Coconut Oil

Top 9 Amazing Health Tips Of Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil offers extraordinary health benefits! Read the article and find out for yourself.

1. Good News For Weight Management And Weight Loss

It is believed that coconut oil stimulates the metabolism and improves thyroid function while it also removes the stress on the pancreas. Here is how it works –

• Unlike most of the oils, coconut oil contains short and medium range fatty acids which can be easily digested and metabolized.
• This is believed to be exceedingly beneficial for women to lose abdomen fat and waist circumference.
• The fats in coconut are medium chain fatty acids (MFCA’s) which can be more easily digested and converted into energy.
• Thus actually enhancing the fat metabolism.
• Rather it is being suggested that in case you are overweight, you need to take to coconut oil so as to metabolize the fat that is already present in your body.

2. Coconut oil As Nutritional Diet Supplement

Coconut oil is a rich source of fiber, minerals and vitamins and is believed to have more than ninety percent saturated fats. It is therefore also recommended for weak and debilitated individuals so as to regain body weight, strength and stamina.

• Lauric acid, a compound found in coconut oil, is also present in mother’s milk which is a wonderful source of building the body’s immunity.
• Coconut oil also improves your body’s ability to utilize blood sugar efficiently, which reduces the chances of having low blood sugar.
• Not only this, Coconut oil contains so many antioxidants and therefore resists oxidation.
• All the more, as coconut oil is almost completely saturated, it ideal for cooking because it is nearly a completely saturated fat.
• This means that it can tolerate high heat in the cooking and does not oxidize the fats making them into toxins.
• These toxins result into Ama productionin the body resulting into production of various ailments, obesity and bad cholesterol.

3. Coconut oil Helps Reduce Cholesterol

Coconut oil helps to increase the good cholesterol and at the same time lowers the bad cholesterol. This is mainly because the medium chain fatty acids or the MFCA’s being small or medium chained fatty acids do not enter the lymphatic system or blood stream. Rather these are quickly digested, even without the aid of pancreatic enzymes, and are transported via the hepatic portal vein to the liver. It is for this reason that the coconut oil essentially lowers the cholesterol and enhances fat metabolism.

4. Coconut Oil Is Boon For Your Hair

• In India, most of the households have been extensively using coconut oil since ages for scalp massage both for hair care and also to cure hair related maladies like hair fall, dandruff and damaged hair.
• By the virtue of the cooling, calming and nutritive properties that coconut oil holds, it is considered to be highly beneficial for hair growth.
• This oil works wonderfully well also for hair conditioning and toning, repairing of damaged and dry hair, and also for combating dandruff due to its inbuilt natural anti-microbial property.

5. Coconut Oil for Skin Care and Beauty

Topical use of coconut oil is highly recommended both as preventive as well as curative beauty and skin care remedy. Massaging the body and face with coconut oil is remarkable for keeping away wrinkles, sagging skin and signs of early aging; as it is one of the best natural moisturizer and skin nourishment therapy. Also, the antioxidant, healing and anti-microbial properties imbibed in the coconut oil naturally, makes it to be largely supportive in treating skin maladies like psoriasis, dermatitis, sunburns, eczema and dry skin.

6. Amicable for Heart Health

Coconut oil is high in saturated fats and contains Lauric acid which prevents high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and also does not lead to increased LDL levels. It is therefore one of the recommended oils for boosting heart health and preventing damage to the vital organ.

7. Healing Property of Coconut Oil

Ayurveda believes that when coconut oil is applied on wounds it forms a shield and prevents entry of dust, bacteria and virus. Also, it speeds up the healing process while repairing damaged tissue. Coconut oil has the natural property to heal wounds, help in decreasing an inflammation and also it relieves the burning in the skin.

8. Coconut Oil For Candida And Yeast Infection

Many a times you could be having symptoms like –

1. fatigue,
2. poor memory,
3. mood swings,
4. chronic coughs
5. sinus infections,
6. recurrent fungal infections,
7. blurred vision
8. and abdominal pain.

These could be simply related to Candida or the yeast infection in your digestive tract disrupting your digestive flora. Coconut oil which has natural antiviral, antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties as it is high in both Lauric acid and Caprylic acid, provides great help to relieve the candida infection in the body.

9. Advantageous for Your Liver

Coconut oil being soothing calming and cooling by nature is believed to be one of the best Pitta pacifying oils. It therefore is good aid to recover a liver deficient in fats and to soothe an overheated liver. Also, coconut oil protects the liver from damage done through alcohol.

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About the Author:

Dr Sonica Krishan is Author and Speaker in the areas of Healthy and Joyous Living through Ayurveda, Meditation, Yoga and other Contemplative practices. She is a leading Ayurveda Professional in India. She is also Health Writer, Columnist, Editor, Ayurveda Consultant at Herboveda and Holistic Healing Coach. Dr Sonica is open for National as well as International Collaborations with interested people / institutions in fields of Ayurveda, Meditation and Yoga.

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