Coconut Websites and Online Articles

Websites

Coconut Research Center – An excellent site with many excellent information and links about coconut.
Coconut-Info website – loaded with great information. This is where you can order Virgin Coconut Oil.
UK site offering information on coconut oil can be found at www.coconut-connections.com
Center for Research on Lauric Oils, Inc. – Contains information on the benefits of lauric acid and its healing effects. (Coconut oil is one of the lauric fats.)

Best Single Summary: Coconut: In Support of Good Health in the 21st Century by Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., F.A.C.N. – The most comprehensive article online: it was 21 pages on my printer, 9 pages of which were scientific references. If you read nothing else, read this!
Coconut Oil – Why it is Good for you – by Lita Lee. An excellent summary.
Cholesterol and Coconut – An good summary article, found on the Temple of Thai online Thai grocery store.
For Thais, palm oil always has been a good thing – by Olivia Wu, in the San Francisco Chronicle. Includes information from Kasma and a picture of her.
Coconut Oil & Its Virtues – by Ray Peat, Ph.D

The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil, by Bruce Fife, N.D. Piccadilly Books, Ltd, Healthwise Publications, Colorado Springs, CO, 2000, ISBN 0-941599-51-5.
Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol by Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. Bethesda Press, 2000, ISBN: 0967812607 – Your best bet for comprehensive information on the whole coconut oil/fat issue.
Nourishing Traditions , by Sally Fallon with Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. NewTrends Publishing, revised edition October 1999, ISBN 0967089727 – Loaded with interesting information on all aspects of nutrition. Actually a cookbook with nutritional information. A fun read.
The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease. By Uffe Ravnskov, M.D., Ph.D.
All Thumbs Book Reviews is the Weston A. Price Foundation's list of recommended books about nutrition.
Eat Fat Lose Fat, by Mary Enig & Sally Fallon, ISBN 0452285666 – on using coconut oil in a weight loss program.
Eat Fat, Look Thin: A Safe and Natural Way to Lose Weight Permanently by Bruce Fife, Second Edition, ISBN 0941599620.