Coconut Oil - The Miracle Food.....? You Bet! And heres a little tip that will ensure you get the most out of it... First up, lets have a little biology lesson regarding our Circadian Rhythm of life and what this means at a cellular level. More importantly and more to the point of this post, lets learn a bit about how the time of day in which we eat coconut oil can have such a massive effect on whether we are in or out of this rhythm... Our bodies are designed to swing from a more catabolic state in the morning to a more anabolic state in the evening. During the catabolic state, cell walls are more permeable, allowing more energy exchange to happen and produce more metabolic waste in the process - just like a flower opens in the morning and closes in the evening :-) As the day progresses into evening & night, our bodies ideally shift to a more anabolic state, where cell membranes become less permeable, in a sense, closing down shop for the evening to restock, regenerate internal supplies, rest, repair and grow. A brilliant physician named Emmanuel Revici, M.D., discovered that most seriously ill individuals were stuck in either catabolic or anabolic states. If we were stuck in the catabolic state, burning the candle at both ends, we may soon find ourselves exhausted. Energy stores would run thin and we’d be generating excessive metabolic waste. Further, being stuck in this state makes cells less stable, age/die faster, and makes the body more prone to bacterial, yeast and fungal infection. We generate more oxidative stress and tend to be less able to sleep well or ever feel really rested and energetic. On the flip side, someone stuck in an anabolic state, not burning the candle at either end, has a really hard time tapping into the potential energy present in the body. The anabolic cells are also more closed off to oxygen and, as such, produce energy through what’s called anaerobic fermentation. This produces an intracellular (inside the cell) environment that is more hospitable to viral infection. Not cool. The cells also tend to last longer than they should and run into more problems with DNA replication, making the anabolic individual prone to certain types of tumour growth. Also way not cool! There are other issues that each state has with it and things we can do to restore balance in each scenario. What determines if cell membranes are built right and healthfully swing from the catabolic state in the a.m. to the anabolic state in the p.m. and back again the next day? There are many factors including vitamin, mineral and amino acid balances that impact this swing, but one of the most important factors is a balance of the types of fats that make up the cell membrane. Our cell membranes are made of a bi-lipid layer consisting of fatty acids (which tend to push us into a more catabolic state - or cell membranes open for business), and sterols (hard fats that push us into a more anabolic state - cell membranes closed for business - this is where we rest, repair and grow). This brings us to coconut oil. Coconut oil being a sterol will push us into an anabolic state and for this reason, we need to take this miracle food later in the day. Otherwise you risk putting yourself into an anabolic state during the day which is the completely opposite to where you should be. Fatty acids however, should be taken earlier in the day for reasons mentioned above. So there you have it..... sometimes there is a little more to simply taking a food because its good for you :-)
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:42:32 +0000
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