coconut oil

Paleo Diet: Is There A Negative To Coconut Oil?

Everywhere you look, there are people shouting the praises of Coconut oil. It’s pretty much a Paleo Diet staple, and is known to be very healthy. Coconut oil is processed directly into ketone bodies, which means that it isn’t processed in the same way as other fats. Because of this, it is very useful as [...]

Does Pat Summitt Need Paleo?

Does Pat Summitt Need Paleo?

Pat Summitt I know, it’s a rhetorical question…..everyone needs Paleo. Considering that it was the natural human diet for around 2.5 millions years of evolution, there’s not much of an argument against the Paleo diet being correct and healthy for everyone on the planet. In this specific case though, a ketogenic version of the Paleo [...]

Paleo Diet: Is Fish Oil Really Any Better Than Vegetable Oil?

I’ve found that after residing in the Paleosphere for a few years, there are very few things that I’m able to take at face value anymore. I find that instead of just blindly accepting what someone tells me, I ask lots of questions, and do a substantial amount of my own research BEFORE I will [...]

Paleo Diet Vegetable Latkes

I was going to call this recipe kohlrabi latkes, but then I started to use other vegetables like zucchini, turnips and carrots. Basically you can use any firm root vegetable. Of course the idea was to make low carbohydrate Paleo diet latkes for Hanukkah, instead of the standard potato latkes. Naturally, if you are eating [...]

The Paleo Diet and Therapeutic Fats

Being a former low-fat foodie, I must confess I still get a kick out of the amount of fat I can now eat on the paleo diet, safe in the knowledge that it’s doing my body a lot of good, not harm.  So I thought it might be fun to do a quick round-up of my favourite [...]

Alzheimer’s Disease and the Paleo Diet

Alzheimer’s disease - an incurable, degenerative and terminal form of dementia - is one of the most feared diseases of older age, although it can strike even the young.  Incidence of the illness is predicted to triple in the next forty years, and it is estimated that by 2050, one in every eighty-five human beings on the planet will be [...]

Coconut oil, Cholesterol in the Paleo Diet

Below is a short interview with Dr. Bruce Fife on whether or not coconut oil has an effect cholesterol and how it effects cholesterol.  If you follow the Paleo diet and but have not started to use coconut oil, you may want to watch this video. Keep in mind that this is only ONE benefit [...]

How Coconut Oil Helps the Thyroid and Aids Metabolism

Great video on just one more benefit of coconut oil. It is truly a fantastic food, inexpensive and relatively easy to add to your diet.  If you are going to be taking it by the tablespoon, start off slowly. It is a terrific addition to a paleo diet. The thyroid gland is the largest gland [...]

Bringing Coconut Education and Products to Market

Good information on coconut products. If you are like most people you think of pina coladas or maccaroons when someone says coconut, But there are a lof of coconut products that are highly beneficial. First and foremost is coconut oil. It is a saturated fat (this means it is solid at room temperature). It is [...]

AIDS Victim Tells of Healing Virtues of Coconut Oil

This is a terrific story. Here is a young man ravaged and devastated by contracting HIV, who is cured - CURED! - by using virgin coconut oil. Fantastic! At least one HIV victim will be grateful forever for the healing potency found in coconut oil. Tony speaks around the country about his former hopeless battle [...]