Coconut oil
Uriia Underhill, B.Sc.
Plant derived tropical oils such as coconut oil do not go rancid and are highly stable.
Foods prepared with coconut oil remain fresher longer and are better for you
Hydrogenated oils contain health harming trans fats.
80% of all vegetable oil used in the United States today is made from Genetically Modified Soybeans.
Heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases, obesity, immune dysfunction and diabetes have been linked to the consumption of hydrogenated oil.
Before the tropical oil crisis a restaurant meal in 1982, which contained either coconut oil or some type of coconut oil contained only 2.4 grams of trans fatty acid. Now the same meal cooked in vegetable oil contains nearly 19.2 grams.
Residents of Sri Lanka and people of the Pacific Islands, whose diet is coconut and coconut oil based has the lowest rate of heart disease in the world.
Coconut Oil is a Medium Chain Fatty Acid. Coconut Oil does not raise blood sugar, it has even been reported to help maintain sugar cravings and reduce hypoglycemic symptoms.
Using Coconut oil helps the body obtain and absorb fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K.
Replacing other oils and fats in your foods with Coconut Oil can actually help you lose weight.
Research has suggested that the Medium Chain Fatty Acids found in Coconut Oil can actually destroy bacteria and fungi.
Feeding animals Coconut Oil has expelled intestinal parasites. It has also helped in the cases of lice, giardia, candida, viruses and germs.
Laboratory tests have shown that the Medium Chain Fatty Acids found in Coconut Oil have been effective in destroying the viruses that cause influenza, measles, herpes, mononucleosis, hepatitis C and AIDS.
Coconut Oil is also effective in kiling bacterias that can cause stomach ulcers, throat infections, pneumonia, sinusitis, rheumatic fever, earache, dental cavities, urinary tract infections, food posioning, meningitis, gonorrhea and toxic shock syndrome.
Coconut Oil has shown to help destroy yeast and fungi that can cause thrush, candida, ringworm as well as intestinal infections.
These same Medium Chain Fatty Acids are most predominantly found in mammals milk. That’s right Coconut Oil is the closest fat found to mimic that found in breast milk.
Of course always look for organic products to receive the most healing properties.
Reference
Fife, B., (2004) The Coconut Oil Miracle, Avery. New York.