What's Cooking at Dr. Fuhrman's?

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What's Cooking at Dr. Fuhrman's?

NUTrition

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Nuts and Seeds Are Excellent Foods!

Nuts are an excellent natural food. Countless studies have shown raw

nuts and seeds not only lower cholesterol, but protect against

common

diseases of aging. Because they have hard shells and are picked off

large trees with deep roots, nuts are relatively well protected from

pesticides and environmental pollution.

 

Nuts and seeds are a clean source of healthy fats, and are also a

good source of protein. Dr. Fuhrman recommends raw almonds, Brazil

nuts, cashews, pecans,

pistachios, macadamias, filberts, and walnuts; and sesame, flax, and

pumpkin seeds. They make a great snack for children too!

 

To learn more about the amazing benefits of nuts and seeds, read Dr.

Fuhrman's Healthy Times Newsletter Issue No. 11.

 

By joining Dr. Fuhrman's Members Center you will have access to all

of Dr. Fuhrman's Healthy Times Newsletters, plus an extensive

nutritional library, discussion forums and more. Join now!

 

 

 

Teleconference:

Discuss the keys to healthy living with Dr. Fuhrman.

Topic: Avoiding Medical Care

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Time: 12:00 pm EST

(SeeDr. Fuhrman's Online Member Center for details)

 

 

 

Clearing the Haze

 

Celebrity doctor Joseph Mercola,D.O. is a prolific writer with a

large following. Recently, Dr. Fuhrman was asked on DiseaseProof.com

blog to assess some of Dr. Mercola's more outlandish claims.

 

Here's what Dr. Fuhrman had to say about the 'miraculous' properties

of coconut oil: 'I(Dr. Fuhrman) just went to www.nal.usda.gov our

government's web analysis tool and analyzed plain coconut oil for

you guys and added up the numbers including the fractions so it

would be exact.

 

100 grams of coconut oil contains 86.5 grams of saturated fat. It

contains 14.1 grams of 6-10 chain (medium chain) saturated fats and

5.8 grams of monounsaturated fat.

 

So it is most accurate to call it (coconut oil) about 14% of those

less harmfull ('miraculous') MCT saturated fats

(a relatively small amount). . .

 

[additionally] the extracted oil

contains less than one tenth of nature's valuable nutrients than the

same amount of calories obtained from the whole food (coconut).'