All edible oils are healthy. Olive oil is considered to be the best oil in the world, but I would like to say sesame oil is as good as olive oil.
The only difference is the distribution of monounsaturated and omega-3 fatty acids. Olive oil has more monounsaturated and sesame has more omega-6 fatty acids. The important fatty acid in fish is also omega-3 fatty acids. Sunflower has more omega-6 fatty acids and canola is the mustard oil without smell.
Olive oil should not be heated above 70 degrees C and it could be used with salads.
For our Indian way of cooking sesame oil, coconut oil, groundnut oil and sunflower oil is good.
Oils are always healthy and it is in your hands to use them judiciously in such a way to get only the health benefits.
All plant oils have no cholesterol. Never forget 100 g oil has approximately 890 calories.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics and the whole tree is useful to us.
What are the uses of coconut?
• Coconut is a good food with all the necessary nutrients.
• Almost every part of the coconut tree is useful to human beings.
• It is used in traditional medicine as well as in modern medicine. More than 50 applications are written in the literature which is still in use.
Why are the fatty acids of coconut healthy?
Coconut has less (30%) long chain saturated fatty acids but more (70%) short and medium chain saturated fatty acids and therefore it is healthy to make a good ratio of LDL and HDL.
What is your personal opinion?
Coconut is good and we all must eat. The reasons are as follows:
• It has 9% fibre.
• Coconut has the highest amount of selenium. It has 810µg Selenium per 100 g. Selenium is found in enzymes to remove the dangerous free radicals and also helps to remove the toxic heavy metals such as mercury from our body.
• All the other elements like potassium, magnesium, manganese, iron, copper, zinc and iodine are present.
• B vitamins, E and C are also present in coconut.
30 g of coconut chutney for idly or for methu vadai will not harm anybody. Normal amount could also be used in some other food preparations. In every preparation the food is diluted few times to several times and at the end we may be taking only few grams of long chain saturated fatty acids.
I met several people who are not at all using coconuts years together in India because of their high blood pressure or after the bypass heart operation. Interestingly many of them are still eating meat or poultry and why is coconut alone a villain? But to have things properly done care should be taken with coconut oil as well as with other oils in cooking. Other vegetable oils are also good and healthy. The dose makes always the poison.
But we must keep it always in mind that studies have shown virgin coconut oil has reduced the bad cholesterol and increased the good cholesterol. If we see the coconut belt throughout the world where coconuts are produced and eaten everyday without any adverse effects for the heart or other organs, then I ask myself whether some lobby groups are at work to sell their products which has no equal quality of coconut or coconut oil.
Here also I want to stress the importance of individual counselling.
What is virgin coconut oil?
Virgin coconut oil is made from fresh coconuts and from copra, the dried ones.
What will happen then to the excess coconut oil available in the market?
Coconut oil has several applications. It is used as bio-diesel for aeroplanes and to manufacture soap, cosmetics and creams. It is used in the medicine and as raw materials for paints and for industrial purpose. But I think it could be better to use it as food for persons who are poor than to any other industrial purpose.
What do you say about tender coconut water?
It is very good not only in summer but also in all seasons. Packed in the natural fatty container it is always pure and also has minerals and vitamins.
Has coconut cholesterol?
No. Coconut has no cholesterol. All plant foods have no cholesterol.
What is the connection between mother’s milk and coconut?
The fatty acids present in both mother’s milk and coconut are same in composition. The nature knows what we need. The reason is short and medium chain fatty acids are converted in the liver to give direct, immediate energy to the infant which important to live. Only the long chain fatty acids need the enzymes for the long digestion. Do we want to say mother’s milk is bad? Never.
What are the oils good for our Indian way of cooking?
Sesame oil, coconut oil and groundnut oil are the best oils to our way of cooking because they are heat stable.
What are the uses of coconut?
• Coconut is a good food with all the necessary nutrients.
• Almost every part of the coconut tree is useful to human beings.
• It is used in traditional medicine as well as in modern medicine. More than 50 applications are written in the literature which is still in use.
Why are the fatty acids of coconut healthy?
Coconut has less (30%) long chain saturated fatty acids but more (70%) short and medium chain saturated fatty acids and therefore it is healthy to make a good ratio of LDL and HDL.
What is your personal opinion?
Coconut is good and we all must eat. The reasons are as follows:
• It has 9% fibre.
