| ▲ Potato mash with herbs and coconut oil (serves 4): Ingredients: Amanprana extra-virgin coconut oil; 8 potatoes; fresh herbs such as coriander, mint, parsley, …; a pinch of cayenne; unrefined salt. Preparation: Boil the potatoes. Meanwhile, chop the herbs (and a clove of garlic if you like), then cover them with the boiled potatoes. Mix well, adding a tablespoon of coconut oil |
▲ Carrot puree with coconut oil (serves 4): Amanprana extra-virgin coconut oil; 8 potatoes; a bunch of carrots; a pinch of cayenne; a pinch of unrefined sea salt; fresh leaf parsley. Preparation: Boil the potatoes and carrots and mash them up. Add a bit of parsley for colour. Add a tablespoon of coconut oil and a grated clove of garlic if you like. Mix well and serve. |
Do we also need saturated fats?
Each oil, plant, animal and human being is composed of saturated, and mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids. We have more than 30 different types of fatty acids each of which fulfils its specific function. This is why variation in extra virgin oils is as important as variation in fresh vegetables and fruit. In a healthy food pattern, there should be twice as many healthy fats as proteins. Most health organisations advise that 30% of our calorie intake should come from healthy fats, equally divided amongst the three kinds. A third of these healthy fats should therefore come from saturated fats. It was long assumed that saturated fats did not fulfil any specific function but rather had a negative effect on health. This assumption belongs to the past. Research over the last 15 years has sufficiently demonstrated the specific role of saturated fats. Saturated fats: 1) are essential for the intake of magnesium and calcium, 2) protect the omegas, 3) surround and support our ticker*, 4) are the only fats in our air pump* and ensure improved respiration, and 5) strengthen our resistance. Now we know that: 45 to 50% of the fat in breast milk is saturated, people in France, Polynesia, Thailand and the Philippines, whose diet is rich in saturated fats, have healthy vascular systems. Saturated fat, like in coconut and palm kernel oil, is the safest fat because it cannot oxidize. Saturated fat gives fewer opportunities to wrinkles and ageing.
*Legislation prevents us from calling things by their proper names
For a healthy deep-fry, roast or stir-fry, use extra-virgin coconut oil
Extra-virgin coconut oil is the safest oil for deep-frying or heating. It is healthy oil and barely loses its healthy properties, even when heated frequently. Rich in saturated fats, it hardly becomes toxic. Provided that it is filtered on a regular basis, the same oil can be used for deep-frying for up to two years. |
Coconut oil is easily digestible, delicious and gives a soft flavour to your dishes or French fries.
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Fair Trade coconut project
In the Philippines, Amanprana started a cooperation with Peter Paul and with Ecocert. Ecocert is a French organisation certifying organic and fair trade produce. Peter Paul is one of the very first coconut companies that became independent after the Spanish oppression. It employs 2,000 people while 305 small farmers from the Lezon province supply the organic coconuts. In 2009 we started a joint fair trade project that pays 3% of our purchases into a cooperation fund. That money is used for education and health care, for environmental care, it supports a coconut seed programme and pays towards a better infrastructure for the farmers, workers and suppliers. It is also used to fund an incentive programme for the workers. In addition, the price we pay for the coconuts exceeds the common price by 10%. The project includes an education programme for the workers’ children and acquaintances. 40 students will participate in 2010. Peter Paul also maintains a local hospital that is open to its employees as well as the community.
Available in in 325ml and 1600ml. Bovis 13,700; 70 Yang; GI 0.
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