VCO Extra Virgin Coconut Oil: How It Has Changed People's Lives, and How It Can Change Yours!

260 Pages·2022·8.767 MB·English

by  Brian Shilhavy, Marianita Jader Shilhavy

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More than 100 personal testimonies on
the healing power of Virgin Coconut Oil!

Virgin Coconut
Oil
How it has changed people’s lives,
and how it can change yours!
Brian and Marianita Jader Shilhavy
Sophia Media
PO Box 256
Moorpark, CA 93020
Virgin Coconut Oil
How it has changed people’s lives, and how it can change yours!
by Brian and Marianita Jader Shilhavy
Copyright © 2004-2012 Brian and Marianita Shilhavy.
Eigth Printing March 2012
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner what¬
soever without written permission from the publisher.
This book is for informational purposes only, and is educational in
nature. Nothing stated in this book is intended to diagnose, treat,
cure or prevent any disease. Neither the authors nor the publisher
shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly
arising from any information or suggestion in this book. This
book is not intended to be a replacement for professional help
from a qualified health care professional. The results referred to
in the testimonial statements throughout this book are not typical,
and your results may vary.
Sophia Media
PO Box 256
Moorpark, CA 93020
ISBN 0-9760578-0-8
Editor - Jonathan Lindvall
Cover design by Jonathan Chong
Contents
Introduction.7
The Virgin Coconut Oil Story.9
Marianita’s Story.9
Brian’s Story.12
Leaving the Philippines.15
What is Virgin Coconut Oil?.21
Refined Coconut Oil.21
Virgin Coconut Oil.22
The Gold Label Standard.23
What is “Extra Virgin Coconut Oil?”.26
Virgin Coconut Oil and Heat.26
The Health Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil.29
Population Studies.29
The Research.32
How Did Coconut Oil Get Such a Bad Reputation?.35
Coconut Oil: The Center of Attack.36
The Replacement for Saturated Fats: Toxic Oils.37
The Benefits of Saturated Fats.40
How Virgin Coconut Oil has Changed People’s Lives.43
Testimonies.43
Virgin Coconut Oil and Viruses.44
Laurie Acid.,.47
HIV - AIDS.49
Virgin Coconut Oil and Diabetes.51
Coconut Oil and Type 1 Diabetes.55
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.59
Coconut Oil Increases Energy Levels.61
Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
and Coconut Oil for Digestive Health.63
Digestive Disorders and Coconut Oil.64
Coconut Oil and Intestinal Absorption.65
Virgin Coconut Oil for Weight Loss.67
Low-fat Diets Don’t Work.68
Fats in History.69
Fats for Animal Feeds.70
Low-Carb Diets: Half the Story.71
Flawed “Science”.74
Traditional Fats are Best.75
Scientific Studies on the Weight-Loss Effects of
Coconut Oil’s MCTs.76
Do All Lose Weight While Using Coconut Oil?.79
Virgin Coconut Oil and Thyroid Health.81
Hypothyroidism Reaching Epidemic Proportions.82
What is Causing This Epidemic?.83
The Truth About Fats and Oils.84
Coconut Oil: A Healthy Choice for the Thyroid.86
Coconut Oil and Oxidative Stress.87
Skin Health and Virgin Coconut Oil.91
A Healthy Head!.92
Hope for Skin Problems.94
Sun Protection.100
Under Arm Protection!.101
Virgin Coconut Oil and Candida Yeast Infections.103
Research.107
The Coconut Diet Anti-Yeast Program.108
Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s.Ill
Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s Disease are a
Hot News Item in 2012.Ill
The Harm of Low-fat High-carbohydrate Diets in
Cholesterol Uptake in the Brain.112
Lipid Peroxidation and Alzheimer’s Disease.114
How Coconut Oil Can Help with Alzheimer’s Disease.115
Dietary Advice for Alzheimer’s Sufferers.118
Does Coconut Oil Affect Cholesterol Levels?.119
Population Studies.119
Faulty Science.122
Do Saturated Fats Clog Arteries?.123
Coconut Oil in Pet and Animal Nutrition.127
For Dogs.127
How much to give?.129
For Cats.130
For Horses.130
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For Birds.131
References.133
Recipes.139
The Coconut Diet.139
Food Sources.140
Coconut Flour.141
The Recipes.141
Coconut Diet Sauces, Spreads, and Dressings.143
Coconut Diet Soups.174
Coconut Diet Vegetable Dishes.187
Coconut Diet Main Dishes.208
Coconut Flour Recipes.220
Candida Questionnaire.229
Peace with God.233
How I Found Peace with God.233
How You can find Peace with God.239
