Coconut oil is an ancient super food that has been an essential component to many of
the earth's healthiest cultures. Cultures that have consumed high amounts of coconut oil
generally have not suffered with diabetes, as well as many other diseases. Unfortunately,
as many of these people abandon their traditional ways of eating, they begin to suffer
with diabetes, since coconut oil has been shown to protect people from this illness.
For example, the people who live on the island of Nauru in the South Pacific have enjoyed
a diet of mostly bananas, yams and coconuts. Diabetes was a completely unknown illness. As
the island became healthier and their lifestyle and diet began to include refined flour,
sugar and vegetable oils, diabetes appeared. According to the World Health Organisation,
up to one half of the urbanised Nauru population age 30 - 64 are diabetic today.
Although few people make the association between refined vegetable oils and diabetes, the
link has been well researched. In the 1920s Dr. S. Sweeney studied the effects of
vegetable oil on his student. His research showed that a diet high in vegetable oil could
cause reversible diabetes within 48 hours in subjects who had not been previously
diabetic. A 1998 study published in Metabolism showed that diabetes could be
reversed by cutting out polyunsaturated fat. The same results have also been shown in
humans.
What is the Difference Between Coconut Oil and Vegetable oils?
There is a molecular difference between coconut oil and all other common vegetable oils
such as olive, sunflower and safflower oil. The molecules that make up these
polyunsaturated oils are made up of a long chain of fatty acids. On the other hand, virgin
coconut oil is made up of smaller molecules or medium chain fatty acids.
Long chain fats are either deposited in blood vessels as cholesterol or stored around the
waist, thighs and buttocks as energy stores of fat for emergencies. Medium chain fatty
acids are used immediately as a source of energy.
Why Regular Oils Can Potentially Cause Diabetes
Most people with diabetes are on strict low fat, high carbohydrate diets in which the
limited fats allowed are restricted to polyunsaturated vegetable oils such as olive,
safflower, or sunflower oils. However, studies have shown that if the fats consumed are
polyunsaturated, long chain fats, this decreases cell's ability to bind with insulin, and
reduces their ability to absorb glucose...especially when these oils are heated during
cooking. In other words, polyunsaturated long chain fats, commonly thought to be
"healthy", actually make diabetes WORSE!
Furthermore, polyunsaturated vegetable oils can cause free radical damage to the cells,
and adversely affect their ability to function. The bottom line is that cooking with
polyunsaturated vegetable oils, such as sunflower oil and olive oil, should be avoided by
people with diabetes.
Why is Coconut Oil so Beneficial for Diabetes?
The smaller and more easily absorbed medium chain molecules found in coconut oil supply
the cells with essential fatty acids without inhibiting insulin and without glucose, so
they combat insulin resistance. Virgin coconut oil is a totally unique super food that
serves as an energy boost to the body, without causing a spike in blood sugar levels.
Researchers have discovered that while heavy foods (including polyunsaturated oils) slow
down the metabolism, organic coconut oil actually stimulates the metabolism to assist the
fat burning process, even when they are heated. In simple terms, simply substituting your
normal cooking oils with coconut oil can be a tremendous remedy for diabetes, and, along
with avoiding sugar and getting plenty of exercise, can help prevent people who don't
suffer from this dangerous disease from suffering later in life.
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Metabolism 1998
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