Blanco Maria - The Complete Idiots Guide to the Coconut Oil Diet

The Coconut
Oil Diet

by Maria Blanco, CFH, and Dr. James Pendleton, ND, NMD

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Introduction

If improving your health in the most natural way possible is important to you, then this book will provide you with a treasure trove of information. The health benefits of including coconut oil in your diet and in routine self-care are phenomenal and far-reaching. In this book you will discover wonderful things about coconut oil and about health in general that you have never heard. Best of all, Ive broken all this exciting information down into easy-to-understand chunks so that you can dive right in anywhere and get started right away.

The coconut oil diet focuses on consuming the healthy fats and foods that our ancestors thrived on from time immemorial. It teaches you how to eat healthily for a lifetime and how to naturally avoid and overcome illness and disease. In the recipes in the last part of the book, you will discover the basis of real nutrition. Youll have more energy. Youll lose those nagging cravings. Your weight will finally normalize. You will achieve a level of wellness you maybe never thought possible. And youll be astonished to witness how fast your cholesterol and blood pressure go down, even as your energy levels soar.

How This Book Is Organized

Ive broken this book into four parts to make it easier for you to find the information you need to personally tailor a coconut oil diet plan thats right for you. Each part provides foundational information, hints and tips on which to build.

, Coconut Oil Basics, explores the marvelous health claims surrounding coconut oil and provides quizzes that help you determine how coconut oil can be of benefit to you. You will learn about coconut oils interesting historical legacy. Youll also discover that coconut oil was once considered a highly valuable dietary fat and how, in recent times, events conspired to give coconut oil an undeserved bad reputation. Finally, you will learn that coconut oil is available in a variety of forms and an exciting array of world-class cuisines.

navigates you through comparisons of coconut oil to other fats and explains why coconut oil possesses superior benefits in the diet with none of the drawbacks of modern vegetable oils.

. Helpful tips on how to use coconut oil for each condition are included, along with explanations of how coconut oil gets the job done.

is where the sweets and treats are found. It also provides delightful coconut recipes that fit the high standards of dementia patients and acknowledges the time constraints of caregivers needs. The final chapter provides recipes of a different kind. Because coconut oil nourishes the body from the outside, too, this chapter offers recipes for natural homemade hygiene, hair, and skin-care products.

The appendixes are an added bonus for you. Youll find sources for coconut oil edibles and skin-care products, hard-to-find nutrition supplements, and exotic foods in that introduces you to wonderful print and online resources to explore.