Thank you, Jayne. This was the evidence I needed. It's a small world - I was
actually talking with Bridget last night, but about something else. She
spoke at our LCANZ Brisbane regional meeting.
I haven't had time to read the previous day's Lactnet messages through
pressure of work, but caught yours this morning.
Virginia

Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA 
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 
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Date:    Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:16:26 -0500
From:    Jayne Vidler < >

Information from the lovely Bridget Ingle for you.

Virgin coconut oil is a powerful anti fungal, anti bacterial and anti viral.
It works by breaking down encapsulated organisms.

It can be eaten, cooked with, massaged in, placed in, placed on...... etc
It's chemical composition doesn't change when it is heated.
Interesting to note that lauric acid is only found in:
breastmilk of all mammals (human milk highest)
coconut oil
palm kernel oil (not palm oil)


You may like these references:
antibacterial effects -       http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134433
antifungal as effective as Fluconazole -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17651080
ant inflammatory and analgesic effect -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20645831

Hope that helps.

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