How much Virgin coconut oil should a person ingest?
The research done with using coconut oil for sickness and disease was done based on a “therapeutic dosage” of 3 1/2 tablespoons per day. This dosage is based on the amount of lauric acid a nursing human infant receives on daily. It is lauric acid in breast milk that is responsible for much of a babies resistance to sickness. Looking at an infants lauric acid intake, they calculated what an adult would need in coconut oil to get an equivalent dosage. 3 1/2 tablespoons is the dosage scientists used for their research, and this is the dosage most health professional s recommend be taken by people who are using the coconut oil therapeutically . However, I have known people to eat 6 to 15 tablespoons of coconut oil a day.
