13 Evidence-Based Medicinal Properties of Coconut Oil
Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder Green Med-Info
While coconut oil has dragged itself out of the muck of vast
misrepresentation over the past few years, it still rarely gets the appreciation
it truly deserves. Not just a
"good" saturated fat, coconut oil is an exceptional healing agent as
well, with loads of useful health applications.
Some examples of "good" saturated fat include:
• Fat-burning:
Ironic, isn't it? A saturated fat which can accelerate the loss of midsection
fat (the most dangerous kind). Well, there are now two solid, human studies
showing just two tablespoons a day (30 ml), in both men and women, is capable
of reducing belly fat within 1-3 months.
• Brain-Boosting:
A now famous study, published in 2006 in the journal Neurobiology of Aging,
showed that the administration of medium chain triglycerides (most plentifully
found in coconut oil) in 20 subjects with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive
impairment, resulted in significant increases in ketone bodies (within only 90
minutes after treatment) associated with measurable cognitive improvement in
those with less severe cognitive dysfunction.
• Clearing
Head Lice: When combined with anise spray, coconut oil was found to be superior
to the insecticide permethrin (.43%).
• Healing
Wounds: Coconut has been used for wound healing since time immemorial. Three of the identified mechanisms behind
these healing effects are its ability to accelerate re-epithelialization,
improve antioxidant enzyme activity, and stimulate higher collagen
cross-linking within the tissue being repaired. Coconut oil has even been shown to work
synergistically with traditional treatments, such as silver sulphadizine, to
speed burn wound recovery.
• NSAID
Alternative: Coconut oil has been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory,
analgesic and fever-reducing properties.
• Anti-Ulcer
Activity: Interestingly, coconut milk (which includes coconut oil components),
has been shown to be as effective as the conventional drug sucralfate as an
NSAID-associated anti-ulcer agent.
• Anti-Fungal:
In 2004, 52 isolates of Candida species were exposed to coconut oil. The most
notorious form, Candida albicans, was found to have the highest susceptibility.
Researchers remarked: "Coconut oil should be used in the treatment of
fungal infections in view of emerging drug-resistant Candida
species."
• Testosterone-Booster:
Coconut oil was found to reduce oxidative stress in the testes of rats, resulting
in significantly higher levels of testosterone.
• Reducing
Swollen Prostate: Coconut oil has been found to reduce testosterone-induced
benign prostate growth in rats.
• Improving
Blood Lipids: Coconut oil consistently improves the LDL:HDL ratio in the blood
of those who consume it. Given this
effect, coconut oil can no longer be dismissed for being 'that saturated fat
which clogs the arteries.
• Fat-Soluble
Nutrient Absorption: Coconut oil was recently found to be superior to safflower
oil in enhancing tomato carotenoid absorption.
• Bone
Health: Coconut oil has been shown to reduce oxidative stress within the bone,
which may prevent structural damage in osteoporotic bone.
• Sunscreen:
Coconut oil has been shown to block out UV rays by 30%. Keep in mind that this
is good, insofar as UVA rays are damaging to the skin, whereas UVB rays are
highly beneficial (when exposure is moderate).
Of course, when speaking about coconut oil, we are only
looking at one part of the amazing coconut palm. Each component, including coconut hull fiber,
coconut protein and coconut water has experimentally confirmed therapeutic applications.
Why Cell Phones & Tablets are Absolutely NOT Safe for
Children
This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2019
Author’s note: The article below wouldn’t have been possible
without the incredible work of several scientists and organizations especially
Professor Om Gandhi, Dr. Marc Arazi of the Alert PhoneGate Association and
scientific advisors of the Environmental Health Trust.
I'll put it bluntly. Cell phones and tablets, and the EMF
radiation they emit, are definitely not safe for children. Not a tiny bit.
In an age where the website Parents.com has called the iPad
the "best babysitter" (as reported by scientist Dr. Devra Davis)[1],
and where a 2014 survey showed that up to 75% of 4-year olds in certain US
neighborhoods already own a cell phone… let's hope that I'm dead wrong on
this one.
Unfortunately, you'll see that the 5 science-based facts
reveal a concerning truth: our wireless technologies are simply not
"safe".
These facts are the reason I became a bestselling author and
EMF activist demanding safer technologies, and also why I've sworn to never let
my 1-year old son hold a tablet or phone.
