I found the texture in the jar to be harder then I thought (though it may have been a bit frozen from outside in the box). It definitely smells like coconut, like a mounds bar. I was so concerned about the popcorn tasting like nothing but coconut. I was VERY surprised buy the wonderful taste it gives the popcorn, I can’t believe I never realized at the movies that the reason the popcorn taste so good is that bit of coconut flavor to it. It also left my popcorn machine very clean, when the other oil coated the whole machine in a greasy gunk. Combine with Eden Organics Organic popcorn kernels from Amazon for a total organic popcorn.
Rating: 5 / 5

Don’t let it stop you from buying if you want some more natural source of sugar that has less refinement associated with it.
Rating: 3 / 5

What a shame, sounded like a great product.

Would you want to give something to your kids not knowing the ingredients?

Sure, they list the ingredients, or so you think. If you call and ask them what is in the flavoring…. you won’t get an answer.

There are hidden ingredients in flavorings that companies do not have to divulge.

I had horrible skin rahes over 7 years until I finally found out that I have an allergy to Balsam of Peru. Its a hidden ingredient in many, many foods, just listed as “flavoring” or natural flavoring, as it is natural, from a tree in south America.
Rating: 1 / 5

You cannot “eat it out of the jar” as someone avered because it is so saturated at outside air temperatures that it is rock-hard. It may possibly work for psoriasis or as a hand cream, but remember that your body will smell strongly like coconut if you use it as a salve. I’m pretty skeptical right now, but I have two jars so I am trying some non-culinary things to use it up.
Rating: 3 / 5

The problem is that the author claims his advice is based on scientific evidence but I don’t really believe he is willing to advocate any major changes. For example if red meat is unheathy why isn’t he telling us to eat NO red meat? If simple dairy products like milk and butter are unhealty why isn’t he telling us to eat NO dairy products or to eat on’y cultured dairy products? Harvard is a really big institution and gets funding from other big institutions. It simply feels like the author is too much a part of the establishment and is not willing to recommend anything radical even if the evidence points to it.

The author’s essential wishy-washy nature is most clearly seen when he gives advice on a diet for overweight people to follow. He advises that we roll our diet plan, maybe borrowing a few ideas from Dr. Phil, a few from the Zone, a few from the low glycemic camp and so forth. This is laughable. The reader wants to be presented with a sensible plan not told to mash together elements from a bunch of other plans.

Finally it annoyed me that half the book consists of recipes. Most of us who buy a book like this have tons of cookbooks. I bought this book hoping for an up to date summation of health research. Instead I got an uninspired cookbook combined with stock advice. And, yes, it’s great that the author helped create a more sensible food pyramid than the government. But I really got tired of the endless references to it.

Bottom line: surprisingly little substance and nothing new to be found in this book.
Rating: 2 / 5