Coconut oil is awesome. It's really good in homemade herbal remedies and bodycare products, too. I'll try to remember to post some recipes later.
It's also one of those "yeah, modern science doesn't know as much as it thinks it does" things. Remember when we were in our teens and tropical fats and oils were TEH EVOL and coconut oil was tabbed as a killer that would give you fatal heart disease? And now we know that coconut oil is really good for you, and doesn't hurt your heart at all, kthxbye.
Yeah I've been meaning to pick some up but we haven't been near the right store recently. The above page doesn't mention it but I've also read that it helps with memory issues.
It can, yes; depends on what causes the memory issues, but if a shortage of certain nutrients is involved then it most certainly does.
BTW, be careful of Spectrum organic brand; it's cross-contaminated with gluten due to being packaged on shared lines with unrefined wheat germ oil (which still has some gluten in it). If you're sensitive, it could make you sick. (It sure as heck got me.)
Nutiva is clean, though, or has been based on my experience, and so are the cocoa butter pastilles sold in bulk by Mountain Rose Herbs. This is relevant because the two together contribute to the best body butter recipe for dry skin that I've ever found.
Good to know, thanks. I was looking for Nutiva but Whole Foods didn't have oil by them. I got 365 instead, which will hopefully be okay. I did find Nutiva coconut manna, so there's that. Looks like I'll be doing some online shopping.
Nutiva can be hard to find and expensive. We're trying another brand when next we need to make something with coconut oil, but I can't recall the name right off the top of my head. I'll let you know either way; if it's good you can look for it and if not you can avoid it.
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Date: 2013-03-04 05:39 pm (UTC)It's also one of those "yeah, modern science doesn't know as much as it thinks it does" things. Remember when we were in our teens and tropical fats and oils were TEH EVOL and coconut oil was tabbed as a killer that would give you fatal heart disease? And now we know that coconut oil is really good for you, and doesn't hurt your heart at all, kthxbye.
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Date: 2013-03-04 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-04 09:09 pm (UTC)BTW, be careful of Spectrum organic brand; it's cross-contaminated with gluten due to being packaged on shared lines with unrefined wheat germ oil (which still has some gluten in it). If you're sensitive, it could make you sick. (It sure as heck got me.)
Nutiva is clean, though, or has been based on my experience, and so are the cocoa butter pastilles sold in bulk by Mountain Rose Herbs. This is relevant because the two together contribute to the best body butter recipe for dry skin that I've ever found.
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