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Revolution in Our Understanding of Oils and Nutrition: OilNutrnRevln.htm
Restriction or elimination of essential tropical oil precursors in our diet is contributing to gut, blood, lymph and respiratory dysbiosis. Lauric acid (LA) in coconut oil converts to monolaurin (ML) in the gut. ML dissolves gut microbe’s lipid coatings and interferes with their ability to bind to target cells. (Ref: 3) A surfactant, sodium lauryl sulfate, a common detergent, might play a similar role in the gut.
Certain oil molecules are precursor molecules for essential molecules made in the body. Saturated tropical oils have been given a bum rap. They are not harmful. Some “bad=saturated” oils have essential, beneficial modalities. Oil intake needs balance, which is missing in our diet based on the marketing nutrition propaganda we hear. (Refs: 1-6)
Lack of certain oil-derived precursor molecules restricts hormone, and/or enzyme production and action. Lack of certain oils and oversupply of other oils (canola and peanut oil) can lead to immune system up disregulation. Other web sources mention the positive antimicrobial action of olive leaf extracts and extra virgin olive oil. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid =AA) also has an antibacterial and antitoxin action if administered by injection or as a high dosage IV. Oral AA in high, frequent dosage can control and kill gut viruses, such as Measles.
Mary Enig described some effects of the U.S. diet: low intake of tropical oils (Lauric, Palmitic, Capric, Caprylic, Myristic acids) causes susceptibilities to microbes, e.g. HIV, RSV, and Mycoplasma pneumonia. These microbes persistently colonize our bodies and invade our cells, increasing inflammation, arthritis symptoms, etc. Other searches extend the “microbes affected by LA” list. See below.
Dr. Enig has noted neglected papers that report insufficient butter intake in the presence of high amounts of refined canola oil has lead to heart lesions. In refining, the oil is heated, vitamin E and omega3 oil components are removed/converted, and the oil becomes a Trans-fat form to prevent spoilage. So much nutrition is lost that it kills in test diets. (Tests from Japan and Canada) Extra-hydrogenated tropic oils lose their nutritional benefits, in order to change their melting point and increase their shelf life. Un hydrogenated, saturated tropic oils retain their natural nutritional, antimicrobial and health benefits.
Lecithin which supplies phospholipids especially phosphatidylcholine improves the HDL/LDL ratio and is a choline precursor food that improves brain and memory functions. It should reduce heart disease, but it does not. It was recently discovered that bacteria in the gut convert the lecithin and grow arterial plaques in mice. What was thought to be a genetic factor is actually a gut infection that may be a root cause of the arterial infections. Finding the gut bacteria action may also explain why excess choline intake causes an increase in Alzheimer’s progression and plaques. It is increasingly apparent that the plaques are a defense mechanism against brain infection. The seat of the infection may be the in the gut bacteria. This opens the way to new treatments for arterial and brain plaques together.
Gut Infections: HIV/AIDS,
Measles-virus/ASD, Yersinia entercolitica/Ankylosing Spondylitis Unknown-gut-infection/lower
back pain.
HIV, EBV=monucleosis recovery or reversal has been reported based on coconut oil and/or vinegar, taken incessantly, like a drug, multiple times a day. MMR-live-vaccine sometimes causes chronic measles gut-infection. Autism (ASD) inflammation would be reduced if this infection is eliminated.
Cleaning out the gut, sterilizing with diluted vinegar and tea, rebooting the gut flora and repopulating gut with probiotics, buttermilk, yogurt & Kefir, should help by changing the gut ecology. Maintain new ecology with daily coconut and palm oils and refresh probiotics with yogurt cultures and fermented sauerkraut. For IBS, a fermented cabbage culture was found to help.
Ascorbic acid 2-3 grams every 2 hours 12x per day has controlled serious measles infections (Klenner-see below)
Proteolytic enzymes (Serapeptase, Papain, Bromelain) will also act to dissolve coatings of intestinal parasites, improving gut health by decreasing the persistence of the parasites. Fresh fruit daily: Pineapple, Papaya, Kiwifruit will provide these enzymes naturally.
COPD improvement using diet changes, enzymes, and
POPG aerosol.
