Prices.... Going Up!!!

[Justgotohm]

Please don’t take this as political, it has nothing to do with that. I always assumed when money is printed out of thin air and given away then prices go up on everything basically by default. I’m sure there are many people here far more educated than myself that can elaborate or set me straight in my assumption.

 

[Fazzie]

Not necessarily true. Coconut oil was once considered a superfood along with acai berry. Further research shows it doesn't live up to those claims. It's not really bad for you but the claimed benefits aren't there.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/coconut-oil-and-health

Coconut and palm oil both contain high amounts of saturated fat but unlike the saturated fat found in red meat, which are long chain triglycerides, coconut/palm oils contain middle chain triglycerides (MCT's) which are never stored as fat in the body. I have grown up in the natural foods industry and seen the view of coconut/palm oil go from being the main oil for deep fat frying (1950's - 1960's) and a healthy food used for centuries by Polynesian islanders with no ill affects like heart disease etc., to being seen as a dangerous fat due to its high saturated fat content. In the 70's when we started learning more about unhealthy fats like the saturated fat in red meats, the vegetable oil companies knowing that coconut/palm oils were high in saturated fat began a campaign to promote polyunsaturated fats found in vegetable oils to be healthier than the saturated fat found in coconut/palm oils. This campaign was very successful and even those in the natural foods industry were converted, even though there was no hard evidence showing the saturated fat MCT's to be unhealthy.
Coconut oil is one of the best cooking oils because it has a very high smoking point so carcinogens are not created when it reaches high cooking temperatures like other vegetable oils. I have seen many people get amazing weight loss results, and for body builders reduced body fat levels allowing more cut and defined muscle. When used as a dietary supplement in therapeutic doses (2+ tablespoons daily) MCT oils like coconut/palm oil, will increase a person's basal metabolic rate which means you will burn more calories in a resting state. I have personally seen these results replicated many times. Example: One gentlemen came into the store appearing fit enough and not looking overweight but he told me he had lost 40 pounds in 3 months and the only thing he changed in his routine was to take a tablespoon of MCT oil every morning and evening. I have dozens of body builders that have had fantastic results using MCT oils to reduce body fat and get cut defined muscles for competition.

 

[Fazzie]

Please. I could have quoted other sources. You believe what you want to believe. I will not go down conspitorial alley with you. An oil that turns into a solid at room temp? OK.
Harvard Medical - are they part of your consiracy too?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-there-a-place-for-coconut-oil-in-a-healthy-diet-2019011415764

Anyone thinking of injesting this stuff, please do your research and weigh the pros vs cons. Done.

Interesting note: coconut oil will liquefy at about +72 Fahrenheit. What is amazing to me is once it is liquefied it is totally clear like water, you can see through it.

 

[Fazzie]

Please. I could have quoted other sources. You believe what you want to believe. I will not go down conspitorial alley with you. An oil that turns into a solid at room temp? OK.
Harvard Medical - are they part of your consiracy too?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-there-a-place-for-coconut-oil-in-a-healthy-diet-2019011415764

Anyone thinking of injesting this stuff, please do your research and weigh the pros vs cons. Done.

Regarding the Harvard article that states coconut oil is mosty Lauric acid and not MCT, That is not accurate. Coconut/palm oil is over 54% MCT's.

 

[Bill S]

One gentlemen came into the store appearing fit enough and not looking overweight but he told me he had lost 40 pounds in 3 months and the only thing he changed in his routine was to take a tablespoon of MCT oil every morning and evening.

The weight loss market is worth billions. If this is all you had to do was swig a couple spoons of oil, don't you think people would be all over it.

I'm not bashing coconut oil or any other oil. Just saying do your research before consuming. That goes for anything. A dozen years ago people were lining up and paying $25 a quart for MonaVie acai berry juice because it was deemed to be a superfood. People bough and consumed the stuff and suggested it cured all that ailed them. Turns out, it was a pyramid scheme type of product and the benefits were no greater than other berries that were high in anti oxidents.

