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How to tell if coconut oil is bad for signs of expired coconut oil

coconut oil is a tasty edible oil that has a long shelf life and contains many health benefits

because it has a high content of fatty acids coconut oil doesn't go bad very quickly

in fact it's the high levels of Laura Cassidy in coconut oil that given its many beneficial medicinal properties

however if kept for a long time coconut oil can go rancid and start smelling bad

you might notice that when coconut oil goes off

its color changes from white to a yellowish mass that may have spots of mold on it

does coconut oil expire

coconut oil will have the best by date on the jar and this gives an indication of when you can expect the oil to go rancid

however usually

the smell of coconut oil is a good indication if it has gone bad

the shelf life of coconut oil depends a lot on the way it was produced and how it is stored

for example pure virgin coconut oil the kind that's great for your health generally stays fresh longer than refined coconut oil

in this article I am going to look at the four telltale signs of bad coconut oil

you'll also find out if there is anything you can do to extend the shelf life of coconut oil

this is important to know a specially if you are using or consuming coconut oil for its health benefits

I will also look briefly at the many health benefits of coconut oil for your skin care

and even helping to lose weight

types of coconut oil

refined vs. unrefined

there are two types of coconut oil that you can use for cooking or on your skin

refined ore unrefined virgin

coconut oil both refined and on refined coconut oil have there a own advantages and disadvantages

refined coconut oil is made by bleaching and purifying the coconut meat before drying it

the refined coconut oil sometimes called copper or oil is then extracted to produce an oil with no flavor or odor the benefit of refined

coconut oil is that it has a smoke point of 450° F 232° C

which makes it better for frying win if however much of the goodness is removed in the processing

virgin coconut oil is less processed and contains more beneficial properties and refined coconut oil

depending on the method used

coconut meat is dried or processed fresh

from dried coconut meat the oil is pressed out mechanically

to extract oil from fresh coconut meat that hasn't been dried coconut milk is then mechanically squeezed out

it is then process naturally to separate the oil

both of these methods allow the coconut oil to retain its distinct coconut flavor and smell

the journal of applied sciences reported that virgin coconut oil VCR oh contains high levels of lore Kaset which has antimicrobial properties

these fatty acids are useful against funky bacteria and viruses

in fact the only other substance with as much lower Cassidy as coconut oil is breast milk

it is these antibacterial properties that help preserve the quality and shelf life of coconut oil.one doctors from webmd say that virgin

coconut oil contains a type of fat called medium chain triglycerides

Mc T ease although these are classed as saturated fats they work differently in the body

than saturated fats.two how long before refined ore unrefined coconut oil expires

how long does it take for coconut oil to become rancid and expire

research into the shelf life of the two types of coconut oil has shown that refined coconut oil goes bad before virgin coconut oil

a study from 2015 found that refined coconut oil would start to spoil around two years after

production and has a shorter shelf life than virgin coconut oil

researchers found that virgin coconut oil has a shelf life of around five years

it was suggested that virgin coconut oil doesn't go rancid as quickly because fewer antioxidants car destroyed in the

processing.five for signs that coconut oil had gone bad

how can you tell if you're coconut oil has gone bad and has become rancid

overtime Keats oxygen and light can all affect the chemical compounds in coconut oil and can cause it to become bad

it's also good to remember that even though the expire a date on the coconut oil may seem

OK and this is usually about two years from when the coconut oil one as bottled

it doesn't give an indication when the coconuts were harvested and the oil extracted

so sometimes coconut oil can go bad even before the expire a date one smell or taste

most toils including coconut oil can start to smell off or taste better when they have become bad

you may notice that the pleasant

almost sweet smell of virgin coconut oil become stale or foul to color and other telltale sign that your coconut oil has spoiled as if it

has lost its white color or does not have a transparent color when it melts

rancid coconut oil will have a yellowish color when you melted and that is a sure sign that you should dispose of it

three consistency isn't smoothed coconut oil that has expired and gone bad usually

becomes lumpy and doesn't have a smooth consistency

four dark spots

even though coconut oil is rich and antenna crow Beal properties spots of bacteria or mold canopy are in rancid coconut oil

so you wouldn't want to be ingesting stale coconut oil or pudding expired coconut oil on your skin