A palm oil derivative, Palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidyl-glycerol (POPG), a phospholipid surfactant, is normally found in the lungs. It plays a complex beneficial role in binding to respiratory synclinal virus (RSV), to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and likely to other COPD bacterial components. POPG interferes with the respiratory microbes’ ability to invade epithelial cells, to replicate, and to form plaques/biofilms. It also interferes with RSV’s ability to attach to molecules that stimulate immune reactivity. (Refs: 7,8)
A dietary intake low in
palm-derived oils, precursors to POPG, is likely to predispose to COPD, by
reducing the beneficial molecular component on the air-tissue boundary. POPG reduces the film surface tension, making
it easier to breathe. Less POPG made and not enough is available to block the
microbial ligand function that enables the microbes to invade epithelial cells,
and to trigger the immune reactions.
COPD-Specific recommendations: Shift fat-balance to include tropical oils,
virgin olive oil & leaf extract.
Add butter, palm, palm kernel, and coconut oils to the daily diet in amounts of several tablespoons. Use these oils in place of oils from peanut, rapeseed=canola, corn, soybeans, cottonseed, etc. Vinegar taken daily has a similar microbe coat-dissolving effect in the gut. These ingredients can be added appropriately to recipes or taken separately as a supplement. A few margarines exist that have combined butter and palm oils, seek these out. POPG is available as a powder in small amounts (100 milligrams) but is expensive. It would be needed in micrograms in an inhaler (~50ug/ml) It could be liquefied and packaged in a spray bottle by a compounding pharmacy.
The enzyme Serapeptase is known to lyse fibrin, to liquefy mucus, and to destroy respiratory bacterial biofilms. It should be taken as needed to reduce congestion and facilitate breathing.
Olive leaf extract and or extra virgin olive oil is also recommended. The olive tree leaves and fruit are highly antimicrobial.
Many of the systemic yeast, bacterial, protozoa, and viral infections have a persistent colony in the gut. Candida, Mycobacteria paratuberculosis, Yersinia entercolitica, Listeria, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Polio, Measles, AIDS, etc.
Coconut oil, more than any other oil dissolves the lipid membranes of RNA and DNA viruses, many bacteria, protozoa, and pathogenic yeasts.
If the gut colony of a microbe is eliminated, and the ecology changed by repopulating with acid-loving probiotic cultures, the host may have a lasting remission.
Coconut-info.com: MaryEnig Coconut Oil Antiviral &
Antibacterial (Synopsis
below)
There was a case history in the US in which an infant tested HIV positive had become HIV negative. It was fed with an infant formula with a high coconut oil content… … the 'viral load' of HIV came down when fed a diet generating Monolaurin in the body. (gut, blood and lymph systems)
Monolaurin inactivated other viruses such as measles, herpes, vesicular stomatitis (VSV) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Indian
Coconut Journal, Sept., 1995, Dr. Enig stated:
(Synopsis below)
Antimicrobial activity of the monoglyceride of lauric acid (Monolaurin) has been reported since 1966. (Jon Kabara). Early work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) … … virucidal effects of Monolaurin on (lipid membrane) enveloped RNA and DNA viruses.
Monolaurin
disrupts the lipid membranes of envelope viruses and also inactivated bacteria,
yeast and fungi. Of the saturated fatty acids, lauric acid has greater
anti-viral activity than caprylic acid (C-10) or myristic acid (C-14).
Monolaurin dissolves lipids ...in the virus’s envelope causing its
disintegration, and killing the virus.
Coconut oil is fed to cattle to treat Cryptosporidium, (a
protozoa), in India.
Monolaurin
inactivated pathogens in GI, respiratory, blood & lymph systems: (From
wider web search)
Viruses
Inactivated include:
HIV, measles, stomatitis virus (VSV), herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), HHV-6a probable as all other HHVs.
Visna (MVV=COPD/pneumonia in sheep), cytomegalovirus (CMV), SARS, hepatitis C virus, Influenza virus, Pneumonovirus, Syncytial virus (RSV), Rubeola, EBV=monucleosis, Leukemia virus, Sarcoma virus, Influenza virus
Bacteria
inactivated include:
Listeria monocytogenes, Mycoplasmas, Staphylococcus aureus, Groups A, B, F and G streptococci, Helicobacter pylori, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Escherichia coli (E. coli),Gram-positive organisms; and gram-negative organisms, if treated with chelator.