Fact #1: The FCC EMF Safety Guidelines Have Not Been Updated
Since 1996
Most people raise an eyebrow when I tell them that the last
time the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its EMF safety
guidelines was back in 1996.
Yes, that's back when virtually no one even owned a cell
phone, and back where no child had access to any wireless device whatsoever.
Several US agencies like the US Department of the Interior,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have urged the FCC to update these
deprecated guidelines throughout the years, but to no avail.
Fact #2: Oops, There Are NO EMF Safety Standards For
Children
Did you know that cell phones, tablets and other wireless
devices are tested on a mannequin called "S.A.M" (standard
anthropomorphic mannequin) who has a head as big as a 6'2", 220-pound man?
Did you know that SAM's head is bigger than a whopping 97%
of cell phone users? Yeah, I bet you didn't.
Researchers like Dr. Om Gandhi have been saying for more
than 20 years that the way engineers test wireless devices simply doesn't make
sense for children and that standards should be updated.
Unsurprisingly, Dr. Gandhi rapidly lost the funding the
industry was providing him when he started publishing his concerns and
findings.
So even though most children nowadays use wireless devices
very regularly, it turns out that the tests supposed to ensure their safety
does not take into consideration the fact that they have smaller heads and
developing brains, or that their body absorb twice the EMF radiation when
compared to an adult, pound per pound.
Fact #3: 90% Cell Phones Fail This Bogus Safety Testing In
The First Place!
Cell phones and tablets should never be held right on the
body… according to a fine print inside your phone, that is.
Virtually all wireless devices are tested in such a way where
there's a separation of 5 to 15mm is added between poor SAM's head and the
device... but does anyone really follow these downright bizarre instructions
and keep their phone at a distance?
In 2015, the French National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has
tested 95 cell phones bought in stores throughout the country, this time right
on the body — with 0mm of separation.
This is the key question French government officials had in
mind when they started testing hundreds of different phones in July of 2016,
and this time right on the body -- with 0mm of separation.
Their findings were nothing short of horrifying, and so
concerning that it led French physician Dr. Marc Arazi to launch a nonprofit
organization to expose the truth about this industrial scandal which was
eventually coined as “The Phonegate Alert”.
French independent tests found that 90% of all cell phones
exceed the already-obsolete FCC safety guidelines by up to more than 10-fold.
The Phonegate Alert has led to over a dozen of cell phones
being recalled or updated, but the industry is still trying to sweep it under
the rug and avoid liability as most politicians seem very happy to take the
“wait and see” approach.
Very recently, Dr. Om Gandhi himself analysed these tests
and confirmed their validity, publishing his study in IEEE Access, a
peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Fact #4: Safety Standards Are Based On False Assumptions
As I reported a few months back on Greenmedinfo.com in my
article titled "7 Things Every Health Practitioner Needs to Know About
EMFs", our EMF safety standards are based on the false premise that the
only way EMFs can hurt the human body is by overheating it.
Engineer and EMF activist Daniel DeBaun couldn't have said
it better: "that's like saying the only way cigarettes can harm you is if
you burn your fingers."
Thousands of studies have proved that this assumption is
wrong, and that we desperately need to develop safety standards based on the
biological effects that EMFs have been shown to have on human cells -- including
oxidative stress, DNA breaks, loss of fertility, impaired brain development and
a slew of other things.
As researcher S. Pockett summed it up perfectly in a 2018
paper:
"The prevailing official narrative concerning the
relationship between public health and the radio frequency emissions (RF) fr'om
cell phone technology, WiFi and electricity smart meters is scientifically and
ethically flawed."
[Safety standards are] 20 years out of date and ignore
existing laboratory evidence disproving its core assumption that the only
biological effect of non-ionising radiation is tissue heating."
Fact #5: EMFs Are The New Smoking.
People think I'm joking when I tell them that. Or worse,
that I'm using fear mongering and sensationalism to increase my readership.
I don't think the comparison between smoking and using a
cell phone or tablet is exaggerated. In fact, I think that handing children a
tablet or phone might be regarded one day as something more dangerous than
giving them a cigarette.
In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer
classified radiofrequency radiation emitted by wifi routers, cell phones and
Bluetooth gadgets as a Class 2B "possible" carcinogen.
Some people at this point think all is merry, because a
classification of "2B" is pretty ‘low'.
