Conrado Dayrit Explained

Conrado Dayrit (May 31, 1919 – October 5, 2007) was a Filipino medical doctor and scientist known for his advocacy of coconut oil for which he was dubbed "Dr. Coconut" and "Father of VCO" (Virgin Coconut Oil). He was one of the six co-founders and a president of the Philippine Heart Association, a president of the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies, a president of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology, and an emeritus professor of pharmacology at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He performed pioneering tests on the efficacy of coconut oil on HIV and wrote about coconut oil's health benefits.^[1]

Selected works

• Book: Dayrit, Conrado S. . 2005 . The Truth About Coconut Oil – The Drugstore in a Bottle . Anvil . 978-971-27-1695-9. .

Notes and References

1. News: Conrado Dayrit, Dr. Coconut; 88 . October 6, 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107191207/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20071006-92986/Conrado_Dayrit,_Dr._Coconut;_88 . 2012-01-07 . March 22, 2011.
   - News: Docs provide the science on VCO . September 17, 2006 . The Philippine Daily Inquirer . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204220345/http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20060917-21432/Docs_provide_the_science_on_VCO . 2012-02-04 . March 22, 2011.
   - Web site: Science and Technology Information Institute. Department of Science and Technology (Philippines). . n.d. . Database . Dayrit, Conrado S. . March 22, 2011.
   - News: Castillo, Rafael . October 13, 2007 . Dr. Dayrit: academician, clinician, researcher, friend . The Philippine Daily Inquirer . https://web.archive.org/web/20120917144319/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20071013-94214/Dr._Dayrit:_academician,_clinician,_researcher,_friend . 2012-09-17 . March 23, 2011.
   - Web site: National Academy of Science and Technology. Health Sciences Division . n.d. . Dayrit, Conrado S. (+) . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321214535/http://www.nast.ph/index.php?option=com_profile&id=75&view=details&template=nast3&Itemid=23 . 2012-03-21 . March 23, 2011.
   - Web site: Lee-Chua, Queena N. . October 9, 2007 . Conrado Singian Dayrit, MD: Lux in Domino Award . Ateneo de Manila University . https://web.archive.org/web/20100602145613/http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=0&aid=4270 . 2010-06-02 . March 23, 2011.