<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> These are the links to topics related to Part I. Some explanatory comments are included. There is no particular order. There is a great deal of information on the topics included. Sites have more information than is presented here. There are many links on all of them. Topics often overlap or interrelate. Tropical Traditions http://www.coconut-info.com/weight-loss.htm http://www.coconutdiet.com/thyroid_health.htm http://www.coconutdiet.com/forum.cfm Coconut diet forum http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/ Home page Dr. Mercola Coconut Oil: You Want a Food Loaded with Real Health Benefits? You Want Coconut Oil, By Ray Peat http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm This is a slightly modified version of Ray Peat's article which can be found at http://www.efn.org/~raypeat/ How to Help Your Thyroid With Virgin Coconut Oil, By Cherie Calbom, M.S. and Brian Shilhavy http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/8/thyroid_health.htm Dr. Weil Is Coconut Oil Good for You? http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA316479/ Tropical Oils: What's Healthy? What's Not? http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA118473/ Spectrum Organics A commercial web site, but a good resource for some information related to oils--Newsletter, Product Guide, Information Sheet (great for cooking temperatures and cooking uses). What is the difference between your refined and unrefined coconut oils? http://www.spectrumorganics.com/index.php?id=16#j59 Are Spectrum products gluten-free? Will Coconut Oil help me lose weight? http://www.spectrumorganics.com/index.php?id=67 Spectrum's Essential News Quarterly Newsletter (3 are on the web site) http://www.spectrumorganics.com/index.php?id=118 The Merck Manual of Medical Information, 2nd home edition, Online version Cholesterol Section: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch157/ch157a.html World Health Organization (WHO) WHO The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/resources/atlas/en/ Includes the following Tables/charts (PDF files): Part one: cardiovascular disease (Types of cardiovascular disease graphed by age groups and by global deaths from CVD) Part two: risk factors Risk factors (Leading risk factors and other risk factors by developed and developing countries) Risk factor: lipids (Lipids by country--many developing countries with no data) American Society for Clinical Nutrition This article was posted to the entire Listserv by a listmate and addresses the question from varied aspects. I am repeating here in case you missed it. Saturated fats: what dietary intake? http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/3/550#SEC6 Home Page - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) NCCAM was established by Congress in 1998. NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. NCCAM studies a variety of things. Research awards have included studies related to the Atkins diet, numerous herbal preparations, and many other topics. You can search for information to fats and look at the studies done. Lists of grants awarded are listed. http://nccam.nih.gov/ Monolaurin: There are multiple sties--this is only a sampling http://www.smartnutrition.info/info-monolaurin.htm http://www.naturalhealthconsult.com/Monographs/monolaurin.html http://www.springboard4health.com/store/more_ec_monolaurin.html http://www.catie.ca/supple-e.nsf/0/9d416a2009131fd88525689e006c3f81?OpenDocument http://lifeextensionvitamins.com/cranblad.html Mayo Clinic Fats: The good and the bad http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=58492EDC-4AEB-4090-9AB2BF7F507FD608 Guidelines for good nutrition, Daily Calorie Calculator http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NU00200 National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute Tipsheet: Fats and Oils to Choose, includes SatFat Graph - shows all fats so you can see where they fit in terms of the amount of staturated fat http://www.nhlbisupport.com/chd1/Tipsheets/tipsheet-satfat.htm Weston A. Price Foundation Check the home page below. There are number of topic areas. http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm Know Your Fats: http://www.westonaprice.org/know_your_fats/know_your_fats.html Vogue Magazine, December 2004 "Coco-nuts: What was once a nutritional pariah is now being touted as a miracle weight-loss tool," by Elizabeth Horton, http://www.style.com/vogue/ I could not find anything related to the article on the web site. In the magazine it is under: Beauty, Health & Fitness Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients), Institute of Medicine, 2002 This report is the fifth in a series of reports from the Food and Nutrition Board presenting dietary reference values for the intake of nutrients by Americans and Canadians. This group works with the scientific evaluation of dietary reference intakes. http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=4340 The report doesn't set maximum levels for saturated fat, cholesterol, or trans fatty acids, as increased risk exists at levels above zero, however the recommendation is to eat as little as possible while consuming a diet adequate in important other essential nutrients Recommendations are made for linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid) and for alpha-linolenic acid (an omega- 3 fatty acid) Coconut Oil Could Check the Aids Virus Journal Of Medical Sciences,Chennai, August 3, 2001 http://www.emergingworlds.com/ch_article.cfm?link=Coconut_oil_could_check_the_aids_virus.htm Whole Foods Palm Oil (found under ingredients in Health Information) This section includes the use of palm oil in Whole Foods products. http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/healthinfo/palmoil.html Health on the Net (Hon) Tropical Oils Beat Fat Blend used for cooking fights cholesterol, study finds (McGill University) http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/513702.html PubMed Numerous articles are retrievable with the site search. This is a source for current research and articles related to fats (saturated & unsaturated fats, fatty acids, tropical oils, and coconot oil). Articles include those dealing with animal and human research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure (2003) http://books.nap.edu/books/0309089611/html/R1.html#pagetop *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the Celiac List*