Minggu, 17 Mei 2009

Coconut Health Benefits

. Minggu, 17 Mei 2009
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Coconut oil considered an unhealthy fat because it is 90% saturated and raises serum cholesterol levels but natural health practitioners acknowledged that coconut oil in fact has a quite a lot of health benefits. Coconut oil contains more than a few unique properties that may in fact advocate the heart and immune system, and can even help the body metabolize energy more efficiently. The health and nutritional benefits that can be obtained from eating coconut oil have been known in many countries of the world for centuries. Consider some of the following health benefits of coconut oil: it’s good for hair care, skin care, help reduce stress, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, improve digestion and metabolism, reduce risk of kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer.

These benefits of coconut oil can be related to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, which act as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, etc. Lauric is the main acid in coconut oil. It helps in fighting harmful bacteria, viruses and fungi.

Coconut oil is different from most all other fats and gives many health benefits not obtainable from other sources. More than 98% of all fatty acids (saturated or unsaturated), which our consumption of animals (meat, milk, eggs, ) or most all vegetable oils are composed of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA). Unlike the coconut oil which consists predominately of medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA). These fatty acids is good for health because it does not have a negative effect on cholesterol and help decrease the risk of heart disease. This makes coconut oil so extraordinary and so useful.




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