The Amazing Benefits of Coconut Oil

The Amazing Benefits of Coconut Oil:

I want to briefly discuss the amazing health benefits of coconut oil.

Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, which converts in your body to monolaurin. Monolaurin is the actual compound found in breast milk that strengthens a baby’s immunity. Lauric acid present in coconut oil protects against AIDS, flu and various allergies. Interestingly, the only other source of lauric acid in the entire world is mother’s milk.

The popular misconception about coconut oil is that it contains saturated fats that lead to obesity and heart problems. However, coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids (MCFA’s) or triglycerides that are instantly absorbed by our body and turned into energy. These fats are burned easily as the body immediately converts them into fuel. Over 50% of Americans are overweight. One of the paramount benefits of coconut oil lies in its ability to stimulate your metabolism.

Back in the 1930’s, Dr. Weston Price (a dentist) traveled throughout the South Pacific, examining traditional diets and their effect on dental and overall health. He found that those eating diets high in coconut products were healthy and trim, despite the high fat concentration in their diet.

Then in the 1940’s, farmers found out (by accident) that when they tried using inexpensive coconut oil to fatten their livestock, it didn’t work! Instead, coconut oil made the animals lean! Since then, many animal and human research studies have demonstrated that replacing long chain fatty acids (LCFA’s) with MCFA’s results in both decreased body weight and reduced body fat percentage. So, by changing the fats in your diet from the unsaturated LCFA’s found in vegetable or seed oils to the MCFA’s in coconut oil, you will lose weight! Yes, you heard me right! Eating coconut oil will help you lose weight!

You can make fantastic and healthy french fries with coconut oil. Try using coconut oil to make some “mean” fried green tomatoes. Since coconut oil doesn't change chemically when heated, it's actually healthy to fry foods in this amazing oil.

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