LAUGHTER:  

As always, the best medicine!

A young boy enters a barbershop and the barber whispers to his customer, "Watch while I play a trick on this young man."

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?" 

The boy takes the quarters and leaves. 

"I've done that with him several times and he just doesn't get it!" said the barber. "That kid never learns!" 

 Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. 

"Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?"

 The boy licked his cone and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!"

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Coconut Water and Coconut Oil!

Today's tip includes information on coconut oil and coconut water for your summer enjoyment. Don't miss the humor at the bottom left of the newsletter, as well as my two book recommendations for this week.

There has been quite a bit of press about coconut water and coconut oil lately. With summer's heat, you may be looking at coconut water as a cool and tasty way to keep hydrated. Well, my own research has found that coconut water is not worth the price you pay. I did not find it particularly tasty or refreshing and it was very expensive. It has Vitamin C, Riboflavin and Calcium, but also LOTS of sodium, so it gets a thumbs down from me.

Coconut Oil on the other hand, gets two thumbs up!

At first, the saturated fat content of coconut oil had me a little concerned, but I discovered that lauric acid makes up about 50% of that saturated fat. Lauric acid is a medium chain fatty acid, which has a bonus benefit, in the human body, it converts to monolaurin. Monolaurin is the antiviral and antibacterial monoglyceride which the human body uses to destroy viruses such as HIV, herpes, and influenza. Monolaurin is a compound found in breast milk that strengthens a baby's immunity. Pretty cool, huh? And because it's a medium chain fatty acid, it helps raise our metabolism. These fatty acids do not circulate in the bloodstream like other fats, but are sent directly to the liver where they are immediately converted into energy, just like carbohydrates. So the body uses most of the fat in coconut oil to produce energy, rather than store it around your hips or waist. This is what makes coconut oil better for you than other vegetable oils.

Make sure you pick up the unrefined version. Hydrogenated oils are way bad for you; the process alters the composition of any oil, turning it into an unhealthy oil that raises cholesterol.

The recommended serving is about three tablespoons a day of unrefined coconut oil. I used it to cook my fish, sauté vegetables, and in recipes. It held up well and did not add any strange flavors to my food. If you make your own salad dressing, try some coconut oil for a change.   

And I've used coconut oil as a moisturizer on my face and neck and found it FABULOUS! Within two days a dry spot that has been on the side of y nose for more than a year disappeared, and after a few weeks I'm noticing that those wrinkles at the base of my neck, that make me look like my grandmother, are also smoothing out! Wow! And the best part is that a large bottle of unrefined coconut oil was only about $8.00 - a real bargain in skin care - so get yourselves to the market girls, and pick up a bottle! 

Best of Health,

Kathi 

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