But the problem is that a LOT of new EMF studies have come
out since 2011.
In fact, so many studies have reinforced the cancer-EMF link
in the last 8 years that many independent scientists[13] now state that EMF
radiation should be re-classified as a Class 2A "probable" or even
Class 1 "definite" carcinogen, right next to asbestos and smoking.
Dr. Anthony Miller, one of the world’s top epidemiologists,
sent an urgent and emotionally-charged warning in a recent presentation by
experts on 5G:
My conclusion is, based on the evidence, that if the IARC
were to reconvene a working group to re-evaluate EMF radiofrequency radiation,
they would be bound to conclude that this exposure is a human carcinogen.
That's something we learned to do with ionizing radiation,
like x-rays. You no longer see the x-ray machines in shoe stores, because we
learned that was wrong. X-rays and pregnancy -- we cut down to avoid leukemia
in children.
All this evidence came, and we acted. We've now got the
evidence for radiofrequency radiation, and we MUST act."
What Can You Do About It?
EMF-emitting technologies are clearly not safe for adults,
let alone for children.
If you want to minimize these risks, you can take action by:
Take these steps to reduce your children’s exposure to EMFs:
- Whenever you hand a tablet or phone to children (which I don’t recommend anyway because screentime is a problem by itself), make sure you hit “Airplane Mode” first.
Whether you're a health professional looking to protect your
patients from these new health risks or someone who wants to protect yourself,
your family or your friends, the best way to get started is a brand new free
guide we've just released titled "How
5G & EMF Radiation Impact Your Health"
No such thing as a “super” food?
I often warn about calling any single food “super.”
At the end of the day, kale is really no different
nutritionally from other vegetables in the Brassica family, including broccoli,
Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. All of which were originally cultivated from the
ancient wild mustard plant in Eurasia.
In most cases, they simply took an unusual crop, with a bad
taste, that’s traditionally been difficult to sell, and twisted its
story…talking millions of consumers into paying way more for its “super powers”
than they should.
The real wonder about products like pomegranate and kale is
why so many consumers continue to buy into this nonsense and willingly pay a
premium for these over-hyped, unpalatable products.
Plus, now you’ll be forced to buy even pricier organic kale,
thanks to its new spot on EWG’s “Dirty Dozen” list…
The only safe bet is organic
Kale ranked third on EWG’s “Dirty Dozen” list this year. So
we can be concerned that most of the conventionally grown kale in grocery
stores is laden with harmful pesticides, especially glyphosate, the main
ingredient in Roundup®.
As I’ve warned before, the International Agency for Cancer
Research (IARC) has labeled glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. Plus,
research links it to lots of other reproductive, hormonal, and digestive
problems.
In fact, we now know glyphosate kills the healthy probiotic
bacteria in your GI microbiome. In addition, many experts (including me) now
blame the epidemic of food intolerance and “gluten sensitivities” on
genetically modified wheat products polluted with glyphosate.
The EWG also noted that nearly 60 percent of kale is contaminated
with Dacthal (DCPA), another pesticide classified by the EPA as a possible
carcinogen. Other research links DCPA to liver and thyroid tumors, and other
types of harm to the kidneys, liver, lungs and thyroid. (Highly bitter plants
like kale also contain natural plant compounds that can harm the thyroid, if
you don’t get enough iodine in your diet.)
Europe banned DCPA in 2009, which was the last time kale
appeared on the “Dirty Dozen” list. But conventional farmers in the U.S. still
use the carcinogen widely on crops, including broccoli, eggplant, sweet
potatoes, and turnips. In fact, in 2016 alone, 500,000 pounds of DCPA were
sprayed in the U.S…
Here’s the full “Dirty Dozen” list, starting with the
most-contaminated:
- Strawberries
- Spinach
- Kale
- Nectarines
- Apples
- Grapes
- Peaches
- Cherries
- Pears
- Tomatoes
- Celery
- Potatoes
Of course, the only way to avoid all this pesticide
contamination is to buy organic. So, if you can only afford select organic
fruits and vegetables, these 12 are the ones you should focus on.
Until next time, stay healthy and happy
JD Roma
The information on this blog is provided for educational
purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical care, and
medical advice and services are not being offered. If you have, or suspect you
have, a health problem you should consult your physician (preferably a
Naturopath).
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