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Coconut

Enjoy Fresh Coconut

(Cocos nucifera)

Coconut milk is used throughout Asian cooking to make curries and various dishes. It is a good alternative to animal based milks and one of the few alkaline nuts. Its water is refreshing and said to mimic the same mineral content as human serum.

Coconut Water

Coconut water is beneficial and refreshing on a warm day. If you enjoy fresh young coconut water, this can be beneficial for the kidneys, for PKD kidneys. Some of the medical articles from the pulldown menu below speak about coconut water being beneficial for depression, for inflammation, and it has been used to replace intravenous saline when supplies have run dry.

Avoid Fermented Coconut Water

An alcoholic sap derived from incising the flower clusters of the coconut is drunk as the sun sets by many in third world countries. It is called neera, also known as tuba (Philippines), tuak (Indonesia and Malaysia) or karewe in Kiribati. When left to ferment on its own, it becomes palm wine. Palm wine is distilled to produce arrack. In the Philippines, this distilled alcoholic drink is called lambanog or coconut vodka.

Avoid Coconut Sugar and Oil

Controversy surrounds the use of coconut oil and coconut sugar. This controversy is heightened by physicians who are not sure as to what to recommend their patients use coconut oil or olive oil–some recommend olive oil. Their recommendations are based on what they know regarding their patient's illness and dietary needs.

Coconut oil is used for cooking, as a suntan lotion, as an additive to lotions, creams, shampoos and in cosmetics. Coconut oil is a palm oil. There is conflicting information about coconut oil. Some studies show it to be of benefit with lipids; it may have cardioprotective effects. Other physicians have gone so far as to say coconut oil is

Virgin coconut oil is removed from coconut milk by a process called wet extraction, largely free of refining. However copra oil is extracted from dried coconut meat and requires some amount of chemical refining, bleaching, and deodorizing. This may destroy some of the oil's compounds that promote heart health, such as phenols and antioxidants. Coconut oil is not healthy. See the articles below,

-- select COCONUT OIL article -- Aged coconut oil induces oxidative damage in the liver and kidney of rats Trial of Coconut oil, butter & Olive oil effects on lipids Study Shows Heart Disease Absent in Coconut Eating Population Coconut oil 8 year pilot study ↑ heart disease Coconut oil isn't healthy. It's never been healthy Virgin coconut oil ↑ hepatic lipid metabolism in rats Anti-stress and antioxidant effects of virgin coconut oil Virgin coconut oil potential cardioprotective effects Coconut oil vs Olive oil Beneficial effects of virgin coconut oil on lipid parameters Coconut Oil consumption cardiovascular risk factors in humans Anti fungal properties of Coconut oil Coconut Oil Pulling Preliminary Report Coconut oil pulling

Coconut sugar has been used as a sweetener. Coconut sugar does give a headache, especially with a PLD liver.

Coconut Oil Pulling To Freshen Breath

Coconut oil does have anti fungal properties. Coconut oil pulling has been used in Ayurvedic medicine. On an empty stomach, one swishes a tablespoon of coconut oil for 20 minutes. If one tries this, it will strengthen your jaw. Coconut Oil Pulling is said to help with

Detoxifying of the liver by attracting any toxins
Helps tooth decay
Kills bad breath
Heals bleeding gums
Whitens teeth
Soothes throat dryness
Strengthens gums and jaw

Click on the Contact Us page and let us know if you decide to try coconut oil pulling and your results.

Coconut Butter

Coconut butter is the whole meat of the coconut pureed into a creamy butter. And just a little coconut meat (by nature) is approximately 65% oil. It can be made fresh by you.

-- select COCONUT MEAT & WATER article -- replacement in diet among obese adolescent girls Coconut oil is bad news for your LDL cholesterol, heart, and overall health Young coconut water ameliorates depression Coconut water ameliorates inflammatory processes Coconut water alters maternal high fat diet

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We are  sharing our experiences with PKD/PLD Diet, an adjunct diet envisioning it complementing a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Consider testing this with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it according to your own uniqueness by adding it to your current  treatment.

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