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“Coconut Oil for A Healthy Heart” and other links…

American Chronicle: “In the coconut growing regions of India, people were told to stop eating coconut oil because it contained saturated fat. So they started eating more processed vegetable oils and margarine. As a result, within just 10 years the heart disease rate tripled! In those areas of the world where people eat lots of coconut oil, heart disease is relatively rare. Where people eat very little coconut oil and depend on processed vegetable oils and margarine, like the United States, heart disease is a major health problem.”

My concern about coconut oil in particular and coconut products in general is because of my embarrassing desire for So Delicious® Coconut Milk Mini Sandwiches. The Turtle Mountain people call these “coconut sandwiches”: “The perfect snack size treat that you can feel good about eating. With an agave sweetened center, our So Delicious made with Coconut Milk Banana Split Sandwich Minis are the perfect snack.”

Wikipeadia.org Moment: “Dabbawala”

“The concept of the dabbawala originated when India was under British rule. Many British people who came to the colony did not like the local food, so a service was set up to bring lunch to these people in their workplace straight from their home. Nowadays, although Indian business men are the main customers for the dabbawalas, increasingly affluent families employ them instead for lunch delivery to their school-aged children. Even though the services provided might include cooking, it primarily consists of only delivery either home-made or in that latter case, food ordered from a restaurant.” Check out dabbawalla.com.

Green Belt Movement Kenya

greenbeltmovement.org: “GBM Kenya is a non-profit grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya. You can read a general overview of its work, find out about itsachievements, survey its partners, study its annual reports, and find a list of its staff experts.” To me, this movement starts with Wangari Maathai, mentioned previously in “My Three Sexist Assumptions of the Apocalypse.”

Comments

achali, 2010-07-26 18:10:16

http://lunchbynature.wordpress.com/

run by a black woman. she delivers healthy lunches to students and families in baltimore and is also trying to open a cafe.

Manju, 2010-07-28 18:08:23

So Delicious coconut milk sandwiches are really quite good. And I feel very good about giving them to my children as a treat, instead of dairy ice cream that is filled with so much saturated animal fat and cholesterol. Coconuts are very nutritious. There's a good reason why it is known in India as "the fruit of the gods."

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