http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/10/feds-poised-to-withdraw-longstanding-warnings-about-dietary-cholesterol/

At least according to the US government.
LOL how long is the lag between science and widespread acceptance?

Ingredients
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This is some pretty wild new info. According to Mercola, cooling the palms of the hands may activate brown fat cells causing more fat to burn. Burn baby burn.

http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/03/30/hand-cooling-device-for-effective-workout.aspx?e_cid=20120330_FNL_art_1

Clinical applications for EFAs
Tori Hudson, ND
Hosted by Nordic Naturals
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dietary supplementation with coconut oil-->reduction in waist circumference after 1 week!!
also coconut--> higher HDL, lower LDL:HDL ratio
randomized, double-blind clinical trial, 12 week long diet
n = 40 women in 2 groups, daily soybean oil vs daily coconut oil
all walked and ate low cal diets
at 1 wk: soybean oil group had incr total chol, LDL and LDL:HDL ratio, decr HDL
(bad trend in fats)
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*for marijuana effect search for "endocannabinoid"
( more than you ever wanted to know about fat----very interesting, too!Collapse )

fascinating factoid per Drs Szabat & Ambrose: scutellaria inhibits expression of IL6, 6/2011

Family: Labiatae (MINT family)
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**download her notes and print body composition charts, timeline
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Why Mercola recommends krill instead of fish oil.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/16/rudi-moerck-on-fish-oil.aspx
(I still take fish oil.)

Why cook with coconut and NEVER with olive oil, why processed olive oil might be better than extra olive, and also how to keep your extra virgin olive oil from turning rancid.
News to me: the chlorophyll in extra virgin olive oil actually makes it rancidify faster.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/30/rudi-moerck-on-cooking-oils.aspx