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\nC<\/span>oconut is one of the most health promoting and nutritious fruit — it is also a remedy to many of our ailments and diseases. Of course, most of these beneficial properties are concentrated in the oil of the fruit, but it’s Flesh and Water are also very nutritious, refreshing, and delicious \u2013 Try a home made Macaron \u2013 you will love it.<\/p>\n

But, all this goodness of Coconut has only earn it the ire of the ‘Healthcare Industry’<\/span><\/p>\n

Coconut oil, very much like the Grass-fed Raw Milk, has been under constant attack by the multi-trillion dollar ‘Healthcare Industry’<\/em> — And, the Industry has every reason to vilify it as it erects quite a formidable hindering block in front of its ever accelerating growth. Coconut \u2013 all of its components, and, in particular, Unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil have tremendous health benefits. It is a natural remedy to many of our diseases and ailments.<\/p>\n

Both the Coconut fruit and coconut oil have been used all over the world – wherever it has been available, for cooking, skin care, hair care, and as an anti inflammatory food<\/em> for centuries. Coconut Oil was the most popular household oil in US until the disruption of its supply during the 1930s and 1940s. The supply cutoff provided the vegetable oil industry an opportunity to form a joint front along with the Healthcare Industry, and launch a campaign to demonize the coconut oil and promote vegetable oils and hydrogenated oils as substitute for it.<\/p>\n

While the oil industry was able to take over almost the entire market share, the healthcare industry benefited with a steady stream of ‘customers’<\/em> – unhealthy vegetable oils, especially the hydrogenated oils and trans fats, contributed in increasing a plethora of chronic diseases along with a hefty increase in the waistline of the population.<\/p>\n

As the health conscious people are becoming aware of the benefit of virgin coconut oil, the healthcare industry is getting nervous – Its double-digit growth must go on unhindered. It has battalions of health professionals, authors and ‘magicians, aka researchers’<\/em> on the roll to attack and demonized the coconut oil. <\/p>\n

What most of these bullhorns of the Healthcare Industry conveniently forget<\/em> to mention is the fact that most of the researches being cited have been carried out on the hydrogenated<\/span>\u00a0coconut oil and not on virgin coconut oil — any oil that is hydrogenated is hazardous to health. <\/p>\n

Touted Vegetable Oils – Not Healthy<\/h3>\n

Vegetable oils like corn, soy, and canola oil \u2013 especially the refined ones, are some of the most unhealthy oils. These oils become toxic when heated and cause havoc to human body. One study reported that these polyunsaturated oils turn to a varnish like substance in the intestines. A study by a plastic surgeon found that women who consumed mostly vegetable oils had far more wrinkles than those who used traditional animal fats. <\/p>\n

A 1994 study appearing in the\u00a0“Lancet”<\/span> \u00a0showed that almost three quarters of the fat in artery clogs is unsaturated.\u00a0The “artery clogging” fats are not animal fats but vegetable oils.<\/p>\n

Fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which are found in linseed oil, soy oil, corn oil, etc., are essential for the spontaneous development of cancer<\/span>, and also contribute in the development of age pigment, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, obesity, stress-induced immunodeficiency, epilepsy, brain swelling, congenital retardation, hardening of the arteries, cataracts, and other degenerative conditions. These acids are possibly the most harmful toxins for animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mary Enig, PhD<\/span>, a nutritionist who reviews research on and writes articles about the nutritional aspects of fats sates, “Those who have most actively promoted the use of polyunsaturated vegetable oils as part of a Prudent Diet are well aware of their dangers. In 1971, William B. Kannel<\/span>, former director of the Framingham study, warned against including too many polyunsaturates in the diet. <\/p>\n

A year earlier, Dr. William Connor<\/span> of the American Heart Association issued a similar warning, and Frederick Stare<\/span> reviewed an article which reported that the use of polyunsaturated oils caused an increase in breast tumors. And Kritchevsky<\/span>, way back in 1969, discovered that the use of corn oil caused an increase in atherosclerosis.”<\/p>\n

The fact is that these touted vegetable oils rich in unsaturated fats cause aging, clotting, inflammation, cancer, and weight gain.<\/p>\n

Coconut Oil – A Healthy Food<\/h3>\n

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\nCoconut Oil is a superbly nutritious and safe food that not only provides energy and nutrients by itself, but also by promoting the absorption of other foods, particularly fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) and minerals. <\/p>\n

While it is a food, it is also an immune booster<\/span> and a tonic<\/span>. It supports body’s defense mechanism and restores structural integrity of the cells. It guards the body against the attack of viruses, bacteria, yeasts, fungi, protozoa and worms. <\/p>\n

It is an antibody with the widest spectrum of action of all the antipathogens<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It is an immunoregulator<\/span> and a function regulator. It enhances body’s capacity to work better, metabolize better, defend better and heal better. <\/p>\n

It has therapeutic effect in supporting the body against the debilitating diseases like diabetes, asthma, atherosclerosis, hypertension, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, Crohn’s, and cancer.<\/p>\n

Coconut oil is unique in its structural make-up due to its medium chain fatty acids — MCFAs<\/span>, the closest to those found in human breast milk that nature provides. <\/p>\n

In his essay on the Coconut Oil, Dr. Ray Peat<\/span>, a respected researcher, nutritionists, and writer stats, \u201cCoconut oil is unusually rich in short and medium chain fatty acids. Shorter chain length allows fatty acids to be metabolized without use of the carnitine transport system. Mildronate protects cells against stress partly by opposing the action of carnitine, and comparative studies showed that added carnitine had the opposite effect, promoting the oxidation of unsaturated fats during stress, and increasing oxidative damage to cells.\u201d <\/p>\n

Coconut oil is nature’s richest source of these healthy MCFAs – comprising more than 65% of the fat. The medium chain fatty acids in coconut oil are more easily digested than fats found in most common vegetable or seed oils, which are comprised of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs).<\/p>\n

These LCFAs found in common oils are difficult for the body to break down, as they must be combined with lipoproteins that require special enzymes for digestion. Naturally, these LCFAs put more strain on the pancreas, the liver and the entire digestive system.<\/p>\n

LCFAs are predominantly stored in the body as fat and, as such, can be deposited within arteries in lipid forms such as cholesterol. They nearly always go to fat storage in the body and promote fattening.<\/p>\n

But, the MCFAs in coconut oil are health promoting. They do not require lipoproteins or special enzymes to be utilized effectively by the body. Hence, they are easily digested thus, putting less strain on the digestive system.<\/p>\n

MCFAs are processed directly in the liver and easily converted into energy. There is therefore less strain on the liver, pancreas and digestive system and, being easily digested, they also tend to improve the absorption of other nutrients.<\/p>\n

MCFAs in coconut oil help stimulate body’s metabolism<\/span>, leading to weight loss while providing more energy.<\/p>\n

The long list of benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of\u00a0Lauric Acid<\/span>, which forms more than 50% of the MCFAs, and Capric Acid, Caprylic Acid, Myristic Acid, Oleic acid and Palmitic. Lauric acid is what gives the coconut oil its mother’s milk like protective qualities.<\/p>\n

The human body converts lauric acid into\u00a0monolaurin<\/span>\u00a0– the actual compound responsible for helping to strengthen the immune system. It helps in dealing with viruses and bacteria that cause diseases such as herpes, influenza, cytomegalovirus, and AIDS. <\/p>\n

It also provides defense against harmful bacteria such as listeria monocytogenes and heliobacter pylori, and harmful protozoa such as giardia lamblia.<\/p>\n

Major Health Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil<\/h3>\n