The Coconut Diet: A Slimming Secret
Article
written and provided by Cherie Calbom, MS
The
Coconut Diet is not a prescriptive diet nor is it a fad. Fad
diets come and go. They’re called fads because they don’t work long term. The
Coconut Diet is a way of eating that can be followed for a lifetime of good
health and weight management. The
Coconut Diet focuses on replacing vegetable oils that are fattening and unhealthy such as corn, soybean,
rapeseed and safflower oil, with virgin coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil.
It’s
that time of year when many of us want to lose weight, shape up, and get
healthier. You may have made a
resolution to do just that. Now,
the question is: How are you going
to do it? The
Coconut Diet: The Secret Ingredient For Effortless
Weight Loss shows
you how with an exciting 21-day weight loss plan that incorporates simple meal
plans, a shopping list, and 70 delicious recipes. And it’s all based on
extensive scientific research.
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After all the bad press concerning coconut oil, it
turns out that it is actually slimming. But the Coconut Diet doesn’t stop there.
It promotes eating plenty of fresh vegetables, low-sugar fruit, and it
doesn’t toss out the carrots and beets with the potato chips like other low-carb
diets. The Coconut Diet is about eating plenty of brightly colored vegetables that are rich in antioxidants and whole foods versus refined. It
eliminates high glycaemic foods such as refined
flour products, white rice, white potatoes, and sweets. It doesn’t recommend
artificial sweeteners that are detrimental to one’s health, but rather healthy
low-carb sweeteners. It encourages preparing recipes with virgin coconut oil and
extra virgin olive oil in exchange for other vegetable oils.
Coconut is the oil that has promoted phenomenal
weight loss success for many people such as Kelly Inglet, who lost 130 pounds on
the Coconut Diet (First for Women
2005). Virgin coconut oil works
wonders because it is made up predominantly of medium chain triglycerides (MCTs)
that burn up quickly in the body—a lot like kindling in a fire rather than a
big log (American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 1983). MCTs are so
effective in helping people lose weight and gain energy because the body does
not prefer to store them. If you consider your body’s metabolism to be like an
oil furnace, eating vegetable oils dominated by long chain triglycerides (LCTs)
is like adding oil to a storage tank, whereas consuming coconut oil, which is
dominated by MCTs, is like pumping oil directly from the delivery truck into the
furnace.
You’ll want to eliminate other oils (except extra
virgin olive oil and macadamia nut oil) because the composition of the fatty
acid chains in polyunsaturated oils such as corn, soybean, canola, and safflower
is dominated by long chain triglycerides (LCTs). They are transported from the
intestines as fairly large fat droplets (chylomicrons) and are dumped into the
bloodstream near the heart (American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1982). These
fat droplets are then transported through the entire body before reaching the
liver. The body is slow to
metabolize them and tends to store them as fat rather than burn them. The scientific community has known for a long time that LCTs have a
tendency to produce fat in the body. Farm
animals fed vegetable oils usually put on more weight and produce more meat,
while animals fed coconut oil tend to be lean and more active (American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1982).
There is considerable false information circulating
about coconut oil such as causing loss of minerals like calcium or raising
cholesterol. When it comes to
healthy bones, saturated fat, as found in coconut oil, plays a vital role. At
least 50 percent of dietary fats need to be saturated for calcium to be
effectively incorporated into the skeletal structure (American
Oil Chemists Society Proceedings, 1996).
Coconut oil is also rich in lauric acid.
P.K. Thampan, the former chief coconut development officer of the Coconut
Development Board in India studied traditional cultures that consumed large
amounts of coconut and has written a book entitled "Facts
and Fallacies About Coconut Oil" (1994).
With a simple, delicious, and easy-to-follow program,
The Coconut Diet delivers a
step-by-step plan for healthy, nutritious weight
loss that works. The cleansing programmes
in Phase II are especially helpful highlighting issues that can
prevent weight loss, especially that dimpled pudge known as cellulite. The detoxification phase shows how to flush fat and toxins from the body
with an easy-to-use menu plan and cleansing recipes. With four effective phases
and 70 easy-to-prepare recipes, you can experience better health and a slimmer
you.
Cherie
Calbom, M.S. is a nutrition researcher with a Master
of Science degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University, where she now sits
on the Board of Regents. She is the author of fourteen books including the
best-selling Juicing for Life, The
Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health, The
Ultimate Smoothie Book, The Wrinkle
Cleanse, and The Coconut Diet. She appears regularly on QVC with the George Foreman grills.
For more information on The Coconut
Diet see Cherie's website www.gococonuts.com.