Coconut Oil: The Truth Behind the Saturated Fat Controversy and Why It Deserves a Comeback

9 benefits as to why coconut oil may just save your life...

Coconut oil is the flesh of the coconut that has been pressed, the oil is removed after the milk and oil has been pressed.

The benefits that coconut oil presents:

1. Studies have shown that coconut oil has been shown to reduce inflammation and arthritis. This is due to the antioxidants which are available in virgin coconut oil.

   Antioxidant Anti-inflammatory

2. A study from 2004 shows that coconut oil helps to support and improve memory and brain function. Better memory

3. It has also been shown that coconut oil is beneficial when it comes to burning body fat and building muscle. Build muscle, lose body fat

4. Coconut oil contains high amounts of saturated fats. Now before you start looking at this is a negative way, saturated fats are good for your body because saturated fats help to increase HDL (high-density lipoprotein) “the good” cholesterol and they help to decrease LDL (low-density lipoprotein) “the bad” cholesterol into good cholesterol. So, with an increase in HDL it helps our heart health which in-tern lowers the risks of heart disease. HDL, Daily consumption of virgin coconut oil, Coconut oil consumption

5. Coconut oil produces ketones and medium-chained fatty acid content have been shown to be anticancer. Ketones are produced by your liver to help to break down fats. This is is more common when you are fasting or during exercise. Ketones in coconut oil, MCFAS, Lauric acid

6. The lauric acid found in coconut oil has been (via studies) that it is able to fight against bacteria and reduce candida. Coconut oil also contains antimicrobials, these antimicrobials help to treat diseases and illnesses as it works as an anti-inflammatory. So coconut oil is very good for our immune system! lauric acid - fight bacteria, Antimicrobial

7. Because coconut oil has high amounts of MCFAs which are antibacterial, coconut oil has been shown and proven to be very good for when it comes to oil pulling. We know coconut oil is good for our immune system as it helps to break down and destroy bacteria, it is also very good for getting rod of the bacteria that grows in our mouth. So you can either do oil pulling, or brush your teeth with coconut oil. Oil pulling, Oil pulling 2

8. Coconut oil is able to protect the skin due to its vast array of antioxidants. Coconut oil has be used as a moisturiser, body and face wash as well as sun cream. Sun cream today is not good for you at all, it is doing more harm than good due to the ingredients in the sun cream as well as our modern day diets. So coconut oil as well as others virgin organic oils work really well for sun cream. Skin health

9. Coconut oil has been shown to help in weight loss. Seems strange doesn’t it, a fat that helps to reduce fat loss. Coconut oil doesn’t hold any carbs and it helps to produce energy. And because of this, it helps to burn fat due the amounts of energy it uses, which in-tern helps to reduce belly fat. A Study has shown that the carpic acid found in coconut oil, is able to improve our thyroid function which helps in burning fat for energy. Fasting is when your body uses it’s energy reserves to produce energy when you haven’t consumed any food or drink that gives you energy in the from of glucose, fatty acids or even amino acids. Depending on your goals, fasting is better if your are just trying to lose overall body fat and or belly fat. And if you were to pear your fasting/intermittent fasting with consuming coconut oil, then this will greatly speed up and benefit the process of losing body fat. Overall, coconut oil has been proven to contribute to weight loss. Fat Breakdown

   

Conclusion:

Coconut oil is something we should be consuming and using a lot more often as we can use it to cook with, wash with, moisturise with, clean our teeth with/brushing and oil pulling and use it as suncream. A lot of the products we use for our health and detrimental to us and has terrible impacts on our health. Yet the masses don’t even know it! Coconut oil benefits us in many ways such as: Improving digestion; increase HDL cholesterol and lowers LDL cholesterol; good against candida and infections; balances hormones; excellent for weight loss; supports our bone health and much much more. With this information i have provided, it has barley scratched the surface, there’s so much more benefits when it comes to coconut oil with multiple studies to back it up. Coconut oil is something which cannot be ignored! Finally, make sure you are consuming pure, organic, virgin coconut oil to ensure all the benefits stay in-tact with coconut oil. Because like other foods such as raw milk and raw honey (if you haven’t checked out my other newsletter posts on raw milk and raw honey, check them out here:) it will be heated up and it loses all of its vital benefits that it carries.

As i always say, do your own research into the subject matter, and come up with your own conclusion. I am not a doctor and this isn’t any health advice. Just my opinion on the research i have done.

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