Saturated Oil – My Secret Formula for a Healthy Eating Lifestyle

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By Archie Armada

I only use one oil in my kitchen — coconut oil. The word vegetable connotes to healthy food, but for cooking oil… think otherwise. Vegetable oils which are polyunsaturated oils which include soy, corn, safflower, sunflower and canola are the worst oils to use in cooking because of the trans-fatty acids introduced during the hydrogenation process as a result their suceptability to oxidative damage during heating. Likewise, lots of consumers are not aware that most vegetable oils are GMO. This would include over 90% of the soy, corn and canola oils.

Coconut oil (which is abundant in tropical countries like the Philippines) is highly heat resistant and will only oxidize at temperatures above 198 degrees Celsius due to its concentration of saturated fats. It is a healthy oil to cook with. Coconut oil is a fountain of youth; it is not stored in the body (liver) as fat, but instead converted into pure clean-burn energy and does not raise cholesterol levels; it stimulates the thyroid glands, and when the thyroid works properly, it uses cholesterol to make chemicals that are vital for preventing disease and also slows down the aging process.

Healthy thyroid function has also been linked to reduced cancer risks. Studies have shown the occurrence of cancer to be lower, and in some cases nonexistent in areas that rely on saturated oils. They have also shown that the number of cancer cases increases with the addition of unsaturated oils in the diet.

Coconut oil contains 40% lauric acid, which is a fatty acid that is similar to mothers’ breast milk. This substance helps prevent or fight infections in bacterial, viral, fungal and protozoal in origin in infants. Providing our body with these fatty-acids will definitely improve our immune system.

Virgin Coconut Oil played a major role in our Sheanformation Program. It helped Shean lose 25 lbs. in 65 days. And why not? It has been used for centuries in tropical areas, and even in modern cultures for many years. But when the western world started switching to unsaturated oils (vegetable oils) for cooking, obesity, high blood pressure, cancer and other health problems have increased.

Modern cultures recently realized that low-fat diet is not the answer for weight loss and preventing heart disease, in fact scientists are calling for new dietary guidelines that reflect these studies and discoveries. To understand more on the benefits of saturated fat, please read the article “The Truth About Saturated Fat” by Dr. Mary Enig and Sally Fallon.

Don’t take risk of creating heat-induced damage in your food everytime you cook. There is an oil that is stable enough to resist this damage and so beneficial that it helps you lose weight, promotes heart health and helps to maintain normal cholesterol levels…

…our very own natural coconut oil.