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Coconut oil is one of the most beneficial sources of fat. It is comprised of medium-chain fatty acids or MCFAs, which are easier to break down and metabolize into energy than large-chain fatty acids, which are often stored in the body as fat for later use.


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MARCUS AURELIUS A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
MARCUS AURELIUS Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, t...
MARCUS AURELIUS To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits...
MARCUS AURELIUS One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, th...
MARCUS AURELIUS The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
MARCUS AURELIUS Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man--yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. S...
MARCUS AURELIUS Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
MARCUS AURELIUS Where a man can live, he can also live well.
MARCUS AURELIUS Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
MARCUS AURELIUS A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
MARCUS AURELIUS Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man--yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. S...
MARCUS ANTONIUS Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin u...
MARCUS ANTONIUS It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.
GREIL MARCUS Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself go...
MARCUS AURELIUS Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good...
MARCUS AURELIUS Men exist for the sake of one another.
MARCUS AURELIUS Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dy...
MARCUS AURELIUS In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushli...
MARCUS AURELIUS If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them...
MARCUS AURELIUS Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that tim...
MARCUS AURELIUS Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
MARCUS AURELIUS Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
MARCUS AURELIUS He tells himself over and over again in any choice presented to him, 'Prefer the hard.' This holds g...
MARCUS AURELIUS Perfection of character consists in this; living each day as if it were the last, and spending each ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against ma...
MARCUS AURELIUS Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for w...
MARCUS ANTONIUS When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
MARCUS AURELIUS He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
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