Re: Re: Right lauric intake

[Guest guest]

It is common knowledge that anything excessive is not good. For daily intake of

virgin coconut oil for good health I follow Dr. Fife's general guide of around 4

tbsp daily, which gives an amount of lauric acid to an adult equivalent  to

what a breast-fed infant gets daily from mother's milk.

Tony

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From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...>

Coconut Oil

Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 12:04 AM

Subject: Re: Misquoting coconut studies

 

You elect to not care if there are consequences, and I elect to care that there

may be, based on the limited research we have. That's the only difference.

Again, a thorough investigation would quantify the hemolytic damage and other

activity, and until it's performed, a prudent avoidance of high doses of lauric

acid may be indicated by the cautious.

all good,

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> No, Duncan, I am not protesting any " knowledge " . What I am protesting is:

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> 1) Your claim that any of the studies used oral dosing (you DID claim that)

and

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> 2) that you deduced from these studies that coconut oil (because it contains

lauric acid) would cause lysing of blood cells when there is no evidence of that

in people. The human body has a number of ways of letting you know when you've

had too much of anything, so no I don't believe it is a cause for concern. And

of course too much of ANYTHING can kill you, including water.

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> Dee

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