Coconut oil is a saturated fat. At first blush it seems smart to avoid consuming coconut oil because it is not polyunsaturated. (The saturated fats in coconut oil are not hydrogenated, an import factor.) However, there are some surprising benefits that this oil can provide.
Dr. Mercola says it best.
Dr. Mercola says it best.
The many benefits of coconut oil are finally reaching the mainstream.
Benefits like:
- Promoting your heart health
- Promoting weight loss when and if you need it
- Supporting your immune system health
- Supporting a healthy metabolism
- Providing you with an immediate energy source
- Helping to keep your skin healthy and youthful looking
- Supporting the proper functioning of your thyroid gland
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The truth about coconut oil is obvious to anyone who has studied the health of those who live in traditional tropical cultures, where coconut has been a nutritious diet staple for thousands of years.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 1930's, a dentist named Dr. Weston Price 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.
Similarly, in 1981, researchers studied populations of two Polynesian atolls. Coconut was the chief source of caloric energy in both groups. The results, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, demonstrated that both populations exhibited positive vascular health. There was no evidence that the high saturated fat intake had a harmful effect in these populations.
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