Virgin coconut oil wins the war of oils.

(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Byline: Cesar C. Villariba Jr.

AN AMERICAN health expert is amazed that more than 80 million people who live in a veritable coconut paradise planted to 300 million trees have not fully utilized the healthiest dietary oil on earth.

For opening the eyes of many people, including nutritionists and skeptical medical professionals in the United States, to the scientific fact that virgin coconut oil's unique and abundant antimicrobial properties makes it superior to any other oil, naturopathic physician Bruce Fife has been dubbed "Dr. Coconut."

When Fife, a certified nutritionist from Colorado Springs, first learned that coconut oil was being used in hospital formulas to feed critically ill patients and was a major component in baby formulas, he was intrigued.

The more he researched on the much maligned oil in the American diet, the more he unearthed a wealth of health-saving information dusting away in scientific journals since the turn of the century.

He brought them to life in a readable book, "The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil," that is creating ripples in the nutrition scene.

And the ripples have reached these coconut shores. Upon the …