• Coconut has the highest amount of selenium. It has 810µg Selenium per 100 g. Selenium is found in enzymes to remove the dangerous free radicals and also helps to remove the toxic heavy metals such as mercury from our body.
• All the other elements like potassium, magnesium, manganese, iron, copper, zinc and iodine are present.
• B vitamins, E and C are also present in coconut.
30 g of coconut chutney for idly or for methu vadai will not harm anybody. Normal amount could also be used in some other food preparations. In every preparation the food is diluted few times to several times and at the end we may be taking only few grams of long chain saturated fatty acids.
I met several people who are not at all using coconuts years together in India because of their high blood pressure or after the bypass heart operation. Interestingly many of them are still eating meat or poultry and why is coconut alone a villain? But to have things properly done care should be taken with coconut oil as well as with other oils in cooking. Other vegetable oils are also good and healthy. The dose makes always the poison.
But we must keep it always in mind that studies have shown virgin coconut oil has reduced the bad cholesterol and increased the good cholesterol. If we see the coconut belt throughout the world where coconuts are produced and eaten everyday without any adverse effects for the heart or other organs, then I ask myself whether some lobby groups are at work to sell their products which has no equal quality of coconut or coconut oil.
Here also I want to stress the importance of individual counselling.
What is virgin coconut oil?
Virgin coconut oil is made from fresh coconuts and from copra, the dried ones.
What will happen then to the excess coconut oil available in the market?
Coconut oil has several applications. It is used as bio-diesel for aeroplanes and to manufacture soap, cosmetics and creams. It is used in the medicine and as raw materials for paints and for industrial purpose. But I think it could be better to use it as food for persons who are poor than to any other industrial purpose.
What do you say about tender coconut water?
It is very good not only in summer but also in all seasons. Packed in the natural fatty container it is always pure and also has minerals and vitamins.
Has coconut cholesterol?
No. Coconut has no cholesterol. All plant foods have no cholesterol.
What is the connection between mother’s milk and coconut?
The fatty acids present in both mother’s milk and coconut are same in composition. The nature knows what we need. The reason is short and medium chain fatty acids are converted in the liver to give direct, immediate energy to the infant which important to live. Only the long chain fatty acids need the enzymes for the long digestion. Do we want to say mother’s milk is bad? Never.
What are the oils good for our Indian way of cooking?
Sesame oil, coconut oil and groundnut oil are the best oils to our way of cooking because they are heat stable.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Yesterday I ate altogether 1 set poori with potatoes, two medhu vadais, three chapattis, fried mutton, chips and 20 to 30 g groundnuts. I drank 4 cups (big one with 400 ml) of coffee. To make the condition still worse I drank 3 small glass of beer also. Apart from the coffee I drank nearly 4 l drinking water.
How was my oil pulling today morning? It was almost not at all milky. Moreover I had very little production of saliva. Now we see the reasons for this.
My food had no fruits or vegetables. That means the food what I ate made my body acidic. Medical literature says that the pH of the saliva is between 6 and 7.4. My saliva pH may be around 6 and there happened no sopanification with my saliva. I had the pure taste of the sesame oil even after 20 min of oil pulling.
What might be the reason for the low production of saliva? I drank 4 cups of moderately strong coffee. Caffeine dehydrates the body and this is same case with alcohol also. There was a mild dehydration of my body. At about 3p.m. in the night I had cramps in the left toes and it was very painful I got up and drank two big glass of water and in 3 min the cramps were gone away. My body is acidic now and in this case more calcium from my bones are lost and the danger of my body taking more poisons from the air, water and food is always high. With this you can learn several things. More water, less coffee, no or less alcohol and the importance of the fruits and vegetables which could make our body alkaline are necessary everyday. Every day in a warm country like India 4 to 6 liters of water is necessary for the body and your food must contain lot of vegetables so that your body stays alkaline.
Today will be the last day I eat bad food and from tomorrow onwards I eat normally with vegetables and fruits and inform you what is happening with me and my oil pulling.
Note: With oil pulling one could control easily whether her/his body is acidic or alkaline, if necessary could change the eating habits immediately.
How was my oil pulling today morning? It was almost not at all milky. Moreover I had very little production of saliva. Now we see the reasons for this.
My food had no fruits or vegetables. That means the food what I ate made my body acidic. Medical literature says that the pH of the saliva is between 6 and 7.4. My saliva pH may be around 6 and there happened no sopanification with my saliva. I had the pure taste of the sesame oil even after 20 min of oil pulling.
