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
edit- Dayrit, Conrado S. (2005). The Truth About Coconut Oil – The Drugstore in a Bottle. Anvil. ISBN 978-971-27-1695-9..
References
edit- ^ "Conrado Dayrit, Dr. Coconut; 88". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 6, 2007. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- "Docs provide the science on VCO". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 17, 2006. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- Dayrit, Conrado S. (n.d.). "Database". Science and Technology Information Institute. Department of Science and Technology (Philippines). Retrieved March 22, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- Castillo, Rafael (October 13, 2007). "Dr. Dayrit: academician, clinician, researcher, friend". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- "Dayrit, Conrado S. (+)". National Academy of Science and Technology. Health Sciences Division. n.d. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- Lee-Chua, Queena N. (October 9, 2007). "Conrado Singian Dayrit, MD: Lux in Domino Award". Ateneo de Manila University. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2011.