I was reading on the net about the health benefits of coconut oil for treating health issues like candida, parasites,dry skin and hair, eczema and leaky gut etc.and also has MCT's for super energy but it's an avoid for Type-O's and so i started researching ghee/butter and i see it has many of the same benefits and so i was wondering if adding it to my diet would be like having coconut oil and it's health benefits.

Thankyou!
HJ

They both have some very good - for intestines - short fatty acid chains. I am sure Ghee could do a lot for you.

http://www.dadamo.com/typebase4/depictor5.pl?2
neutral for you as far as I can tell!

I remember that somebody once wrote about using coconutoil would give inflammations  in arteries and veins.... ....hhmmm.........

coconut oil and ghee are slightly different in their fatty acid profile.

Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids such as lauric (C-12), caprylic (C-10) and myristic (C-14) acids. Of these three, coconut oil contains 40% lauric acid, which has the greater anti-viral activity of these three fatty acids. Lauric acid is so disease fighting that it is present in breast milk. The body converts lauric acid to a fatty acid derivative (monolaurin), which is the substance that protects infants from viral, bacterial or protozoal infections. This was recognized and reported in 1966 (Jon Kabara). Work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) showed that monolaurin has virucidal effects on RNA and DNA viruses, which are surrounded by a lipid membrane. In addition to these RNA and DNA viruses, in 1978, Kabara and others reported that certain medium chain fatty acids, such as lauric acid have adverse effects on other pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, yeast and fungi. These fatty acids and their derivatives actually disrupt the lipid membranes of the organisms and thus inactivate them (Isaacs and Thormar 1991; Isaacs et al. 1992). This deactivation process also occurs in human and bovine milk when fatty acids are added to them (Isaacs et al. 1991).

Fats can be sorted into two major categories: saturated and unsaturated. Saturated fats can further be divided into long-chain fatty acids and short-chain fatty acids. Long-chain fatty acids (most animal fats) cannot be completely metabolized by the body and can lead to cancer and blood clots. Short-chain fatty acids, on the other hand, are assimilated and metabolized so that they release energy.

Unsaturated fats can be further categorized into two kinds: monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. Monounsaturated fats, like olive oil, are healthy, while polyunsaturated fats are not. The latter become oxidized and create free radicals, which damage the cells of the body. Most vegetable oils such as sunflower, safflower, corn and soy belong to this category.

To these four naturally occurring fats, modern technology added hydrogenated fats e.g. margarine, which contains trans-fatty acids that also increase free radical production and LDL cholesterol.

So where does ghee stand in the battle of good versus bad fats? Most of ghee's saturated fats are short-chain fatty acids, which makes it easily digestible. It also contains up to 27% monounsaturated fatty acids and only 4-5% polyunsaturated fatty acids. Since our body needs both saturated and unsaturated fats this combination is close to ideal. Ghee's rate of absorption is 96%, the highest of all oils and fats.

O.k. i see what i did wrong and that was i misread as i saw coconut meat as an avoid as i thought that was also for the oil also but lola pointed that out for me and so i can have ghee and also coconut oil but not coconut meat.

Thanks for your answers and helping me out here  

P.S. Chloe, thanks so much for taking the time to type out all the differences of the fatty acids as that was really informative  

The book also says avoid cocoanut oil.  Are there other sources for MCT"s?

welcome!

try googling sources of MCT, and compare to your list

which book are you referring to?
different issues, different variables, different GTs different Bts, all need to be computed in order to get an individualized value for food.

swami does all this for you
all you need to do is input the data asked of you, and you re off to a good start
http://www.dadamo.com/clinic/swamigenotype.htm

I think I may start making my own ghee, have accepted I will never be able to use coconut oil.  There are actually CO/nausea threads on forums all over the net.  

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I think I may start making my own ghee, have accepted I will never be able to use coconut oil.

Sahara, have you ever tried this company's organic ghee from grass-fed cows?

• http://www.pureindianfoods.com/product-p/ghee.htm
  

They also have some very tasty spiced ghees.

• http://www.pureindianfoods.com/spiced-ghee-s/27.htm
  

In BTD (blood type diet) coconut oil is neutral for O non-secretors (nonnies) and "avoid" for everybody else. In GTD (gentoype diet) coconut oil is neutral for Hunters, a diamond superfood for Nomads and Teachers, and is a black dot (eat occasionally in tiny amounts) for Gatherers. It's an avoid for Warriors and Explorers. This means that, on GTD, O nonnies might not be able to eat coconut oil, and other blood types might be able to do so.

SWAMI is a computer program that computes an individualized food list that  blends GTD and BTD values, along with your health history. Coconut oil can wind up being any rating (diamond superfood, superfood, neutral, black dot, or avoid) for just about any blood type.

If you're truly missing coconut oil, you may want to look into GTD or SWAMI. OTOH, if you feel that you want to stick with BTD for now and keep things simpler, then coconut oil needs to be avoided for the time being (except for O nonnies.)

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Sahara, have you ever tried this company's organic ghee from grass-fed cows?

• http://www.pureindianfoods.com/product-p/ghee.htm
  

They also have some very tasty spiced ghees.

• http://www.pureindianfoods.com/spiced-ghee-s/27.htm
  

I use grass fed butter and buy my ghee at the co-op in the jar.  Pretty sure it's high quality.  I think I need to start making my own, it's not that hard to do.
Had ghee yesterday in my tea, totally recommend.
http://en.17u.com/article/show_237.html

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Had ghee yesterday in my tea, totally recommend.
http://en.17u.com/article/show_237.html

This reminds me of Tsampa - tea with yak butter (or ghee) and roasted barley.  Quite a staple in parts of Tibet.