if you use coconut oil on your skin you should avoid putting it in on clean utensils or dirty hands

also avoid double dipping if you use coconut oil is a moisturizer to prevent bacteria getting into the coconut oil

side effects of expired coconut oil

research is lacking into and potential side effects of consuming or using coconut oil that has expired

however looking at what happens to other orioles can help to know the side effects of rancid coconut oil

for example it is known that changes to the fatty acids take place in oils but have gone rancid or are heated beyond their smoking

point for example the journal oil and soap stated that vitamins are destroyed in cop liver or oil when it becomes rancid

it is also thought that the antioxidant properties of these oils are also affected and free radicals form in the oil that six according to the journal

anticancer research the chemical changes in rancid corn oil can affect tumors in the body

researchers found that rancid corn oil could both promote tumor growth or even be a cause of them

however it has to be noted that this is regarding oils that are high in omega six fatty acids whereas coconut oil has low levels of

omega six top seven it is highly unlikely that rancid coconut oil will make you sick immediately or cause food poisoning

however toxins

free radicals or the oxidative nature of rancid oils could have a cumulative effect over time and cause some health issues

therefore it's important to store coconut oil correctly to extended shelf life

how to store coconut oil to extend shelf life

when coconut oil is stored at room temperature in moderate or cold climates

it is white and solid coconut oil begins to melt when the temperature rises above 75° F

For more infomation >> How to Tell If Coconut Oil Is Bad 4 Signs of Expired Coconut Oil? - Duration: 8:35.

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Sorry, Dad. Humidity is staying for Father's Day weekend - Duration: 1:45.

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As Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate Change - Duration: 10:01.

As Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate Change

The number of people graduating with nuclear engineering degrees has more than tripled since a low point in 2001, and many are passionate about their motivation.

Im here because I think I can save the world with nuclear power, Leslie Dewan told the crowd at a 2014 event as she pitched her companys design for a new kind of reactor.

Dewan says climate change, and the fact that nuclear plants emit no greenhouse gases, are the big reason she became a nuclear engineer.

And she is not the only one.

The reason that almost all of our students come into this field is climate change, says Dennis Whyte, head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The surge in new engineers comes as the nuclear industry, just like coal, is struggling to compete against cheaper natural gas and renewable energy.

The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that more than half of the nations 99 nuclear reactors are at risk of closing in the next decade.

President Trump has ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take steps to help financially troubled coal and nuclear power plants, though he has cited the reason as grid resilience and national security.

We wanted the type of nuclear reactor that people would want to have in their communities.

Leslie Dewan, co-founder of Transatomic Power.

But nuclear plant operators are echoing young engineers like Dewan as they lobby for public subsidies to keep reactors open.

If you are concerned about climate change, or concerned about the environment, you should be very concerned about the future of [Three Mile Island], says David Fein, Exelons senior vice president of state governmental and regulatory affairs.

TMI parent company Exelon announced last year it will close Three Mile Island Unit 1 in 2019 unless there are policy changes that would make the plant profitable again.

A different reactor on the site near Middletown, Pa.

— Unit 2 — was involved in the countrys worst nuclear accident in 1979.

Fein is among those who argue that nuclear plants should be recognized as clean energy and paid for the public benefit of not emitting greenhouse gases or other pollutants.

Its a strategy that has worked in other states: Illinois, New York and — most recently — New Jersey.

Opponents of new subsidies include anti-nuclear activist Eric Epstein with the watchdog group Three Mile Island Alert.

If you consider nuclear green then you have to ignore high-level radioactive waste, he says.

The federal government still doesnt have permanent storage for that waste, and Epstein says there are the environmental costs of uranium mining to consider as well.

Others question giving nuclear plants public money that could be used for renewable energy instead.

It really is this sort of philosophical battle: Are we building the energy economy of the future? Or are we just, sort of, keeping with the status quo? says Abe Silverman, vice president for regulatory affairs group and deputy general counsel for NRG, which has opposed state subsidy proposals.

The nuclear industry thinks it has a good chance of persuading people to support its side of this debate.

Ann Bisconti, who does opinion research for the industry, says a lot fewer people oppose nuclear energy now than just after the Three Mile Island accident.

People have moved, very much, into middle positions — theyre very mushy on nuclear energy, Bisconti says.

