And some idiot who has eaten nothing but coconuts for a couple of months will drop over dead from elevated cholesterol.

I can find the best virgin coconut oil with ease - in fact we have a half gallon in the kitchen. We use it for cooking.

I would argue that heavy use of carbs and love of fried chicken do way more harm than anything associated with coconuts.

but damn it tastes good

Really needed a laugh today, thank you!

That lots of stuff kills viruses in a test tube. This does not translate to useful for killing viruses in a living human.

a valuable human asset in many parts of the world

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10674546

The intravenous use of coconut water.
Campbell-Falck D1, Thomas T, Falck TM, Tutuo N, Clem K.
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Abstract
Medical resources routinely used for intravenous hydration and resuscitation of critically ill patients may be limited in remote regions of the world. When faced with these shortages, physicians have had to improvise with the available resources, or simply do without. We report the successful use of coconut water as a short-term intravenous hydration fluid for a Solomon Island patient, a laboratory analysis of the local coconuts, and a review of previously documented intravenous coconut use.

hard shell in two with a steel hatchet. Then the fresh coconut semi-spheres were grated to remove all the edible parts. Then finely chopped green chilies and fresh garlic was added to the grated coconut, and the mix was used as a starting point to cook everything in the kitchen on that day. Good thing my parents had a full time cook, because cooking was a lot of work without any refrigeration, so everything was cooked from scratch every day. Never used anything ready made, not even bread. Naan was made everyday from wheat flour. But everything was tasty and healthy and not expensive ingredients. Meat was once a week treat for dinner and it was always goat meat. Such was the life growing up in India, and that home cooked simple unbelievably tasty food is the only thing I miss from India.

Coconut water, dry coconuts for the milk and coconut oil. I use the milk for several dishes and for baking.

I love naan or its roti sister - it is home made bread. I haven't touched red meat since 1979 but do eat seafood and bird meat - mostly chicken. I love Indian dishes with peas - split peas or chick peas.
Indians make the best Vegi dishes on the planet.

I understood why American kids hate vegetables. Most are simply boiled or steamed vegetables. Kinda boring.
I got to tell you an anecdotal story of my boss in Chicago. He loved Indian restaurants so him and I frequented them during lunch time often. One time I suggested him that we visit this all vegetarian restaurant in Westmont. On the ride there, he kept wondering if he will find anything to eat there and might go hungry. But we go there, and he is sampling from the 30 or more items. When we were finished and leaving, he quipped "I think I understand now how Indians can live on vegetarian food, there were so many tasty dishes in that restaurant". Thanks for reading so far malaise.

She didn't even know she was eating egg plant - she hated it

YUM yum yum. Hoarding was never so much fun.

... as trDumpie would say.

...studies prove it's efficacious.

.... to protect them so they don't catch this deadly virus. Then for the elderly and those with other illnesses and morbidities so the Coronavirus does not kill them.


Hope they locate something quick.

For those that read the link, it's not coconut oil itself, although they're working on that.
The known antiviral activity comes from lauric acid and monolaurin.
The first is a fatty acid with 12 carbon atoms. It's made by splitting the oil with a strong base ( sodium or potassium hydroxide.)
It splits off the glycerin & makes soap! This approach has been used since ancient Sumarians!
React the soap with hydrochloric acid and we get the fatty acids and salt.
It specifies C12 so the other chains would be distilled away. This means it's not a DIY project at home.
The second is the monoglyceride, which according to this article has antiviral properties, but is a natural emulsifier.
It's made by taking that lauric acid made above & catalytically reacting it at the right proportion with some of that glycerin we split off.
Good thing is that both of these are very bland in test & have VERY low odor.
Oil Chemistry 101 class is dismissed! LOL!

That said since it is clearly not a home project - I will continue to drink the water and use the oil.
The coconut is a miracle fruit.

Malaise yelled at me!
Sorry about that pedantic post. I couldn't resist. I used to guest lecture on oil chem to Organic Chemistry students.
I have Bailey's Fats & Oils practically memorized.

as usual

Better profit margin than meth.

Is is harder than making meth?

Much easier. Way less dangerous too.
I'd be expecting someone to be knocking on my door if I derailed the best way to make meth here on the internet!

No

Could you run out and bring us back a sample ?

THX

But I know what you mean.

I thought it dated back to the English music halls. It is English, but it was composed in the 1940s.

Good old classic

in other words I can eat all the Almond Joys and Mounds bars that I can and it will cure me?

Is that right?

Sadly NO