Guest guest Posted November 9, 2002 Report Share Posted November 9, 2002 Coconut oil as a cooking medium is primarily used in Kerala, and not that much in other parts of India. Even in Kerala, however, it has been replaced to some extent by palm oil (from the oil palm, and reputedly not good for the body), and by safflower oil, etc. Even if food is not cooked in coconut oil, a few spoons are often drizzled onto curries etc. The coconuts are sun-dried and crushed to yield the oil. Some brands such as Keragem have good reputation, I believe, but the nameless varieties are prone to adulteration. The Naturopathy folks believe that heating causes coconut oil to become unhealthy, and so they use unheated coconut and coconut oil. Besides for cooking, coconut oil is used for massage and hair care. The oil that is marked 'not for internal consumption' probably has inedible additives. I don't know how to make this relevant to the Ammachi list, except to say that it is the Divine Mother who takes the shape of coconut oil as well as cholesterol! Vallath Nandakumar vallathn >sprose1 >Ammachi >Ammachi >Re: Digest Number 648 >Sat, 9 Nov 2002 09:32:04 EST > >In a message dated 11/9/02 7:41:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, >Ammachi writes: > > > > http://www.westonaprice.org/know_your_fats/coconut_oil.html > >I am going to read this. Concerned that it is from 1996 and I don't know >who >paid for the research, probably coconut producers...No one has mentioned >coconuts since 1996 till now, so there is reason to doubt. If it was good >for you, then why would it not be popularly known by now? Probably because >there's more research against it that these guys don't want to mention. > >If true, this would be a boon for Kerala, the land of the coconut. When at >Amritapuri, I was next to a guy who attributed his cardiac condition to the >liberal use of coconut oil. He might be wrong, but so far, theatres have >replaced coconut oil with safflower oil. Even the producers of coconut oil >tell you on the bottle NOT for consumption. They want you to use it >topically >only. And that's the makers of coconut oil. So, I will have to take your >oil >with a bit of salt, as it were, if you will, if you get my meaning. > > > > _______________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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