Gut
protozoan parasites:
Balantidium Coli, Entamoeba
Histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, Giardia lambda, Leishmania,
Cryptosporidium
Blood
protozoan parasites:
Plasmodium Falciparum – Malaria (cell invading); Toxoplasma Gondii intracellular (cell invading) protozoa;
Trypanosoma Brucei – (cell invading) Sleeping Sickness;
OIL Pulling:
In India, oils are used in the way mouthwashes are used in the United States, for oral and gastric health. Tropical oils, coconut and palm oils provide the maximum benefit. Lauric and Palmitic acid oils have the maximum benefits as anti microbial agents.
Daily application is enhanced by brushing teeth before using the small amount of oil as a swishing material for several minutes. The combined oil and saliva is not swallowed, but is spit out at the end of the pulling session. A small amount of the residual oil goes into the respiratory tract and a larger amount goes into the stomach.
Some GI/GERD blogs refer to the older formula used
for the mouthwash, Lavoris, as a specific for bad breath from GERD (gastric
reflux) which is about 6% alcohol with some soluble zinc/anti-microbe
additives. A small amount (2 capfuls of
this is swallowed on an empty stomach each day and is not diluted for about a
half hour. The Lavoris appears to sterilize the esophagus and stomach
epithelial cells. After 2-4 days of this application, the GERD symptoms may
vanish until reinfection. Continued
intake in this way is not necessary. All it takes is a kiss from an infected
person to repopulate the esophagus with the microbes again.
Pediatric
Nutrition Formulas---Most Are Deficient in Lauric Acid:
Enig reported (~1992) that only one infant formula "Impact" contains lauric acid. Recent (2011) web references found recommed that lauric acid be removed from infant formulas because it is not an essential fat (False!), because it is found in mothers’ milk. It is essential, and higher intake amounts do promote better health. (1-6, below) The history of why lauric acid was included in baby formula, after its absence caused global third world baby malnutrition is increasingly forgotten.
A modified ester of lauric acid, Monolaurin (available in capsules), is sold in health food stores.
However virgin coconut oil is widely available and is a food. It is available most economically in ethnic food markets.
Based on the amount of lauric acid in human milk and correcting for body weight, 24 grams of lauric acid daily for the average (~150 pound) adult. About 3-4 tablespoons of coconut oil. About 7 ounces of raw coconut daily would contain 24 grams of lauric acid.
Scientific
Research on the Anti-Viral Functions and Effects
of Lauric Acid:
The properties that determine the anti-infective action of lipids are related to their structure, e.g., monoglycerides, free fatty acids. The monoglycerides are active; diglycerides and diglycerides are inactive. Of the saturated fatty acids, lauric acid (C-12) has greater antiviral activity than caprylic acid (C-8), capric acid (C-10) or myristic acid (C-14). In general, it is reported that the fatty acids and monoglycerides produce their killing/inactivating effect by lysing the plasma membrane lipid bilayer. The antiviral action attributed to monolaurin is that of solubilizing the lipids and phospholipids in the envelope of the virus, causing the disintegration of the virus envelope. However, there is evidence from recent studies that one antimicrobial effect in bacteria is related to monolaurin's interference with signal transduction (Projan et al., 1994), and another antimicrobial effect in viruses is due to lauric acid's interference with virus assembly and viral maturation (Hornung et al., 1994).
The immune regulating snake oil (EPA and Myristic acid) of the 1800’s came from Chinese water snake. See Cetyl Myristoleate.
Mary Enig cites 24 references in Lauric Acid for HIV-infected Individuals, a few of which are as follows:
1. Issacs, C.E. et al. Inactivation of enveloped viruses in human bodily fluids by purified lipids. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;724:457-464.
2. Kabara, J.J. Antimicrobial agents derived from fatty acids. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 1984;61:397-403.
3. Hierholzer, J.C. and Kabara J.J. In vitro effects on Monolaurin compounds on enveloped RNA and DNA viruses. Journal of Food Safety 1982;4:1-12.
4. Wang, L.L. And Johnson, E.A. Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by fatty acids and monoglycerides. Applications in Environmental Microbiology 1992; 58:624-629.