And that creates an opportunity to win them over by talking about the need for nuclear to limit the effects of climate change, she says.

You cant get there without nuclear in the fuel mix, says Chris Wolfe, who works as a generation planning engineer at South Carolina Electric & Gas and is on the board of North American Young Generation in Nuclear.

Despite the industrys struggles, the U.S.

still gets a fifth of its electricity from nuclear, and there are jobs to be had.

The number of nuclear engineering degrees awarded each year peaked in the late 1970s.

Then it dropped steadily amid the Three Mile Island partial meltdown in Pennsylvania and the Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union.

Numbers started to climb again in 2001 as talk of climate change increased.

That left an age gap in the nuclear workforce, with many now ready to retire.

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Baby boomers are leaving the industry, so there are a lot of job opportunities, says Wolfe.

Wolfe chose to work at a utility for job security, but she is cheering on nuclear entrepreneurs like Dewan, who co-founded a startup business called Transatomic Power.

She says the company has raised about $6 million from investors.

Were adapting something thats called a molten salt reactor that was first developed in the very, very early days of the nuclear industry — back in the 1950s and 1960s, Dewan says.

With modern materials and a few changes, she believes such a reactor can be financially viable today.

Her companys first design aimed to use spent nuclear fuel to generate electricity.

But it turned out some of the calculations were wrong.

Still, she says this new design would produce about half the waste of existing nuclear plants.

And Dewan says its safer because the effects of a meltdown would be limited to the plant site.

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Part of why we started this company is that we wanted the type of nuclear reactor that people would want to have in their communities, says Dewan.

Thats a hard sell to anti-nuclear activists like Epstein.

Im seeing the same arrogance I saw in the 70s, he says.

I think the new generation is like the old generation, in that they view themselves as flawless high priests of technology..

Dewan sees that skepticism as a legacy her generation will have to address.

But she thinks the problem of climate change is too important to give up on nuclear energy now.

For more infomation >> As Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate Change - Duration: 10:01.

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Ancient baobabs are dying and climate change is the chief suspect - Duration: 5:24.

Ancient baobabs are dying and climate change is the chief suspect

Ancient baobabs are dying and climate change is the chief suspect.

  Baobabs are dying across southern Africa‚ and climate change may be to blame.

Some of the oldest and largest baobabs in South Africa‚ Zimbabwe‚ Namibia‚ South Africa‚ Botswana‚ and Zambia have abruptly died in the past decade‚ say a team of international researchers.

"Nine of the 13 oldest … individuals have died‚ or at least their oldest parts/stems have collapsed and died‚ over the past 12 years‚" they wrote in the scientific journal Nature Plants‚ calling it "an event of an unprecedented magnitude".

The trees‚ aged between 1‚100 and 2‚500 years‚ may have fallen victim to climate change‚ said a team which included Stephan Woodborne from iThemba Labs in Johannesburg and Grant Hall from the University of Pretoria.

Study leader Adrian Patrut‚ from Babes-Bolyai University in Romania‚ said: "It is definitely shocking and dramatic to experience during our lifetime the demise of so many trees with millennial ages."   Baobab could settle climate-change debate The baobab could hold the secret to the effects of climate change in Southern Africa over the past 1000 years.

University of Pretoria scientists have.

News 2 years ago While the cause of the deaths is unknown‚ the researchers "suspect that the demise of monumental baobabs may be associated at least in part with significant modifications of climate conditions that affect southern Africa in particular".

Patrut said the dead trunks were only 40% water‚ instead of the 75-80% they should have been.

Their condition meant they could no longer support the tree's weight‚ he said.

Between 2005 and 2017‚ the researchers dated "practically all known very large and potentially old" African baobabs – more than 60 in total.

After studying data on girth‚ height‚ wood volume and age‚ they noted the "unexpected and intriguing fact" that most of the oldest and biggest trees died during the study period.

The researchers used radiocarbon dating to analyse samples from the trees and found that the baobab trunk grows from up to seven core stems.

Four of the trees they studied died completely‚ meaning all their stems toppled together.

The oldest tree which suffered the collapse of all its stems was the Panke tree in Zimbabwe‚ estimated to have existed for 2‚500 years.

The biggest‚ Holboom‚ was from Namibia.

It stood 30.2m tall and had a girth of 35.1m.

