Conrado Dayrit

Conrado Dayrit (May 31, 1919 – October 5, 2007) was a Filipino 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][2][3][4][5][6]

Selected works
  • Dayrit, Conrado S. (2005). The Truth About Coconut Oil – The Drugstore in a Bottle. Anvil. ISBN 978-971-27-1695-9.

References
  1. Conrado Dayrit, Dr. Coconut; 88 Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. (October 6, 2007). The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  2. Docs provide the science on VCO Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. (September 17, 2006). The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  3. Science and Technology Information Institute. Department of Science and Technology (Philippines). (n.d.). Dayrit, Conrado S. Retrieved March 22, 2011 from the Science and Technology Information Institute Scientist Database.
  4. Castillo, Rafael. (October 13, 2007). Dr. Dayrit: academician, clinician, researcher, friend Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  5. National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Health Sciences Division. (n.d.). Dayrit, Conrado S. (+) Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 23, 2011 from the NAST website.
  6. Lee-Chua, Queena N. (October 9, 2007). Conrado Singian Dayrit, MD: Lux in Domino Award Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 23, 2011 from the Ateneo de Manila University website.
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