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Is Coconut Oil Healthy?

April 26, 2017Coconut healthy Oil

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Is Coconut Oil Healthy?

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Please note that not all saturated fats are evil. Our bodies do require some saturated fats to be healthy. Saturated fats from unrefined and non- hydrogenated coconut oil are medium chain triglycerides. It is an ideal fat for people who commonly have trouble digesting fat, such as those with a slow metabolism, colitis, and hypothyroidism. Coconut fat actually stimulates metabolism. The body uses medium chain triglycerides all for energy and none for storing fat in the body, thereby making it good for the metabolism. It can be heated at high temperatures and actually is very heart healthy, good for assisting to balance the thyroid, has anti viral, anti microbial properties due to its lauric acid content.There is a lot of information on the web about the health benefits of coconut. This site is extremely thorough, and is a great place to start.www.coconutresearchcenter.orgalso Please see recent assembled scientific studies by Dr. Mary Enig’s “Know your Fats” on the health benefits of Ext