Aleurites Moluccanna - Weight Loss? (forum)

Rowee starts with ...
Has anybody heard of a company in Sydney called "Latin Seed" that's marketing a weight loss product imported from the Aleurites Moluccanna plant in South America?

What's so special with the South American plant compared with Qld plants?

And is Aleurites Moluccanna known as a weight loss ingredient?

Appreciate your reply.

Time: 4th January 2010 11:58am

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Speedy says...
Eat a few raw candlenuts and you'll start loosing weight almost as soon as you get to the closest loo! ;-)

...or maybe before you get there....
:-O


Time: 12th January 2010 11:45am

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amanda says...
Hi Speedy - does cooking the candlenut prevent that mad scramble?? I have some nuts to try in my next satay recipe....?

Time: 12th January 2010 4:34pm

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Speedy says...
Hi Amanda,
Kemiri, as they're known in Indonesia, are used as a thickener in spice pastes (eg Rendang) and the pastes are usually fried in oil before then using in cooking.
I seem to recall that in preparing the candlenuts before shelling, they are boiled? then dried for storage....I'll have to look into it.
So if they're boiled pefore shelling, thats like cooking three times

They're also used in some Pacific Islands for food, but only as a condoment there too.
maybe toasted and mixed with salt...dont quite remember...

As far as I'm aware, they're not used large quantities or as an 'eating' nut like peanut or cashew .

That having been said there could be some genetic varients that may be ok.
I wouldn't go testing too much, rather , I'd rely on Trad. knowledge and go from there.

As an example, a friend of mine was in Mexico about 20yrs ago,
staying with some locals and was fed some seeds of Jatropha sp. (J.curcas?) with no ill effect.
J.curcas has a rep for being a violent purgative, but this stain/cultivar or whatever seemed OK.

Candle nuts toasted and ground to a paste make a nice body scrub
after a dip in shower massaged and rubbed in then rinsed off.
When used like that it removes all sorts of grease and dirt also.
A treat for your skin

Time: 14th January 2010 1:18pm

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amanda says...
Ta Speedy - there is a fish u can buy called "Butter fish" (espec QLD) that my flatmate once ate/stole out of the fridge in the middle of the night without treating first - it's the worst kind of diarrhoea you can imagine - so oily (apparently!) that you don't even feel it coming out!
He kept pooing his pants at work - ah karma!

Anyway - thanks for the tip on candlenuts - I was utterly ignorant of their powerful 'medicine' :-))

Time: 14th January 2010 1:30pm

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lynne says...
HOW CAN A NUT RELATED MACADAMIAS ADDED TO HOT WATER CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS ? IT IS LOAD OF RUBBISH

Time: 22nd January 2010 8:31pm

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amanda says...
Hey - gardening is good for weight loss.. :-))))

Time: 22nd January 2010 8:53pm

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Mez says...
I actually know plenty of people that have tried it including myself. i love it. As for my friends (they hooked me onto this), swear by it. 1 lost 2 dress sizes and couldnt be happier. give latin seed a call if your not sure, they are so friendly. maybe they sucked me in but ive had no dissapointments so far.
Amanda - i agree, gardening is great for weight loss. sure gives you a workout :)

Time: 10th June 2010 9:41am

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virginny says...
Wow ! You've cracked the weight loss puzzle that has eluded the best and brightest. Are you interested in a magnetic pillow that is guaranteed to make you younger looking?

Time: 10th June 2010 10:22am

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BJ says...
The power of suggestion is very strong for some. If you are lucky enough not to be well informed and (nearly always rightly) pessimistic about alot of these things, your brain can trick you into getting results. Usually this is helped by a combination of other lifestyle factors that you change as part of the diet or regime, but if you believe its working and you are seeing good results, good for you - keep doing whatever it is you think is helping.

Forget the magnetic pillows, I want a crystal ceiling fan to get rid of the RSI in my shoulder!

Time: 10th June 2010 11:52am

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Mez says...
i havent changed anything in my diet or lifestyle, i have always been fairly healthy BJ and if what it takes is to believe then i....Believe :) Im sure you have tried something in your life just because a friend or family member has suggested it to you. Its partly how we learn about new things.
Virginny, i dont think its necessary to be so sarcastic. I thought these blogs were for us to give our opinion. I have taken all of the above on board but at the end of the day, im so so happy i gave it a go. its changed my life for the better.

Time: 11th June 2010 11:46am

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annoyed says...
I have to agree with Mez, I too have had great results using the latin seed. i also tried locally bought candlenut before using the latin seed version for some 6 months. There is absolutely a difference and i find it personally offensive the tone of some of the replies here. The medicinal value of some plant varieties are well documented and also the fact that where and how plants are grown can have an affect on how they taste etc.. just look at the changes in fruit based on environment(rainfall etc) look at coffee or wine grape as examples.. is it such a stretch that this could also extend to medicinal benefits.... seriously maybe think a little before putting something down in future

Time: 11th June 2010 12:01pm

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BJ says...
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Time: 11th June 2010 5:17pm

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annoyed says...
Hi BJ, definitely it doesn't change your metabolic rate, i've got high blood pressure -believe me i'd know.. i can tell you it works for me and i am limited with what i can have because of my health.. best regards.