 

[Fazzie]

Another note regarding vegetable oils is that many (particularly soy, corn & canola/rapeseed) have all undergone genetic modifications to increase harvests. We may be seeing health side effects now and in the future from consumption of these genetically modified foods but so far there is no mainstream hard evidence of such a link.

 

[Bill S]

Regarding the Harvard article that states coconut oil is mosty Lauric acid and not MCT, That is not accurate. Coconut/palm oil is over 54% MCT's.

Coconut oil also contains LCTs and unsaturated fats. It is high in lauric acid.

Lauric acid behaves more like an LCT in terms of its slow digestion and absorption. Thus, experts suggest that coconut oil cannot be considered an MCT-rich oil, as is widely claimed, given its high lauric acid content.

 

[Fazzie]

The weight loss market is worth billions. If this is all you had to do was swig a couple spoons of oil, don't you think people would be all over it.

I'm not bashing coconut oil or any other oil. Just saying do your research before consuming. That goes for anything. A dozen years ago people were lining up and paying $25 a quart for MonaVie acai berry juice because it was deemed to be a superfood. People bough and consumed the stuff and suggested it cured all that ailed them. Turns out, it was a pyramid scheme type of product and the benefits were no greater than other berries that were high in anti oxidents.

It's definitely a thing now, have you not heard of bulletproof coffee?

 

[rickb119]

When used as a dietary supplement in therapeutic doses (2+ tablespoons daily) MCT oils like coconut/palm oil, will increase a person's basal metabolic rate which means you will burn more calories in a resting state

I eat at least that much daily. The problem is, it's mixed in with cookies, brownies, etc.

 

[OnTheBlitz]

Back on topic. Food prices are increasing rapidly. This correlates directly with fuel costs. Buckle your seat belts, we're in for a death ride.

 

[rickb119]

Buckle you seat belts. We're in for a death ride.

What's coming down the pike will make the '08 recession look like a walk in the park.

 

[Mystic]

Back on topic. Food prices are increasing rapidly. This correlates directly with fuel costs. Buckle you seat belts. We're in for a death ride.

Inflation's rearing its ugly head fo sho bro, over here as well, but nearly @ nearly the rate (of increase) as I'm seein'/hearin' described by y'all in The States.

 

[Mystic]

What's coming down the pike will make the '08 recession look like a walk in the park.

Mother of all bubbles maybe. (yeah, I have the '30s in mind)

 

[onwardjames]

This just in:
"Common Sense In Short Supply"

So, it's not so common?? Yup yup.

Please don’t take this as political, it has nothing to do with that. I always assumed when money is printed out of thin air and given away then prices go up on everything basically by default. I’m sure there are many people here far more educated than myself that can elaborate or set me straight in my assumption.

THIS. 6 trillion in the last 12 months, or .....more than every year since 1913 combined.

Not political, just fact.

Coconut and palm oil both contain high amounts of saturated fat but unlike the saturated fat found in red meat, which are long chain triglycerides, coconut/palm oils contain middle chain triglycerides (MCT's) which are never stored as fat in the body. I have grown up in the natural foods industry and seen the view of coconut/palm oil go from being the main oil for deep fat frying (1950's - 1960's) and a healthy food used for centuries by Polynesian islanders with no ill affects like heart disease etc., to being seen as a dangerous fat due to its high saturated fat content. In the 70's when we started learning more about unhealthy fats like the saturated fat in red meats, the vegetable oil companies knowing that coconut/palm oils were high in saturated fat began a campaign to promote polyunsaturated fats found in vegetable oils to be healthier than the saturated fat found in coconut/palm oils. This campaign was very successful and even those in the natural foods industry were converted, even though there was no hard evidence showing the saturated fat MCT's to be unhealthy.
Coconut oil is one of the best cooking oils because it has a very high smoking point so carcinogens are not created when it reaches high cooking temperatures like other vegetable oils. I have seen many people get amazing weight loss results, and for body builders reduced body fat levels allowing more cut and defined muscle. When used as a dietary supplement in therapeutic doses (2+ tablespoons daily) MCT oils like coconut/palm oil, will increase a person's basal metabolic rate which means you will burn more calories in a resting state. I have personally seen these results replicated many times. Example: One gentlemen came into the store appearing fit enough and not looking overweight but he told me he had lost 40 pounds in 3 months and the only thing he changed in his routine was to take a tablespoon of MCT oil every morning and evening. I have dozens of body builders that have had fantastic results using MCT oils to reduce body fat and get cut defined muscles for competition.