5. Issacs, CE et al. Membrane-disruptive effect of human milk: inactivation of enveloped viruses. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1986;154:966-971.
6. Anti-viral effects of monolaurin. JAQA 1987;2:4-6 7. Issacs CE et al. Antiviral and antibacterial lipids in human milk and infant formula feeds. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1990;65:861-864.
More References:
Vitamin C Antiviral Functions: Dr Frederick Klenner: (1953) Early Clinical Usage of Vitamin C.
Quote:
“Our interest with vitamin C against the virus organism began ten years ago in a modest rural home. Here a patient who was receiving symptomatic treatment for virus pneumonia had suddenly developed cyanosis. He refused hospitalization for supportive oxygen therapy. X-Ray had been considered because of its dubious value and because the nearest department equipped to give such treatment was 69 miles distant. Two grams of vitamin C was given intramuscularly with the hope that the anaerobic condition existing in the tissues would be relieved by the catalytic action of vitamin C acting as a gas transport aid in cellular respiration. This was an old idea; the important factor being that it worked. Within 30 minutes after giving the drug (which was carried in my medical bag for the treatment of diarrhea in children) the characteristic breathing and slate-like color had cleared. Returning six hours later, at eight in the evening, the patient was found sitting over the edge of his bed enjoying a late dinner. Strangely enough his fever was three degrees less than it was at 2 P.M. that same afternoon. This sudden change in the condition of the patient led us to suspect that vitamin C was playing a role of far greater significance than that of a simple respiratory catalyst. A second injection of one gram of vitamin C was administered, by the same route, on this visit and then subsequently at six hour intervals for the next three days. This patient was clinically well after 36 hours of chemotherapy. From this casual observation we have been able to assemble sufficient clinical evidence that prove unequivocally that vitamin C is the antibiotic of choice in the handling of all types of virus diseases. Furthermore it is a major adjuvant in the treatment of at other infectious diseases.
“This experimental “strike” on vitamin C as an antibiotic opened a new avenue of approach to the problem of dealing with the virus bodies. With a great deal of enthusiasm we decided to try its effectiveness with all of the childhood diseases. Measles was singled out more so than the others because of the knowledge that it was a small virus like the one causing poliomyelitis. It was reasonable to assume that if measles could be controlled then Poliomyelitis, too, would have a drug that could prevent as well as cure the disease. The use of vitamin C in measles proved to be medical curiosity. For the first time a virus infection could be handled as if it were a dog on a leash. In the Spring of 1948 measles was running in epidemic proportions in this section of the country. Our first act, then, was to have our own little daughters play with children known to be in the “contagious phase.” When the syndrome of fever redness of the eyes and throat, catarrh, spasmodic bronchial cough and Koplik spots had developed and the children were obviously sick, vitamin C was started.
“In this experiment it was found that 1000mg every four hours, by mouth, would modify the attack. Smaller doses allowed the disease to progress. When 1000mg was given every two hours all evidence of the infection cleared in 48 hours. If the drug was then discontinued for a similar period (48 hours) the above syndrome returned. We observed this of and on picture for thirty days at which time the drug (vitamin C) was given 1000 mg every 2 hours around the clock for four days. This time the picture cleared and did not return. These little girls did not develop the measles rash during the above experiment and although exposed many times since still maintain this “immunity.” Late cases were given the vitamin by needle. The results proved to be even more dramatic. Given by injection the same complete control of the measles syndrome was in evidence a 24 and 36 hour periods, depending entirely on the amount employed and the frequency of the administration. Aborting of these cases before the development of the rash apparently gives no interference to the development of immunity. Recent progress on the rapidity of growth (a development) of the virus bodies by means of the electronic microscope makes intelligent the failure experienced by earlier workers when employing vitamin C on the virus organism (or bodies). Unless the virus is completely destroyed, as demonstrated in the experiments with the virus using measles, the infection will again manifest itself after a short incubation period. Small, single daily doses do not even modify the course of the infection.” The blood half life of vitamin C is 30 minutes with no intake.
Web
References:
8. http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Enig/The_Great_Con-ola
9. http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Enig/Coconuts_and_Oil:_Benefits
10. http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Enig/Health_Risks_from_Trans_Fats
11. http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Enig/Truth_About_Saturated_Fat
12. http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Enig/The_Oiling_of_America
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