What might be the reason for the low production of saliva? I drank 4 cups of moderately strong coffee. Caffeine dehydrates the body and this is same case with alcohol also. There was a mild dehydration of my body. At about 3p.m. in the night I had cramps in the left toes and it was very painful I got up and drank two big glass of water and in 3 min the cramps were gone away. My body is acidic now and in this case more calcium from my bones are lost and the danger of my body taking more poisons from the air, water and food is always high. With this you can learn several things. More water, less coffee, no or less alcohol and the importance of the fruits and vegetables which could make our body alkaline are necessary everyday. Every day in a warm country like India 4 to 6 liters of water is necessary for the body and your food must contain lot of vegetables so that your body stays alkaline.
Today will be the last day I eat bad food and from tomorrow onwards I eat normally with vegetables and fruits and inform you what is happening with me and my oil pulling.
Note: With oil pulling one could control easily whether her/his body is acidic or alkaline, if necessary could change the eating habits immediately.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sesame oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, groundnut oil, coconut oil, mustard oil is the mostly used oils in India. Olive oil is famous in many countries, but it is not suitable for Indian way of cooking with high temperature. Canola oil is genetically modified rapeseed oil from Canada; it is mustard oil minus the smelling erucic acid. Plant oils have no cholesterol. Coconut oil has around 90% saturated fatty acids, but nearly 70% are middle and short chain fats which are healthy. Persons with heart problem can use coconut as well as coconut oil. It is extremely stable and is good to cook. Do not forget all oils are rich in calories and use them carefully.
Sesame oil along with coconut oil and groundnut oil is the best oil to cook our Indian food. They stable to heat although 86% are polyunsaturated (omega-6) and monounsaturated (omega-9) fats and only 14% saturated fats in sesame oil. The antioxidants in it make this possible. It is healing oil and is antibacterial for pathogens. Its fat combination with antioxidants makes this to reduce LDL and increase HDL. It is used to cure many diseases in Ayurvedha.
My personal experience with Idhayam Sesame oil, including oil pulling, is very good and it helps to minimize the unwanted bacteria in the mouth. In the literature there are several applications are given. Western countries are not interested because it is not their product. With proper research it can be possible to prove several healing effects of Sesame oil. It is the oil of Tamil Nadu, one of the best oils in the world and it is the duty of the doctors, chemists and others to prove this. In Tamil Nadu it was given to the girls much when they come to age and sesame oil is one of the important substances which prepared them for pregnancy and child birth. Are today’s numerous caesarean operations the result of this lost virtue? Healthy sesame oil will help you a lot if you eliminate or minimize other risks.
In future we would have projects which study the clinical aspects of sesame oil to underline the use of this edible oil for its health properties. At the same time good oil is good oil if we master the right food for the right man or woman or child. Eating completely wrong food and telling sesame oil is not good is not acceptable. I believe in this particular field we could do research for decades.
Sesame oil along with coconut oil and groundnut oil is the best oil to cook our Indian food. They stable to heat although 86% are polyunsaturated (omega-6) and monounsaturated (omega-9) fats and only 14% saturated fats in sesame oil. The antioxidants in it make this possible. It is healing oil and is antibacterial for pathogens. Its fat combination with antioxidants makes this to reduce LDL and increase HDL. It is used to cure many diseases in Ayurvedha.
My personal experience with Idhayam Sesame oil, including oil pulling, is very good and it helps to minimize the unwanted bacteria in the mouth. In the literature there are several applications are given. Western countries are not interested because it is not their product. With proper research it can be possible to prove several healing effects of Sesame oil. It is the oil of Tamil Nadu, one of the best oils in the world and it is the duty of the doctors, chemists and others to prove this. In Tamil Nadu it was given to the girls much when they come to age and sesame oil is one of the important substances which prepared them for pregnancy and child birth. Are today’s numerous caesarean operations the result of this lost virtue? Healthy sesame oil will help you a lot if you eliminate or minimize other risks.
In future we would have projects which study the clinical aspects of sesame oil to underline the use of this edible oil for its health properties. At the same time good oil is good oil if we master the right food for the right man or woman or child. Eating completely wrong food and telling sesame oil is not good is not acceptable. I believe in this particular field we could do research for decades.
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