Hail Merry is a
raw, vegan, gluten-free snack food company born out of the yoga culture. It is
a category-redefining brand by way of taste, healthful benefits and philosophy.
The raw plant-based oils offer an unparalleled taste experience and may assist
in healing the body. Finally…(sigh) taste and health co-exist!
It is safe to say that we are fully obsessed with Hail Merry here in the office. If you haven't tried one of their decadent chocolate macaroons, you don't know what you're missing! Something else you may not know: Hail Merry was named 2011's Best New Vegan Product!
All that being said, you can imagine how thrilled we were when founder Susan O'Brien agreed to guest post for us! Today she is talking about coconut oil. Have you used it? From beauty to cooking, this really is the miracle do-all oil! So without further ado... Take it away Susan!
COCONUT OIL – The fat
that makes you thin!
Dr. Oz did a segment on the benefits of coconut oil
consumption on his popular TV show.
Finally more and more people will begin to understand and benefit from
the positive research that is out there on the healing properties of coconut
oil! While there is still a lot to
learn we can be happy that Dr Oz and others are blessing this incredible life
giving energy source!
When I read the book The
Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife I couldn’t believe what I was reading
about the fat that was demonized as artery clogging for all those years. I also
read an article about a study done on cows in the 1940’s who were fed coconut
oil in hopes of fattening them up.
What the research discovered was that at the end of the study the cows
had actually lost a lot of weight and had much more energy! This study left me wanting more
data. So I started reading books
by Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig who where the actual whistle-blowers on the
whole Trans Fats issue. These two
incredibly brave woman sent the food industry into a total frenzy (Oh how I
love these powerful women)!
YES IT’S TRUE - coconut oil helps you loose weight! I know
this all sounds too good to be true.
But here is the skinny on this fact. When you starve yourself of fat, which so many women do
today, it leaves you feeling depressed, too tired to work out, hungry and in
search of carbs. Low fat diets also have a negative effect on proper hormone
production and balance, which is why these diets can leave you feeling
depressed.
Too many carbs and calories are what make you fat. Period! When you consume good quality raw fats like coconut oil,
avocados, nuts & seeds your body quickly feels satiated. You feel full with less food, your
happy, you have energy to work out, and you ultimately consume less carbs and
calories. Keep in mind that
our liver can only process so many lipids at a time. A handful of nuts is a good gauge per occasion. There are 117 calories per one
tablespoon of coconut oil just like olive oil. I know this sounds high and especially when we have all been
programmed to think saturated fats are bad.
However, coconut oil is a medium-chain saturated fat that
quickly converts to energy and is not stored as body fat or cholesterol! Coconut oil comes from a plant so it
has zero cholesterol. Only humans and animals make cholesterol. As mentioned above, we must have
cholesterol & fat in our bodies for proper cellular function, repair and
hormonal production. It is vital!
The fats that our killing Americans are not raw plant based fats but
oxidized fats from homogenized dairy, consuming too many cooked animal’s, and
the heated polyunsaturated oils found in baked goods & fried foods.
Coconut oil is also anti-bacterial and anti microbial due to
its high content of Lauric Acid.
Dr. Oz believes that these high amounts of lauric acid can actually help
kill the Pylori bacteria that cause ulcers and ultimately lead to stomach
cancer. BIG NEWS!
Just remember folks.
America does not grow coconut trees. We grow soybeans, sunflowers, and lots of corn. That is why we were told for so many
years that margarine was better for us.
These large food companies wanted you to believe that butter &
tropical oils were bad for you.
They wanted you buying their polyunsaturated oils! The research that was conducted on
coconut oil decades ago was on the trans fat version of coconut oil. These companies didn’t want you buying
coconut oil from other countries they wanted you to buy that stuff that rhymes
with FRISCO! The ultimate trans
fat! Why did they alter these
polyunsaturated oils in the first place? So they would behave more like a
saturated tropical fat, which offers a longer shelf life.
BUTTER IS
BETTER! COCONUT OIL IS TOO!
The French have been eating butter for years and don’t have
the obesity problems Americans suffer from. Butter is actually a short chain fat, which converts to
energy even faster than coconut oil. So enjoy some butter on your oatmeal, add
coconut oil to your smoothies & raw desserts. Your waistline will be glad you did.
Resources:
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
Eat Fat Lose Fat by Dr. Mary Enig and Sally Fallon.
Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus
The Weston A. Price Foundation.
Interested in learning more about Hail Merry? You must check out their blog here or find them on YouTube!
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