  5 sensational walks to do in Swaziland Hlengiwe Magagula counts the little kingdom's natural beauties Lifestyle 3 months ago The most famous victim of the die-off was the Chapmans baobab‚ a national monument and tourist attraction in central Botswana that bore the carved initials of explorer David Livingstone.

It was named after South African hunter James Chapman‚ who visited it in 1852.

On January 7‚ 2016‚ its six trunks all collapsed and died.

"These deaths were not caused by an epidemic and there has also been a rapid increase in the apparently natural deaths of many other mature baobabs‚" said the researchers.

"We suspect that the demise of monumental baobabs may be associated at least in part with significant modifications of climate conditions that affect southern Africa in particular.

However‚ further research is necessary to support or refute this." - The baobab is the biggest and longest-living flowering tree‚ and has branches resembling roots reaching for the sky.

It serves as a massive store of water and bears fruit that feeds animals and humans.

It is sometimes known as the "dead rat" tree‚ after the shape of its fruit.

Its leaves are boiled and eaten‚ while its bark is pounded and woven into rope‚ baskets‚ cloth and waterproof hats.

For more infomation >> Ancient baobabs are dying and climate change is the chief suspect - Duration: 5:24.

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This happen...CANCER IS SCARY!!!!!! - Duration: 8:04.

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Stephen Hawking's Voice Is Being Broadcast Into Space - Duration: 3:27.

Stephen Hawking's Voice Is Being Broadcast Into Space

The voice of legendary physicist Stephen Hawking is to be broadcast into space after his memorial service on Friday, according to British media outlets.

Specifically, it will be directed toward the nearest black hole.

Hawking, who died in March, revolutionized the scientific understanding of black holes — and won the hearts of people across the world with his tireless scientific advocacy.

Hawking is being interred at Westminster Abbey on Friday, with a thousand members of the public (selected through a lottery system) present for the ceremony.

The physicists remains will be placed between those of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

His voice will be broadcast into space after the service honoring his life.

Hawkings words have been set to an original score by composer Vangelis, most famous for his Chariots of Fire film theme,.

In a statement provided to British media outlets, Hawkings daughter, Lucy Hawking, called the music a beautiful and symbolic gesture that creates a link between our fathers presence on this planet, his wish to go into space and his explorations of the universe in his mind.

She said the broadcast will be directed toward the nearest black hole, 1A 0620-00, which lives in a binary system with a fairly ordinary orange dwarf star, according to multiple outlets.

It is a message of peace and hope, about unity and the need for us to live together in harmony on this planet, she said.

Hawking, who had a debilitating neurological disease, lost his ability to speak with his own vocal cords decades ago.

He spoke with the assistance of a computer — and his computerized voice became distinctive and instantly recognizable.

As technology improved over the years, Hawking refused to upgrade his speech technology — because he had grown attached to the original voice he adopted in the 80s, as the San Francisco Chronicle and NPR have reported.

With the original hardware degrading over time, a team of engineers worked to save Hawkings voice.

They finished their project shortly before he died.

For more infomation >> Stephen Hawking's Voice Is Being Broadcast Into Space - Duration: 3:27.

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'Where The Need Is': Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School - Duration: 11:35.

'Where The Need Is': Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School

The student comes in for a pregnancy test — the second time shes asked for one in matter of weeks.

Shes 15. She lives with her boyfriend.

He wants kids — he wont use protection.

She loves him, she says.

But she doesnt want to get pregnant.

She knows how much harder it would be for her to finish high school.

At many schools, she would have gotten little more than some advice from a school nurse.

But here at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C., she gets a dose of midwife Loral Patchen.

Patchen asks her bluntly, what is she going to do about it? Because one of these days, the test is going to show a positive.

Patchen talks her through a range of birth control methods.

Theres a shot you take every few months, an IUD, or a small implant that goes into your arm, which can prevent pregnancy for years.

And, of course there are birth control pills.

The student opts for pills, and leaves Patchens office with a one-month supply with a standing order for refills through the school clinic.

The hope is that this interaction will mean one fewer teen pregnancy in the city.

In the Washington D.C.

neighborhood where this student lives, her chance of getting pregnant is nearly three times the national average.

While U.S.

teen pregnancy rates overall have trended steadily downward in the last decade, they remain high in some communities.