Bodybuilders have known about MCT oils for decades. This is a great post. My buddy who was hardcore bodybuilder used them in the 1980's.

 

[Fazzie]

The weight loss market is worth billions. If this is all you had to do was swig a couple spoons of oil, don't you think people would be all over it.

I'm not bashing coconut oil or any other oil. Just saying do your research before consuming. That goes for anything. A dozen years ago people were lining up and paying $25 a quart for MonaVie acai berry juice because it was deemed to be a superfood. People bough and consumed the stuff and suggested it cured all that ailed them. Turns out, it was a pyramid scheme type of product and the benefits were no greater than other berries that were high in anti oxidents.

I'm glad your not bashing coconut oil and I am in total agreement with you when it comes to doing diligent research before making any significant changes in diet or exercise. We are all alike but not identical and what may work for some does not necessarily work for all. Because I have grown up in the Natural Foods industry I am partial to preventive medicine or diet vs. taking a drug. I am not a big fan of the medical community which tends to treat symptoms rather than causes of disease. I have seen people heal themselves of all kinds of health adversities by making changes in there diet and exercise. These bodies are incredible machines but like any machine need maintenance and can be broken if not maintained properly. Maintenance doesn't come from a drug.

 

[onwardjames]

I'm glad your not bashing coconut oil and I am in total agreement with you when it comes to doing diligent research before making any significant changes in diet or exercise. We are all alike but not identical and what may work for some does not necessarily work for all. Because I have grown up in the Natural Foods industry I am partial to preventive medicine or diet vs. taking a drug. I am not a big fan of the medical community which tends to treat symptoms rather than causes of disease. I have seen people heal themselves of all kinds of health adversities by making changes in there diet and exercise. These bodies are incredible machines but like any machine need maintenance and can be broken if not maintained properly. Maintenance doesn't come from a drug.

Or as I have noticed, there isn't any money in a cure.

The money is in treatment.

 

[Fazzie]

So, it's not so common?? Yup yup.



THIS. 6 trillion in the last 12 months, or .....more than every year since 1913 combined.

Not political, just fact.



Bodybuilders have known about MCT oils for decades. This is a great post. My buddy who was hardcore bodybuilder used them in the 1980's.

Or as I have noticed, there isn't any money in a cure.

The money is in treatment.

Sad, it's all about money

 

[onwardjames]

Sad, it's all about money

Oft have been the times I thought of the words of that sage and poet Cyndi Lauper - "Money changes everything."

Really, we don't do what is right. We do what is profitable.

Very sad.

 

[Fazzie]

Or as I have noticed, there isn't any money in a cure.

The money is in treatment.

So, it's not so common?? Yup yup.



THIS. 6 trillion in the last 12 months, or .....more than every year since 1913 combined.

Not political, just fact.



Bodybuilders have known about MCT oils for decades. This is a great post. My buddy who was hardcore bodybuilder used them in the 1980's.

Common sense is no longer a viable term it is now Uncommon Sense

 

[Alobar]

All this is heading us in the direction of GMO foods, meatless meat (yum) and with future price hikes guaranteed. And our sainted Bill Gates had quietly been buying up farmland to the point where he now is the biggest owner of farmland in the US. All in the name of philanthropy of course!