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Default Coconut and Bounty bars

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:01:52 -0500, SebNoker wrote:
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>> Are coconuts healthy? I eat a lot of bounty bars and was told by a buddy
>> coconuts are bad if you eat to much?? I know they contain a laxative,
>> but apart from that? Also, talking about a chocolate bar here, so maybe
>> not even worthy of an answer....

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> Your Buddy knows jack-shi...
>
> I can't speak for the contents of a Bounty, but coconut meat/oil/etc is
> definitely healthy, beneficial even. This assumes that it hasnt undergone
> any horrible forms of processing, of course.
>


Actually, cybercat is right. Coconut and palm oils are high in saturated
fat.
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