IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL FIND OUT ABOUT:
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 affect 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 a dairy replacement.
- What about coconut water?
And, The Weekly Nutrition Challenge!
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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.
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- 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!
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