The healthy Benefits of Coconut Oil
New evidence suggests that coconut oil’s benefits may extend to Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy. Just imagine the benefits coconut oil might have to offer to people that are suffering from these disorders! Preliminary studies also suggest coconut oil can become a useful tool if you struggle with obesity. If you are using vegetable oils, butter or meat-based fats (lard), you may notice that you’re losing some weight if you make the switch to coconut cooking oil.
Without getting into the hard science, coconut oil is a medium-chain triglyceride. If you begin using this in your cooking, you’ll be able to use more energy than you would with a fat composed of a long-chain triglyceride. Cooking with coconut oil on a regular basis means your energy expenditure may increase to about 120 calories per day more than you expended before making this change.
Researchers have found that roughly 50 percent of the fatty acids found in coconut oil are made up of something called lauric acid. As coconut oil is digested inside your body, it is converted to monolaurin. Both of these compounds will kill harmful germs including viruses, bacteria and fungi. Two examples of the pathogens that laurin and monolaurin kill include Staphylococcus Aureus and Candida Albicans. The first is very dangerous and the second causes yeast infections. Coconut oil helps fight these infections both when eaten and when used as a topical cream on infected areas.
Without getting into the hard science, coconut oil is a medium-chain triglyceride. If you begin using this in your cooking, you’ll be able to use more energy than you would with a fat composed of a long-chain triglyceride. Cooking with coconut oil on a regular basis means your energy expenditure may increase to about 120 calories per day more than you expended before making this change.
Researchers have found that roughly 50 percent of the fatty acids found in coconut oil are made up of something called lauric acid. As coconut oil is digested inside your body, it is converted to monolaurin. Both of these compounds will kill harmful germs including viruses, bacteria and fungi. Two examples of the pathogens that laurin and monolaurin kill include Staphylococcus Aureus and Candida Albicans. The first is very dangerous and the second causes yeast infections. Coconut oil helps fight these infections both when eaten and when used as a topical cream on infected areas.
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The healthy Benefits of Coconut Oil
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