Extra Virgin Coconut Oil - Food for Life

Cactus Island Nursery has partnered up with Nature Pacific to bring you the very best in Coconut Oil Products: Banaban Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. Coconut Body Butters, Coconut Cooking Oil, Coconut Massage Oil, Coconut Oil products for your Pets, even Coconut Jig Jig Oil! For a look at all Nature Pacific's great products, just click on the banner below.

Coconuts aren't called the 'Tree of Life' for no reason; their nutritional and health benefits are endless. Not only has coconut oil anit-microbial and anti-viral properties, it is also packed full off medium chain fatty acids, which actually help you lose weight! A statement from Paul Richardson, the inventor of Cocotap "I have to live in the tropics, after years of coconut oil consumption I now have no blubber left".... Medium chain fatty acids speed up your body's metabolism, helping you burn calories. Coconut oil contains a unique form of saturated fat, which improves digestion, strenghtens your immune systems, and protects you against infections.

Look for the proper, unrefined coconut oil, such as the Banaban Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. Do not use the the hydrogenated oils. Hydrogenated oil can actually raise cholesterol levels.

As stated by the Nature Pacific website:

Premium Virgin Oil is extracted from fresh organically grown Fiji coconuts with the least amount of processing so that the natural vitamin E, antioxidants and fresh coconut "essence" are retained.

Nutritional Benefits
* Easy digestibility and absorbable
* Contains Vitamin E
* Composed mainly of short and medium chain fatty acids which have desirable qualities and functions
* Does not contain cholesterol
* Reduced fat accumulation in body
* Easily oxidized and therefore a preferred energy source
* Requires no transport system to absorb, digest and metabolize
* Very low content of Omega 6 fatty acid
* Helps maintain healthy ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acids when consumed as a part of diet
* Rich content of lauric acid, the source of disease fighting fatty acid derivative monolaurin
* Contains 6-8 per cent monounsaturated oleic acid
* Inhibitory effect against certain chemical carcinogens
* Superior antigenotoxic activity

Studies undertaken by the Biochemistry Department, University of Kerala showed that coconut oil:
* Does not elevate blood total cholesterol
* Increases blood HDL cholesterol
* Consumed along with coconut kernel lowers blood cholesterol
* Does not elevate LDL cholesterol or LDL cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio
* Decreases serum triglycerides

The recommended therapeutic dose of coconut oil is 3-4 tablespoons a day. So little for so many benefits!

Coconut palms - the timber of the future

News release from the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries. We see them along our beachfronts and in many streets and gardens, but the iconic palm tree may soon have a new place in the Queensland lifestyle as a high-quality building product. Research conducted by Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) has found that cocowood, produced from coconut palm tree trunks, is suitable for use as high-value flooring, bench tops, kitchen cabinets and furniture. QPIF senior technician Gary Hopewell said the latest findings from the three-year $520,000 cocowood project showed that processed coconut palm wood was actually superior to many other commercially available timbers. "A number of Australian flooring product manufacturers are evaluating the material for their domestic manufacturing operations," he said. "Timber industry representatives from Australia, Fiji and Samoa, including flooring market and production specialists and potential suppliers and processors, are studying drying and processing technologies to ensure strict quality control of the product. "Even medium-density palm logs can be processed to make attractive veneers and plywood. "The positive results achieved to date support development of palm stem processing in Pacific island countries of origin, with value-added flooring and other products produced in Australia." Read the full article at the DPI website (opens in new window)

Finally found ‘wild’ Coconuts!

Finally, after regularly visiting this beach for 3 years, I found some stranded coconuts! This is at Rules Beach, close to Baffle Creek (between Bundaberg & Agnes Water) on the East Coast of Australia. There were quite a few this time, but most felt very light, to my knowledge a good sign that they won’t germinate. I’ve got a bunch here which are promising, I’ll keep you informed on their progress.

Coconut website Reference

Here’s a list of coconut websites we’ve come across so far. If you would like to add your coconut site, just leave a comment! Note that CocoNutters is in no way affiliated with any of the websites below.General

General Coconut websites

Wikipedia – a whole range of general coconut information including propagation & cultivation.

Coconut Research Centre – Your source for information on the health and nutritional aspects of coconut, coconut oil, palm, palm oil and related topics.

Cocotap – the handy little tool to drink coconut water easily. Invented by Paul Richardson.

The Coconut Odyssey – the bounteous possibilities of the tree of life

Asian and Pacific Coconut Community – The Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) is an intergovernmental organization of 15 major coconut producing countries accounting for over 90% of world coconut production and exports of coconut products.

Coconut – The web guide to the tropical world of coconuts

Coconuts in Thailand – Farming Coconuts in Thailand

Coconut Oil websites

Nature Pacific – Very friendly suppliers of organic Fiji Grown Virgin Coconut Oil

Kokonut Pacific – Developers of DME virgin coconut oil

Coconut-info.com – The purpose of this site is to provide information on the health benefits of coconut products, particularly coconut oil.

Coconutoil.com – Source for research on the health benefits of coconut oil

Coconut health benefits

The Coconut Diet – An internet discussion group discussing the health benefits of coconut oil.

Stunning Malayan Red Dwarf Coconut Palm

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