…and the island twice the size of Texas made of plastic in the Pacific that washes up on their beaches can’t be helping either…

Fresh coconut is the way to go…. hard to get in many places. The ones in the grocery stores that have been flown in are usually too far into the decaying process to eat. We eat an enormous amount of moldy/decaying food and don’t even realize it.

thanks for all the great info on this website!!!!!!!

…and the island twice the size of Texas made of plastic in the Pacific that washes up on their beaches can’t be helping either…

Fresh coconut is the way to go…. hard to get in many places. The ones in the grocery stores that have been flown in are usually too far into the decaying process to eat. We eat an enormous amount of moldy/decaying food and don’t even realize it.

thanks for all the great info on this website!!!!!!!

Also, canned coconut water has to be pastuerized, which destroys some of the raw nutrients, so fresh coconuts are better, if you can find them.

Also, canned coconut water has to be pastuerized, which destroys some of the raw nutrients, so fresh coconuts are better, if you can find them.

and

“Obesity is a growing public health problem affecting Hawaii. Prevalence rates have rapidlyincreased over the last ten years, with an estimated 17.6 percent of the State population now falling into the category of obese. Moreover, for certain populations in Hawaii (e.g. NativeHawaiians at 35 percent), the prevalence and severity of obesity is much greater.” from http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:uc24KyRhs7QJ:www.publicpolicycenter.hawaii.edu/images/PDF/Obesity%2520White%2520Paper.pdf+hawaiian+obesity&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us\

which maybe only says they ain’t any healthier than the rest of us or it may say once upon a time they had a healthy diet, but they have mostly given that up.

and

“Obesity is a growing public health problem affecting Hawaii. Prevalence rates have rapidlyincreased over the last ten years, with an estimated 17.6 percent of the State population now falling into the category of obese. Moreover, for certain populations in Hawaii (e.g. NativeHawaiians at 35 percent), the prevalence and severity of obesity is much greater.” from http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:uc24KyRhs7QJ:www.publicpolicycenter.hawaii.edu/images/PDF/Obesity%2520White%2520Paper.pdf+hawaiian+obesity&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

which maybe only says they ain’t any healthier than the rest of us or it may say once upon a time they had a healthy diet, but they have mostly given that up.

Hawaiian islanders do have a rep for being large, but that is mostly the men who eat 4,000 calories a day, not the regular, everyday people. The average Hawaiian guy is actually quite a hunk – muscular, cut surfer for an image. Weight was a thing of status for native Hawaiians – only the rich could afford to be that big. The regular diet of a native Hawaiian, however, was and is quite healthy, including a lot of fruits, fish and coconut .

Hawaiian islanders do have a rep for being large, but that is mostly the men who eat 4,000 calories a day, not the regular, everyday people. The average Hawaiian guy is actually quite a hunk – muscular, cut surfer for an image. Weight was a thing of status for native Hawaiians – only the rich could afford to be that big. The regular diet of a native Hawaiian, however, was and is quite healthy, including a lot of fruits, fish and coconut .

There is a lot of research available on the benefits of coconut in one’s diet and for the skin. Here are some of my favorite books on the subject:
Virgin Coconut Oil – how it has changed people’s lives and can change yours by Brian and Marianita Jader Shilhavy
This is by the people who run Tropical Traditions which sells the oil I buy and lots of related made with coconut products and the farm websites for buying chicken fed on coconut. They have lots of good experience and results from their online forums to pass on. Its $10 direct from them.
The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife
This is from the man who runs the biggest online info place for Coconut Oil. He’s written a bunch of recipe books and is starting on some medical books so you can find him on Amazon.
Eat Fat Lose Fat by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon
This is from the ladies behind the Weston A Price Foundation and all its nutrition and dietary advice. It debunks the whole vegetable oil thing and explains why eating saturated fats, especially coconut is the way to go.
If you love their ideas there is a massive cookbook: Nourishing Traditions which they’ve written and which I constantly refer to. It is full of info as well as recipes – all the sort of foods our grandmothers would have understood.

There is a lot of research available on the benefits of coconut in one’s diet and for the skin. Here are some of my favorite books on the subject:
Virgin Coconut Oil – how it has changed people’s lives and can change yours by Brian and Marianita Jader Shilhavy
This is by the people who run Tropical Traditions which sells the oil I buy and lots of related made with coconut products and the farm websites for buying chicken fed on coconut. They have lots of good experience and results from their online forums to pass on. Its $10 direct from them.
The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife
This is from the man who runs the biggest online info place for Coconut Oil. He’s written a bunch of recipe books and is starting on some medical books so you can find him on Amazon.
Eat Fat Lose Fat by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon
This is from the ladies behind the Weston A Price Foundation and all its nutrition and dietary advice. It debunks the whole vegetable oil thing and explains why eating saturated fats, especially coconut is the way to go.
If you love their ideas there is a massive cookbook: Nourishing Traditions which they’ve written and which I constantly refer to. It is full of info as well as recipes – all the sort of foods our grandmothers would have understood.