The rates for black and Latina teens is around twice that of whites, and kids from low-income families tend to have higher rates.

Anacostia Highs school midwife program is a novel approach thats showing promise in tackling the problem.

Patchen had been trying to combat the citys teen pregnancy rates for twenty years as the founder of the Teen Alliance for Prepared Parenting or TAPP at Medstar Washington Hospital Center.

She was happy with what they accomplished, but she wanted more access to the young people who needed her.

Her organization got a 2015 grant from the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield health insurance to start working in two schools.

Now she says shes one of a handful of school midwives in the country.

Its much better to go where the need is rather than to sit back and wait for the need to come to you, she says.

And her role goes beyond providing prenatal care for the five to eight pregnant students who get care in the school clinic each year.

Being at the school gives her a chance to help prevent pregnancies in the first place.

I wouldnt have seen these youth in any other setting — not easily, anyway, she says.

As the school midwife, Patchen can be an informal — and reliable — resource for students questions about sex and contraception and relationships.

I love it when Im walking in or in the hall during lunch because I see people and they recognize me, Patchen says.

And they come in to ask me a question and theyve got their two girlfriends with them.

And well talk about condom use or a side effect of a particular method or theyll say I heard..

If she were in a hospital, only seeing young people after theyre pregnant, she would never get this kind of interaction, Patchen says.

Plus, the information she gives them spreads through their circle of friends.

At the school, Patchen keeps her schedule flexible to leave room for informal interactions and walk-in appointments, alongside her regular appointments with students.

When a student comes in, Patchen can can offer counseling and immediate options.

If a student decides she wants an IUD, Patchen can insert it on the spot.

She can prescribe birth control pills and then hand the student a packet.

The Carefirst grant pays for the services and any contraception the students request, so students dont have to rely on insurance to cover them.

I feel really good about the fact that we offer the full range of options and we have very very low removal rates, Patchen says.

She says that she talks students through the different methods and their adverse effects, and leaves the decision about which — if any —method they want to use.

And if the decision is yes, its a very informed and well grounded decision, she says.

In the three years that shes been working out of Anacostia High School, Patchen says no students participating in the program have had a subsequent pregnancy.

And after choosing a long term birth control method like an IUD, 85 percent of Anacostia students are still using it one year later.

Patchen can also test for STDs, including doing rapid HIV tests in the school clinics lab.

Just as critical, she says, is the ability to spend time talking with students about their lives— from deciding not to have sex, to navigating relationships.

For instance, she asks: Who makes a good girlfriend or a boyfriend? What is that kind of person? How do you make decisions together? What do you do when you have conflict?.

The other part of Patchens job is on-site prenatal care for students who do get pregnant.

Last year, one of those students was Kiera — were using students first names only to protect their privacy.

When Kiera got pregnant, she was 15 years old, and scared.

When I met Loral and she started taking care of me in my pregnancy, she made me feel happier about being a parent, Kiera says.

She helped me out a lot..

Patchen says being in the school made it easy for Kiera to come in many times throughout her pregnancy, and talk about things like getting a required blood glucose test, or the benefits of breastfeeding — and also about her relationship with the babys father, DMonte.

Since DMonte is a student at the school too, Patchen could talk to them about parenting together.

And even since Kiera and DMonte broke up — Patchen still helps them figure out how to maintain a relationship so their daughter will have two parents.

Patchen was there, along with Dmonte and Kieras mother, when Kiera gave birth to her daughter last January.

All I saw was excitement on [Patchens] face, Dmonte recalls.

She was just so excited and she was so proud.

So I couldnt let her down..

The baby is now a toddling one-year-old who goes to the daycare on site at the high school.

Kiera can bring her by the school clinic whenever she needs a visit with the pediatrician, or just to say hi.

I love it when they come to the office because her daughter is laughing and shes responsive to things and theyre responsive to her.

And its a beautiful thing, Patchen says.

The fact that this is a happy, communicative family is not an accident, Patchen says.

There were times of frustration, times of disagreement — it could have gone badly.

But everyone — the TAPP team, the school clinic staff, and the student parents — put in a lot of hard work to do the best they could by this child.

Midwife Loral Patchen wants to be clear: she is by no means saying that teen pregnancy is a great thing.