Topics:  michelle peden  Turn to coconuts for good oil  GOOD FOR
YOU: Coconut oil has several health benefits. GOOD FOR YOU:
Coconut oil has several health benefits.  YOU must have been
living under a rock in the desert if you haven't heard sometime
in the last half century that saturated fats are bad for your
health.  The media has been banging on about it for at least the
last 50 years, how consuming saturated fats adds to our
Alzheimer's, cardiovascular and obesity woes.  Yet South Pacific
Islanders have been consuming 30-60% of their total calorie
intake from saturated coconut oil for thousands of years and
still have next to no cardiovascular disease.   Well
interestingly enough, what's coming to light now is that not all
saturated fats are created equally bad.  The fats that are
artificially saturated through a man-made process of
hydrogenation are the ones you really need to stay clear of.
These are also known as trans-fats.  Hydrogenation is done
purely to preserve the food for a longer shelf life th