| I had a teacher in my early twenties that taught me | | | | energy. |
| the most valuable lesson I've ever learned. She said, | | | | One way to get the "skinny" on how coconut oil |
| "The truth about most things in life is usually the | | | | creates weight loss is by looking at how it affects |
| opposite of what you have been taught". | | | | animals when given in their feed. The animal feed |
| Well, the idea of the "fat-free" diet for weight loss is | | | | industry has known about this for years. |
| one of those things. Contrary to what we've been | | | | The livestock industry always liked fat pigs for good |
| told for years, consuming fat can actually help you | | | | taste, and fed them foods to fatten them up. When |
| lose weight, as long as they are good fats. | | | | lard was a household staple, feeding pigs |
| In my desire to keep this huge topic brief and | | | | polyunsaturated fats, like soybean and corn oil before |
| empower you to use this info immediately, I am | | | | slaughter fattened these guys up. These fats are |
| picking one delicious good-fat food to tell you about | | | | long chained fatty acids. Today, now that 'thin is in' |
| that you should be adding to your diet immediately. | | | | and low fat meats are more desirable, there's a way |
| Coconuts. | | | | to feed the pigs to keep them lean. According to the |
| Coconut milk, coconut water, coconut cream and | | | | Department of Animal Science of North Carolina |
| other natural coconut constituents should be | | | | State University, feeding pigs the good fats |
| consumed daily for weight loss. Now, this doesn't | | | | (saturated) such as coconut oil, helps produce lean |
| mean you have to go buy one of those brown hairy | | | | pigs. |
| round balls that sit next to the bananas in your Acme | | | | You can buy coconut milk at health food stores, but |
| and sledgehammer it open when you get home. The | | | | if you want it fairly inexpensively, try your Asian |
| Whole Foods industry is on the same page here, so | | | | markets. Make sure you are getting pure coconut |
| most health food stores now carry cans of coconut | | | | milk without sugar or any additives. In the health |
| milk. | | | | food stores the cost of a can runs about $1.79. In |
| How does eating coconut help you lose weight? It's | | | | the Asian markets its about 79 cents. |
| the medium chain fatty acids in the coconut oil. | | | | You can make the most delicious shakes with |
| Medium chain fatty acids (MCTs) are used in the | | | | coconut milk. This would also be a good choice if you |
| body for energy, as opposed to long chained fatty | | | | want low sugar non-dairy milks. Rice and almond milks |
| acids ((LDTs) from vegetable oils, that are stored as | | | | are high glycemics, and soymilk is not the best choice |
| fat. Medium chain fatty acids create "thermogenesis" | | | | either. |
| in the body which increases metabolism and burns | | | | |