COCONUT OIL IS GOOD FOR COOKING , IGNORE THE VESTED PROPAGANDA --- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

COCONUT OIL IS BEST FOR HEALTH,  IGNORE THE VESTED PROPAGANDA -   CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

My next post is about Agnihora and ghee. 

Ghee is high in saturated fats like coconut oil. So I need to get things in perspective.  Lobbyists rule the market. Both ghee and coconut oil are good for health.

We used home made virgin fresh coconut oil for cooking at home, till a few years ago.

In Kerala almost all houses produce their own coconuts. We do NOT need to buy coconuts.

My mother used to make our own oil. This means aged mature coconuts are split and dried in the sun. The meat called copra is prised out and the cook takes it to the crusher mill within 10 minutes walk from my house. There fresh coconut oil is crushed out , filtered and returned back to us .

Any cooking done with this oil is so healthy and yummy. The moment the oil gets oxidised ( due to oxygen and moisture ) a peculiar odour emanates, and we do NOT use the oil for cooking any more.

Since the past 30 years there has been huge propaganda by the Palm oil, Sunflower oil, Soya bean oil lobby, wherein they bribed scientists to declare coconut oil as bad for health . Since then the Coconut growers of Kerala has suffered.

Ministers were bribed by the Palm oil lobby. They made millions in way of bribes. Doctors and cardiologists also agreed with them, stating that Coconut oil has very high saturated fat content ( 92%) and hence it is bad --LDL cholesterol BLAH BLAH.

Now let me digress.

A few days ago i went with my wife to the supermarket. A lady had bought Canola cooking oil paying a fortune, produced in Canada.

I asked her " Why do you prefer Canola oil ?"

As expected she rattled out whatever Wikipedia says. It has only 6% saturated fat , the lowest among all vegetable oils -- BLAH BLAH.

So I told her " If you do NOT want to die early, I suggest you keep it back, for this can contains oil extracted from Monsanto GM seeds.  And in high heat of Indian cooking of >250 deg Centigrade this oil like the rest of the fancy oils like Olive , Corn, Safflower, Sunflower etc , gets unstable with free radicals abuzz from pulverised molecules and become carcinogeic.  I am an expert on vegetable oils !"

She broke the line and dumped the can back on the shelf.  She came back with a can of "Virgin" coconut oil -- an organic and unrefined, undeodorized, unhardened coconut oil, with high levels of natural anti-oxidants , NIL trans fats and with a valid expiry date,

To my readers who feel that I gave her bull-- punch into google search VEGETABLE OILS - VADAKAYIL. Just one of my posts.  I do have the experience and knowledge and am in a position to teach this planet.

Indian cooking involved high heat cooking. We due NOT stir fry like Western cuisine.

Yes , if you do low heat cooking , the Canola oil may appear healthy across the board.

By the way Canola seeds was originally called Rape seed . The womens' lib of Canada protested and so Rape seed became Canola.

So on the surface cooking with canola oil, rather than coconut oil, can help prevent cardiovascular disease and prevent high levels of low-density lipoproteins, or the bad cholesterol, ( according to unilateral information given out by Canola info.org.).  

Propaganda:  Canola oil's high concentrations of vitamin E, vitamin K and Omega-3 fatty acids may promote a generally healthy body and “may” even prevent cancer. While some people may prefer the flavor of tropical oils such as coconut over canola oil, the health risks outweigh the improved flavor—BLAH BLAH .

One cup of canola oil contains 1,927 calories while one cup of coconut oil contains 1,879 calories.  Coconut oil can be used to deep fry because it is a stable oil that can withstand high temperature cooking.

Coconut oil and ghee  are a source of  short-chain fatty acids  which are easier to digest than long-chain acids. Short-chain fatty acids actually help to strengthen and develop cell membranes while long-chain acids increase risks of blood clots and cancer.  

Our bodies metabolize medium-chain and short-chain fats differently than long-chain ones, and medium- and short-chain ones are not associated with cardiovascular problems in the same way as the long-chain ones are.

Consuming Quantum virgin coconut oil, whether cooked or not, helps protect you from cancer, heart disease, and many degenerative and autoimmune diseases. It also strengthens your immune system, helps you lose weight if you need to, and improves digestion.

Now, check out the picture below. Probably it has been made in Phillipines , who produce plenty of coconuts.  Somebody with limited understanding has made this.

Medium-chain triglycerides, MCTs are quickly metabolized by the liver (unlike longer chain fats, which undergo a more prolonged course through the body) so they are less likely to be stored as body fat.  

In addition, it is low in omega-6 fatty acids (less than 2%), which reduces the formation of arachidonic acid, a pro-inflammatory compound, it sort of which does a balancing act with saturated fats.  

Metabolizing MCTs creates ketones, known to stall or even reverse Alzheimer's.  In Kerala we have very few cases of Alzhiemers when you compare with the rest of India and the world.  

Coconut also contains caprylic acid, an effective and potent anti fungal and antimicrobial.  We have the Ayuvedic "Elaneer Kuzhambu" as a universal panacea.  Elaneer means young coconut. Kuzhambu means medicinal herb added oil.

One cause of obesity is overconsumption of long-chain fatty acids (usual western vegetable oils), medium-chain fatty acids.  MCTs reverse obesity, resulting in steady weight loss for obese individuals, and weight maintenance for healthy people.

Of course anything in excess is bad, if you do NOT burn it out with physical exercise--and live to eat like a pig. 

A pig is useful only when dead..

In Kerala state of India , where we use coconut oil , we have the least heart problems, compared to the rest of India.

People in Kerala started getting heart attacks only after they shifted from Coconut oils to our BRANDED HEART FRIENDLY oils.  Imagine deep frying our Kerala banana chips in any of these fancy oils. Every chip will be abound with cancer causing free radicals.

Do NOT buy hydrogenated coconut oil.  Oil is hydrogenated  to increase its melting point from 24 deg C to about 38 deg C.

All health studies on coconut oils have been done on hydrogenated oils DELIBERATELY , so that the West can have a trade advantage with their own Canola, Sunflower and Olive oils.

Virgin coconut oil, which has not been chemically treated, is a VERY good for health, as it contains  medium-chain triglycerides.

India imported record 11,57,130 tonnes edible oil in January 2013, 75% higher than the imports in January 2012.  

Who is behind this?  

Most of the foreign oils like canola, Sunflower and Soyabean are from GM seeds, which gives us health problems.

India is the biggest importer of edible oil on this planet . The only reason is kickbacks for politicians and political parties. This black money MUST be halted and the corrupt guilty punished. Indians must start using "virgin" coconut oil for cooking.  

It is good for the heart and for general health.  Patients in Alzheimer in USA drink table spoons of coconut oil daily, neat, as a health tonic 

CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

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