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"Oil Pulling Therapy" Interview with Bruce Fife

A 4-part audiovisual interview featuring  Dr. Bruce Fife, author of Oil Pulling Therapy: Detoxifying and Healing the Body Through Oral Cleansing.  In this interview Joyce Riley of The Power Hour radio broadcast interviews Dr. Fife who discusses the many benefits of oil pulling therapy, as well as the correct methods for oil pulling.  Includes live testimonials.

Oil Pulling Therapy Interview Part 1

Oil Pulling Therapy Interview Part 2

Oil Pulling Therapy Interview Part 3

Oil Pulling Therapy Interview Part 4

 


 

Usage of Green Coconut Water and Different Tissue Culture Media for In Vitro Honey Bee Semen Storage

Honey bee semen was stored in green coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) water plus dihydrostreptomycin and in commercial tissue culture media at different temperatures. Glass capillary microtubes of 0.1cm diameter and centrifuge microtubes 0.2ml capacity were used for semen storage. Sperm motility was assessed after 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30, 50, 80 and 120 days. Queens were instrumentally inseminated with diluted semen and their laying behavior evaluated.  Full story here


 

Coconut Water Solids Goes GRAS

After review of safety and toxicology data by an independent panel of scientists assembled by Soni & Associates, Inc., a coconut water solids ingredient has been deemed self-affirmed GRAS in a variety of foods and beverages, such as nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages, frozen dairy, dairy product analogues, milk products, snack foods, imitation dairy products, chewing gum, instant tea and coffee, and soups. Full story here


 

Coconut Oil by Dr. James South, MD

A wealth of scientific data refutes claims that coconut oil is rich in "artery-clogging" saturated fats. Switching from polyunsaturated vegetable oils to traditional cooking fats such as coconut oil would actually reduce several significant health risks - So says James South MD.

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Packaged Coconut Water Receives Thumbs Up from Customers

BANGALORE: Amidst all the heat generated by the cola wars and the fizz created by their advertisement blitzkrieg, it is good old grandmother's-recommended cool coconut water, albeit in tetra packs, that is making a come back on the healthy drink trail of Indian consumers.

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Coconut Oil Powers 747

UK: Virgin Atlantic carried out the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel yesterday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.

Some analysts praised the jumbo jet test flight from London to Amsterdam as a potentially useful experiment. Full story here


 

Coco Loco

Jennifer Aniston uses it and the England rugby squad swear by its metabolism-boosting qualities. Coconut oil is being touted as the health food of 2008 - but is this just more 'superfood' hype? By Lucy Atkins Full story here


 

 

How to Open A Young Coconut

Jenna loves drinking refreshing and nutritious young coconut water and eating the succulent meat inside. Young coconut water is an amazing elixir and its meat is pure ambrosia. The challenge was how to get into a young coconut without being injured in the process. Join Jenna on her journey to the Hollywood Raw Lifestyle Film Festival where Rod Rotondi, founder of Leaf Cuisine, teaches her the safe and easy way to open a young coconut.  Watch Video


 

The Palm Oil Miracle

COPYRIGHT 2007 Midwest Book Review

The Palm Oil Miracle: Discover the Healing Power of Palm Oil is a fascinating guide to the healthful and nutritional properties of palm oil, especially virgin (red) palm oil. Palm...

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Canine Candida: Many Common Health Problems Can be Traced to a Yeast Overgrowth

COPYRIGHT 2007 Belvoir Media Group, LLC

Thirty years ago, even though the systemic yeast infection called candidiasis had already become an epidemic, practically no one knew anything about it. Even now conventional medicine tends to ignore the problem, but word has spread among health-conscious consumers.

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Get Baking with Gluten-Free Flours

COPYRIGHT 2006 PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All Rights Reserved.

A diet free of gluten used to mean giving up baked goods. Luckily, it doesn't have to anymore. Nowadays gluten-free flour options abound--even for those on low-carb or hypoallergenic diets--and making gluten-free treats has never been easier.

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A Hangover Hangs No More

It’s a question I often have to ask myself come Sunday morning… “How will this hangover subside?” Well, maybe I don’t say “subside” I don’t usually say anything, in fact it’s even hard to formulate sentences sometimes, but nevertheless here I have for you some news.

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UN agency promotes new coconut water preservation process to help small farmers

21 February 2007 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking to boost sales of bottled coconut water by small farmers with a simple cold preservation process that protects the natural taste for up to three weeks while avoiding the loss of nutrients and almost all the delicate flavor entailed in commercial canning.

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YouTube - Coconut Water

The best Sports Drink Ever!!! 5 essential electrolytes, no ...

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A Raw Deal

HE HAD just about everything in the book: cancer, vitiligo, facial palsy, epilepsy, kidney failure, high blood pressure, bursitis and high cholesterol.  You name it, Earl Chong had it.  Now he is completely cancer-free and has been healed of all his ailments through a combination of strictly raw foods and his faith in God.

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ALL THE REST of the tree, too!

There is hardly anything growing on a coconut tree that does not have some use, making the total economic potential of the plant worldwide an immense figure. The tree is a source of food, wood for building materials and crafts, and raw material for clothing and numerous industrial products.

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Conrado Dayrit, Dr. Coconut; 88
Inquirer

October 06, 2007
MANILA, Philippines--DR. CONRADO S. DAYRIT, cardiologist, pharmacologist, National Scientist and past president of the National Academy of Science and Technology, died at 6:45 a.m. yesterday at the Victor Potenciano Medical Center where he was serving as its medical director.  Full story here


 

Pacific Islands look to coconut power to fuel future growth

By David Brooks
Agence France-Presse
MAJURO, Marshall Islands -- The first thing you notice about a diesel engine running on coconut oil is the smell.  "It smells sweet.  You can put your nose right up to the exhaust," says Witon Barry, assistant manager of the Tobolar Copra processing plant in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro.  Full story here


 

 

Cocosplit: A New Coconut Splitting Tool

The Cocosplit is a tool designed to easily split a mature coconut into two equal halfs. All it takes is one blow from a mallet or hammer. Watch video…

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Making and Using Coconut Milk

To make coconut milk from fresh coconut, put 4 cups freshly grated coconut (the yield from 1 medium coconut) in a blender. Add just enough boiling water, or boiling water mixed with reserved coconut water, to make a slurry that blends freely, probably 1 cup or a little more. Blend for at least 30 seconds to extract as much flavor as possible...

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CocoTap: Easy Access to Coconut Water

The Cocotap is a stainless steel tube with a sharp spike at one end, the tube opens into a T shape, making it easy to hold and screw into a coconut. Watch video…

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Basic Overview of Coconut Agriculture Prepared by the School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia

 


"Coconut oil is the healthiest oil on earth."
-Bruce Fife, N.D.


"Coconut oil is the healthiest oil you can use."
-Joseph Mercola, D.O.


Coconut oil is the world's only natural low-calorie fat.


Why has coconut oil had a bad reputation in the past? It's not what you might think. The reason has nothing to do with science or with health.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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