coconut oil is given to you.
If you are using coconut oil for working out and to help releasing weight then the answer is no. Although there are claims that the coconut has enzymes in it to allow the fat to pass through and not be stored in adipose. While it is true that the fat you intake will not store in the adipose of the body[3], there are benefits and drawbacks to ingesting coconut oil.
Let’s go with the good. Due to the chemical makeup of coconut oil it will raise the HDL cholesterol in your body, the good cholesterol in the body that you need to make hormones, and to assist in other body functions. [4]
The down side. Unlike vegetable oil or soy bean oil coconut oil does increase your LDL the bad cholesterol.
So Justin if you have any kind of cholesterol problem please use this oil in moderation if at all.
However, while we work out and sweat the electrolyte levels in our body deplete. Coconut water is a natural way to replenish the, containing more electrolytes and less sugar than any of the leading sports drinks. This allows the body to rehydrate more quickly and bounce back from workout dehydration, and the cramping or painful side effects of it, more rapidly. Look for brands where Pure Coconut water is the only ingredient.
The final question I got asked which more an interview question was. The question is what I thought that the future of medicine was going to look like. After sitting for a bit before I answered I logged onto Facebook and saw this quote. I guess my answer is much older than I thought.
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas Edison.”
Then one of our avid readers and close and personal friends chimed in and I loved here answer as well. Peg from Pennsylvania said the following:
“My idea of the future of medicine: when are sick, you see a diagnostician. After making a diagnosis, the diagnostician then counsels you on the options available, including allopathic medicine, and everything that is currently considered "alternative". You can then choose what you deem is best for you.”
Now that you have read our opinions, let us hear yours. What is your idea of the future of medicine? What do you fear? What do you hope for? How should insurance be handled? Give us all of it. The good, the bad, and the in between.
As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read this month’s article and look forward to answering your health questions next month. Not to diagnose or prescribe, but to turn the health of our country, and our world back into the hands in which it belongs -The individuals who are living it.
Jacquelyn Cuyler
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Owner Pure Path Products and Services
Sources:
[1] http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/900675/2 [2] http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/chlorophylls/ [3] http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/coconut-oil-and-weight-loss/AN01899 [4] http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter/2011/May/coconut-oil