The Social Security earnings test. For Social Security recipients who will reach full retirement age after 2016, the first $15,720 in earnings are exempt. Above this amount, benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $2 in excess earnings. As an example, let's say that you're 63, and you earn $30,000 this year.
By satisfying your hunger better than any other fat can, coconut oil can keep painful heartburns from occurring. Though there are a number of factors that can bring about acid reflux, perhaps the most prevalent of all is poor diet habits, which includes overeating.
Most coconut oil on the market now is virgin (cold-pressed) oil [source: Babcock ]. Even the defenders of coconut oil warn against consuming non-virgin oil, which is partially hydrogenated.If the coconut-oil defenders are correct, then great -- coconuts and saturated fat for everyone!rominent doctor Andrew Weil notes coconut oil's potentially damaging effects on blood cholesterol and opines that, unless more research can demonstrate its good health effects, you shouldn't use it [source: Weil ].