abut Coconut Oil

Why Coconut Oil?

Coconut oil is a saturated fat that, unfortunately, has been falsely accused. For years we’ve been told saturated fat, along with cholesterol, cause of a host of health problems; the top three being coronary heart disease, cancer, and weight gain. This theory spread so quickly that people started condemning saturated fats and we became a society of low-fat diets and egg white powder devotees.
But, as your mother probably told you – don’t believe everything you hear.
It’s true that some fats are bad for us, those are the trans fats, the polyunsaturated and hydrogenated fats. But saturated fats (fats from tropical oils like coconut and olive oils, and animal fats) are actually the healthiest fats you can and should eat. Coconut oil is 92% saturated.

Coconut Oil & Our Health

Saturated fats are absolutely essential for brain development and growth in newborns and children. They contain lauric acid, the same fatty acid found in breast milk, which has potent antimicrobial, antiviral, and antifungal properties.
Saturated fats:

• provide calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iodine, and many trace minerals
• enhances the immune system
• protects against viruses, yeasts, parasites, and other pathogens in the gut
• nourishes brain, heart, nerves, hormones, and cells
• improves digestion
• improves nutrient absorption
• kills the viruses that cause influenza, herpes, measles, hepatitis C, SARS, AIDS, and other illnesses
• kills bacteria that causes ulcers, throat infections, urinary tract infections, gum disease and cavities, pneumonia, gonorrhea, and other diseases
• boost immunity
• optimizes digestion
  

  Coconut Oil & Weight Loss

  Contrary to popular brainwashing, er, belief, saturated fats do not make you fat. They are directly absorbed into your body for quick energy. They boost metabolism and stimulate weight loss. Some fabulous books to read on this subject are Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon, Why We Get Fat: And What to do About It by Gary Taubes, and Eat Fat, Look Thin by Bruce Fife.
  Visit our page on weight loss for more details.

  Coconut Oil For Your Skin

  Your skin is an organ. It absorbs everything you put on it. Coconut oil will:
  • lubricate and soften the skin
  • speed healing when massaged into red, cracked, dry, or infected skin
  • control dandruff by massaging into your scalp
  • improve your complexion
  • act as exfoliate and remove dead skin
  • keep skin strong and elastic – it helps heal stretch marks (woohoo!)
  There’s so much more information out there about coconut oil. We’ve just nicked the tip of the iceberg. You can browse some of our favorite books on the subjects that changed the way I look at oils and fats. My love/hate relationship with them is now pure love.
  In fact, we use so much that I buy it in 5 gallon pails. Purchasing it in that large of quantity is cheaper in the long run.
  try to use daily ur recepies.