Time: 11th June 2010 5:51pm

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John Mc says...
""BJ says...
Just because it is from a plant or organic does not make it safe.""

You're right BJ
Cyanide and Arsenic are organic.

Time: 11th June 2010 10:48pm

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annoyed says...
your right - it's far healthier to put chemicals into our bodies, like all the pesticides and fertilisers i guess you use. I guess you guys believe the latest cancel drug in testing - from a plant must be crap too.. people are getting great reults and helping their health. The latin seed people - whatever you think are helping change peoples lives for the positive-are any of you able to say that?

Time: 14th June 2010 8:02pm

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kert says...
Right on ! Preservatives keep you young.

Time: 15th June 2010 8:44am

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Lea says...
Hi Lynne I used candlenut and I lost 8kg's in three months eating close to 2400 calories per day. I used 1/4 of a seed and it helped.

Time: 18th July 2010 1:13pm

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Rev says...
Arsenic is an element
not organic, natural but not organic

DDT is organic
The term 'organic' used in marketing is a bastardization of its true meaning
Organic refers to carbon based chemistry, so all your VOC's, pesticides, plastics etc are all organic

also the Candenut is in no way related to the macadamia
Candle nut is Euphorbiaceae - related to Cassava and Spurges
Macadamia is Proteaceae - related to grevillea, Banksia and Protea

they just look superficially similar

as for fatty things heliping people lose weight
that actually holds water
A lot of what youve been told about the way fats work in the body is being turned on its head
dietary reccomendations have been propagated without the basic science being done for decades
I guess physicians saw fat and though fat makes fat - so simple.
FAIL!

Its a shame so many people are trying to make a quick buck out of it all that it clogs the net with info-crud

but essentailly many nut oils (walnut) and palm oils like Coconut, Palm oil (the orange fruit oil not the hard kernel oil), as well as fruit oils (Avocado, olive) and legumes (peanut)
have high levels of monounsaturated fats with some saturated and polyunsaturated

despite being saturated many of the saturated nut oils act in the body like unsaturated fats and improve cardiovascular health
Inb fact people on low saturated fat diets had a drop in HDL cholesterol which is really bad, worse than having elevated LDL.

anyway long story short, yes its feasible. But all i see is testimonials here - thats anecdotal evidence.
Thatd be fine if it didnt involve a potentially toxic food

i know people are desperate to lose weight, but theres been people die from herbal cures before
In taiwan? women crash dieting with sweetleaf juice (Sauropus androgynus)
caused destruction of the lungs due to high papaverine content.

I always liked Dr Rudys advice on weight loss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jy3OtZAss



Time: 21st July 2010 10:48am

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kert says...
Yes, bring back Dr Rudy from Seth Effrica. Another very helpful product I've heard about is a jar of 1,000 tablets that you don't actually take but scatter on the ground and pick up each day.

Time: 21st July 2010 2:37pm

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Rev says...
Haha.

It makes me wonder
Ive been watching that supersizers on ?sbs? on thursday nights

they test emselves prior to spending a week on a historical diet and lifetyle

usually it involves eating very 'badly' and drinking an awful lot more than is reccomended
suprisingly sometimes they are in better shape than when they started

The 70s one was interesting. People apparently ate more energy than they do on average today

but they also did more

walk to the shops
walk to work
walk up and down stairs
go out dancing, or just go out in general
even office work would have involved more up down around and through rushing about with files and making manual facsimiles
Kids of course were outside playing

now everyone is sitting on their bums all the time
at work, and at home
and our entertainmnet for the whole family comes from the net or the TV

but the problem is, where is there to go? even if you wanted to?
This country is just too damn expensive, it cheaper to stay home.
Contrast that to a place like Maslaysia and Japan- where its cheaper to go out!

Time: 27th July 2010 5:28pm

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MichelleMan says...
Hi All

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Time: 20th April 2011 12:08am

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VF says...
Just read in The Sunday Mail this past weekend that scientists from the U.of Qld have found the peel of 2 types of mango, the Irwin and Nam Doc Mai, inhibits the generation of fat cells and tissue - just thought I'd share this interesting, (but a bit useless),bit of information!

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MaryT says...
Actually not many of us have experience with your tool, amilylin099. We are all TTT from gardening, in case you've missed that tip for weight loss - this is a growers' forum! Or are you hoping that someone would be duped into checking out a product?



Time: 16th April 2013 12:53pm

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MaryT says...
Just a pic to push off the spam one
Pictures - Click to enlarge

Picture: 1

Time: 16th April 2013 12:56pm

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Julie says...
Very healthy looking limes (?) Mary!

Time: 16th April 2013 8:18pm

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MaryT says...
Thanks, Julie. That's an old picture; I think they might be my Emperor mandarins? I don't have enough sun under the jacaranda for them to colour well but they are juicy and not sour.

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LucilleBlanton says...
Thanks for sharing this.

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