Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy

Re:Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy by pm90 on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:34PM (#14570980)

Please refrain from Ad hominems like this. Depending on where you are from, I can probably find a similarly unpleasant public health characteristic, but does it really get anywhere in the argument?

Besides, they actually don't. Its one of the most progressive states in India with 100% literacy etc.

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Re:Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy by KekDemaga on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:43PM (#14571064)

I'm just pointing out that "well India has done it for a long time so it must be good" is a logical fallacy as not all practices engaged in there will positively effect health. No offense intended.

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Re:Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy by pm90 on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:54PM (#14571173)

OK, I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt.

Your assertion is meaningless because "well India has done it for a long time so it must be good" is not being said for the social practice of open defecation but for the specific effect of coconut oil on the health and longevity of a large number of human beings.

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Re:Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy by KekDemaga on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:03PM (#14571254)

>the specific effect of coconut oil on the health and longevity of a large number of human beings.

US life expectancy is a full decade ahead of India, it seems the article may be accurate by those numbers. Do you have any evidence to counter it?

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