The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Coconut Oil Diet

For many years, coconut oil has been anecdotally credited with relieving and even curing a wide variety of the most deadly diseases and conditions. Recent evidence suggests that, taken in the right doses, it can also cause dramatic improvement in the brain function of Alzheimer's patients. Because conventional medicine so far has failed to find an effective treatment for this devastating disease, people are willing to give coconut oil a shot. But how much should they take, and what are easy ways to work it into the diet? And how and why could it really work? The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Coconut Oil Diet examines the science behind medicinal coconut oil and helps readers integrate natural coconut oil into their diets easily. It gathers evidence and expert opinions on the use of coconut oil to help with the deadliest diseases and conditions, including:

• Alzheimer's disease.
• Diabetes.
• Heart disease.
• Hypertension.
• Compromised immune system.
• Viruses and bacterial infections.
• Obesity.
• Skin conditions.

Maria Blanco is a Certified Family Herbalist and a candidate for degrees in holistic nutrition and naturopathy. She considers diet and nutrition to be the single greatest determinant of health, disease prevention, and healing and she delights in sharing knowledge of how to naturally establish and maintain homeostasis in all of life's varying stages. She served as the primary in-home caregiver to her mother, who suffered from Lewy Body Dementia. She writes extensively for publications and websites such as Men's Health and Suite 101. 

Dr. James Pendleton, ND, NMD, is a primary care physician specializing in naturopathic medicine. He is also a college science professor. He has a passion for herbal medicine and has studied ethnobotany and herbal healing traditions throughout Central and South America, India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.