Hans Dehmelt

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS EMERITUS

University of Washington
Seattle


ABSTRACT

The Coconut Research Center of Sri Lanka. India. states that published studies in medical journals show that coconut, in one form or another, may provide a wide range of health benefits: Coconut relieves symptoms associated with benign prostate hyperplasia (enlargement)(BPH) but no information on coconut dosage is given. Thus it had to be found by trial and error.


ARTICLE

As it robs one of a good nights sleep, BPH is a very debilitating affliction. The widely-used saw palmetto, that I had been relying on for years, is very unsatisfactory. So I was strongly motivated to find a better remedy. Searching the Internet in late 2006 I came upon coconut. According to the Coconut Research Center in Sri Lanka, India, [1] coconut relieves symptoms associated with benign prostate hyperplasia. This appears to have been Hindu knowledge for centuries. By trial and error I found that two doses of 20 g ground coconut meat taken one each before breakfast and dinner were promising.  Further experiments showed that a water-extract of commercial, low temperature dried, shredded coconut was more practical.

As a primate, Homo sapiens, and close relative of Homo troglodytes, a Chimp, I have for years approximated an obviously raw, predominantly fruit- and leaf, Chimp diet [2]. Extra Zinc and Selenium are supplemented with 1 Brazil nut per meal.  Since fruit supplies plenty of water, the only additional fluid was 250 cc of fruit juice at breakfast.

RESULTS

Coconut oil had no effect.

The Coconut Research Center claim is confirmed:

A. As of now, August 2007, I need to urinate only every 2-6 hours. Before that, on saw palmetto, I urinated every <1-2 hour with an obviously smaller volume

B. The urination volume is now 100-300 cc.


ACKNOWLEDGMENT

My wife Diana Dundore made important suggestions for improving the manuscript.

REFERENCES

1. Coconut Research Center www.coconutresearchcenter.org
2. Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(4):882. Healthiest diet hypothesis: how to cure most diseases? H Dehmelt http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-9877(04)00576-6


APPENDIX

SAMPLE MEAL of STEAK TARTAR:

• 20g ground coconut meat
• 1T ground flaxseed
• 25g chopped onion
• 1/8t salt
• 30g ground round grass-fed bison meat
• 50g avocado
• 1/8t coriander
• 1g vitamin D
• 1/2 egg yolk

RAW FRUIT and VEGETABLES 1500 g PER DAY:

   Blueberries, raspberries, cherries, mango puree, apple puree, fresh or dried apricots (soaked), oranges, grapes, nectarines, figs, bananas, peas, corn, tomatoes, Romaine salad, juice

Raw Almond nut butter

2 Brazil Nuts/day