an effort to revive some of the common sense found in this earlier, agrarian era. [click to continue…]
Busy lives seem to be the default setting in the western world. Who has time to spend time considering their nutrition in detail? So how about some simple strategies to help make good eating choices? We call it “nutrition on the run”.
The Wikipedia defines nutrition as “the provision [ ] of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life.” Not too elegant but very simple. So why do we make it so complex and difficult?
The basic components of nutrition are two groups of nutrients. The first are macro-nutrients, those that we need in macro, or large, amounts. These are carbohydrate, protein, fat and water. Second are micro-nutrients, those that we need in micro, or small, amounts. There is a bewildering list of micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, trace elements, essential fats and antioxidants. The good thing is that the richest sources of these micronutrients are plant-based foods – fruits, vegetables, grains and foods derived from these sources like oils.
“Nutrition on the run” acknowledges that most of us do not have time to read the fine print on all of the food labels. So we need some really quick ways to ensure that we are getting the nutrition we need.
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