wilderness or tropcial traditions?

[Guest guest]

can some one tell me if there is a diffeence between the coconut oil from

wilderness family or tropical traditions? Is there a difference in taste?

thanks

[Guest guest]

I Don't know too much about traditional use of coconut but I loooooove

coconut. I use the oil, because fresh coconut is out of my budget, to

make smoothies and anywhere I would use regular coconut. I buy

Nutiva's coconut oil because it is as far as I can tell truly raw. I'm

a raw foodie for the most part and work very hard to ensure I'm

getting truly unprocessed stuff, it can be found cheapest on the

internet on Amazon.

One of my favorite smoothies is...

A cup of milk

1/4 or 1/2 banana depending on your taste/sugar tolerance

And as much coconut oil as you desire, I usually use about 2-3 Tbsp.

Blend on high until smoooOOOooth and creamy! Enjoy

Also you can drop the banana and add two eggs and some raw honey to

taste, yum!

As for your question, you may be able to find some info in this google

book called " Coconut: Rediscovered as Medicinal Food " ....

http://books.google.com/books?id=0NAA8_fDI9wC & pg=PA71 & lpg=PA71 & dq=coconut+binds+\

with+heavy+metals & source=web & ots=u3X4fi-IUd & sig=6k3pfGulItTGKV1UyFaS5bfPfVY & hl=e\

n & sa=X & oi=book_result & resnum=7 & ct=result#PPA33,M1

One of the best things about coconut is its ability to bind with heavy

metals and pull them out of the body, but it must be raw, cooked

coconut does not act the same.

Good luck, I just got back from Hawaii, LOTS o' coconut happening over

dea bra!

[Guest guest]

According to Tropical Traditions,

" Some retailers and manufacturers of Virgin Coconut Oils, referring

to one of the processes mentioned above, call their coconut

oil " Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. " But there are no other processes used

to make coconut oil other than the ones mentioned above, so this

classification is simply arbitrary. There is no official

classification or difference between " virgin " and " extra virgin " as

there is in the olive oil industry, since the two oils are completely

different in fatty acid composition, harvesting procedures, and

terminology. "

<http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/what_is_virgin_coconut_oil.htm>

So why does Nutiva label all of their CO as being extra virgin? For

some reason that bothers me, maybe because it seems to me that some

people will think it's superior because it's not just virgin, it's

*extra* virgin, when really this doesn't exist. Maybe I'm just being

picky.

I've only tried TT so I can't compare it to any other brand, but I am

happy with the taste and quality. I use it for cooking and as a skin

moisturizer. I also make chocolate CO " truffles " with it because I

don't like the texture in cold smoothies. (For the truffles, mix

equal parts liquified CO, peanut butter and cocoa powder and pour

onto wax paper in individual blobs; refrigerate. Enjoy.)

Alyssa

> When I was researching Nutiva's coconut oil I read some comparisons

> between it and TT's and there was an overwhelming agreement that

> Nutiva's was far superior both in quality and in taste.

>

> I recommend Nutiva and wouldn't mess about with anything else,

> considering price, quality and taste.

[Guest guest]

You got me curious so I did some snooping around on the net and found

a lot of people pleased with tropical traditions and very little with

anything bad to say about it. The descriptions I read sound the same

as Nutiva's, a really white oil that is fresh and coconutty smelling,

so I suspect the quality is similar.

I did read one bad review about the wilderness brand, but I don't

recall what it said.

[Guest guest]

I've been using Wilderness Family Naturals virgin coconut oil for 6 or more

years and have never had any problems with it. It is white, fresh and smells

like coconuts just as the Nutiva oil does, and keeps for more than 3 years in a

cool, dark place (such as a crawl space in my home). Plus, I like supporting a

local family business.

R.