Recipe Index.241
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Introduction
When Abraham Lincoln served as president of the United States in
1862, 48 percent of the people living in the U.S. were farmers. Today,
that figure is less than 1%. Along with the age of industrialization and
technology we have, by and large, lost many of our community fam¬
ily farms and, with that loss, also the loss of many traditional farming
skills. Few would argue that our food sources here in the U.S. have
suffered as a result, as a consumer-driven economy seeks to support
its lifestyle of ease and comfort with cheap foods produced by fewer
people providing the labor back on the farms.
But there are new market trends and demands from consumers who are
now placing greater value on traditional skills and healthier food pro¬
duced “the old fashioned way.” The 2P‘ century sees a whole genera¬
tion of “baby boomers” heading into their senior years, with complex
health problems that did not plague their parents’ and grandparents’
generations, in spite of all the “medical advances” the 2P* century
brings us. Traditional ways of producing food are coming back into
the spotlight, as some are questioning whether those responsible for
filling the shelves of our grocery stores and supermarkets truly have
our best interest in mind, or represent our core values.
In the Philippines, by contrast, about 50% of the population is still
small-scale family farmers. Some would see this as a negative thing,
but others, like Marianita and I, see that this is actually a strength in
the 2P‘ century. My years in the Philippines showed me a way of life
where people are still connected to their communities and sources of
food. While mass-produced foods are undoubtedly choices available
to the majority of Filipinos in the 2P‘ century, in most places the com¬
munity market still operates where one can find “native” or locally-
produced foods, much the same as it has been for hundreds of years.
The alarming trend, however, in the Philippines as well as in most
developing nations, is the desire to prosper as the U.S. has, and follow
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Introduction
the way of industrialization and technology. I am certainly not anti¬
technology. But I do believe there is great value in traditional ways of
producing food. As more people wake up to the fact that there are just
certain things in nature that cannot be improved upon by man, because
they follow the laws of nature set forth by the Creator, traditional ways
will also reap economic value by providing a quality product to the
consumer that technology cannot provide.
When Marianita revived the traditional way of making coconut oil,
as you will read about in Chapter 1, only a few left in her home com¬
munity from her parents’ generation still knew how to produce this
quality coconut oil that we named “Virgin Coconut Oil.” A massive
training program had to be instituted to teach the younger generation
how to produce this quality product. We were within only one gen¬
eration of losing this traditional skill. A few years later now, we have
shown the world what a traditional skill, producing a quality product
that cannot be mass-produced, can do economically for the Philippine
economy and what it can do for people’s health, as is evidenced by the
more than 100 testimonies recorded in this book.
This book is the result of four years of research and feedback from
thousands of people who have begun to incorporate Virgin Coconut
Oil into their diet. We started an internet diseussion group called Co¬
conut-info four years ago that grew to over 7000 people and is now
The Coconut Diet Forums on www.coconutdiet.com. All the archives
from past years, which include many of the testimonies which you
will read in this book, are stored on www.coconutdiet.com. You can
search tens of thousands of messages for yourself to see what people
are reporting about the effeets of Virgin Coconut Oil in their lives.
Brian Shilhavy
Note: Many of the ehapters in this book have been previously pub¬
lished as separate articles and are “self-contained” units. Hence, some
of the researeh is repeated in different ehapters. One does not need to
read through the chapters chronologieally.
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