Coconut: Friend or Foe? - 55

Is coconut good or bad for you? Are you crazy for coconut or does the coconut craze drive you crazy? Host Mary gives you the nutrition scoop on coconut. With lime. PLUS: The Nutrition Challenge!   What Are the Potential Benefits of Coconut? What are the potential health risks of coconut? What do the studies show?   Processed vs. Unprocessed Coconut Different forms of this fruit (yogurt, creamer, etc)   Coconut is a Drupe! What is a drupe?   What Role Does Coconut Play in Heart Health? How does coconut affects cholesterol, HDL, and LDL? What about saturated fat? What’s up with coconut and medium chain triglycerides?   What Are Other Health Benefits of Coconut? Vegans and coconut “meat.” Other properties: fiber, anti-bacterial, fatty acids.   How to Get Coconut in Your Diet? What about coconut oil and coconut milk? Different ways to use different forms of coconut. The smoke point of  coconut oil. Leveraging coconut’s natural sweetness. Coconut as dairy replacer What about coconut water?   And, The Nutrition Challenge!   MENTIONED ON SHOW https://coconutbliss.com/ https://halotop.com/   Mary’s Bean Episode - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk8p55A7-tQ   ABOUT THE SHOW Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, dishes out easy-to-digest info, tips, and advice about nutrition & lifestyle, backed by over 10 years of clinical experience and a healthy sense of humor. Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review on Podcasts App (or iTunes) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/marys-nutrition-show/id1245983321   ABOUT MARY Mary Purdy is a Registered Dietitian with a Masters in Clinical Nutrition from Bastyr University. Past experience: • Private practice (8 yrs) • Adjunct professor at Bastyr University • Clinical Supervisor at Bastyr Center for Natural Health. Mary currently works as a Registered Dietitian Coach at the Scientific Wellness company, Arivale. Mary takes an integrative/holistic approach to diet, health & wellness and believes that food is medicine!   Mary’s Nutrition Show is on Amazon’s Alexa You can say: “Alexa — enable Mary’s Nutrition Show.” https://www.amazon.com/Wizzard-Media-Marys-Nutrition-Show/dp/B07BSW4JQ8/   Mary has a new website! http://marypurdy.co/   Mary’s (free) Quick Start Guide to Nutrition http://marypurdy.co/quick-start-guide-sign-up/   MARY’S NEW BOOK: http://marypurdy.co/book/ MARY’S VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/marypurdy   DISCLAIMER This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. Please consult your doctor before following any information you hear here. The opinions expressed here are those exclusively of Mary Purdy, the Show’s producers, and guests, and do not necessarily represent the views of Arivale, Bastyr, Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine, or other entities.