Gilbert's advice and opinion below are entirely sound. Jose makes one valid point, which is that animal fat is worse than vegetable fat like coconut oil. But it is not reasonable to conflate issues regarding consumption of coconut and coconut oil, and also about coconut and life expectancy. The folks who lived in the Goan villages and the islands of the East and West Indies did not live fairly long lives. Their life expectancy in the past was very low compared to what it is today. Here is what I had written about this issue the last time it had raised its confused head:
QUOTE In the old days that Floriano remembers people used to die before the age of 30 from typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera, small pox, pneumonia and wound infections. They did not live long enough to die from a heart attack or stroke. It was only the lucky ones who lived to see 40 or 45, not having caught the infections. The few who lived much longer were in addition naturally selected by their genes. Hundred years ago the life expectancy of a human being in India was 25 years. This was during the heyday of all kinds of faith-based nostrums - Ayurveda, Homeopathy and home remedies of housewives and grandmothers. In 1947 when Indians were finally able to die free, they could only expect to live for 36 years. In 1961 when Portugal was liberated from the burden of Goa, a naturalized first-class Indian citizen in Goa was lucky if he/she could survive beyond 42 years of age, still not long enough for Floriano to see significant number of people dying from heart attacks. Today, any toddler in India can hope to live on an average for 70 years, long enough to have a good chance of being a cancer or stroke victim and survivor. UNQUOTE Please see: http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg55052.html The same applies to the islands of the West Indies. Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> > To: "goa...@goanet.org" <goa...@goanet.org> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Coconut Oil > > GL responds: > > There is no controversy here and if there is one, I do not want to engage in > it. > Coconut oil in moderation is not harmful ... "limiting the > consumption." > Saturated fats in moderation is not harmful ... again "limiting the > consumption." > Not all saturated fats are made the same. > Coconut oil controversy only arises in cooking and not for hair / skin > application. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jose Colaco <cola...@gmail.com> > To: Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca>; "Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. > 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Cc: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 5:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Coconut Oil > > My dear Mervyn, > > You are right. That, indeed, is the advice. > > However, have you ever wondered IF and WHY folks who inhabited Goan villages > and > the Islands of the East and West Indies, lived fairly long lives despite > having > a diet that was full of coconut? > > There is also an argument put forth about the type of MCTs found in coconut > oil. > Not being a coconutologist, I will skip comment on that except to say that : > surely, coconut is not worse than animal fat. IF you agree, WHY is it that > all > the organizations listed, are NOT placing the same 'advisory' on Red > Meats, Stress, Cow's Milk, Butter and ' couch potatoness'....... + > wars and extra- marital affairs? > > BTW: if we concede that Floriano has every right to do just the opposite of > what is being advised by these organizations, AND if we are in a position to > conclude that Floriano is doing just that + will not change his mind, WHY are > we > still trying to 'convert' him? > > jc
