Thursday, April 5, 2012

7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Natural Coconut Oil

When people think about eating coconut oil they often envision clogged arteries and bad health, but the fact is that natural coconut oil is a very wholesome food and may even be the healthiest oil you can eat. Here are seven reasons why you might want to add this wholesome oil to your diet:

1. Your Body Doesn't Turn It Into Fat

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Yes, believe it or not coconut oil won't make you as fat as other types of oils. That's because it contains medium chain triglycerides which the body can for real burn without converting to fat. Most of the other types of oils used for cooking include longchain triglycerides which the body typically stores as fat. In simple terms, your body can turn this oil to energy faster and has no need to store it on your hips.

7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Natural Coconut Oil

2. It Can growth Your Metabolism

Interestingly enough, coconut oil may even help you lose weight because it can growth or metabolism. This helps your body burn fat more efficiently and some say that it may for real triple the calories you burn for up to six hours after eating it with a meal. In fact, an issue of woman's world magazine called coconut oil the "high metabolism secret".

3. Natural Coconut Oil Has Omega 3 Fatty Acids.

In much of the living under a rock, you know that adding omega-3 fatty acids to your diet is quite desirable. But what many people don't know is that traditional cooking oils include omega six fatty acids which we already get way too much of. The qoute then results that we have an unbalanced ratio of omega-3 to omega sixes. One way to rectify this would be to use natural coconut oil in your cooking instead of cooking oils as the coconut oil is filled with the Omega 3's.

4. Coconut Oil Will Energize You

Combine those wholesome omega three fatty acids with your increased metabolism and the ease with which your body can turn coconut oil into energy and you've got a wholesome energy boost. In fact, many people with lasting fatigue syndrome have found that adding coconut oil to their diet has helped them gain more energy.

5. It's Great For Your Skin And Hair

Not only can you eat it, but coconut oil is great for your skin and your hair. It can ease rashes and other skin problems and help to give your skin a younger appearance. In addition to being a great moisturizer, it also has antioxidant properties that can for real safe the skin from aging due to free radical damage. Not only that, but it smells great too!

6. Coconut oil has wholesome benefits that most other oils do not.

While most other oils are only good for greasing up your food, coconut oil has added health benefits. It has antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties and it does not oxidized easily. Oxidization of oils can cause free radical damage and many of your accepted cooking oils will oxidize very speedily when stored at room climatic characteristic (probably within a month). Coconut oil, on the other hand will stay good for up to a year at room temperature. In addition, coconut oil can help your body digest other vitamins like vitamin E.

7. Coconut Oil Is One Of The Best Oils You Can Use For Cooking.

Did you ever put olive oil in a pan to heat it up and it starts to smoke? Not only does this make your food not so great, it's not good for your health either but coconut oil has a higher smoke point which means you can use it to cook in higher temperatures. You can cook anything in it and it adds a delightful taste your food - not too sweet and "coconutty" like you might think - in fact, I've used it to cook meals with and my house hasn't even noticed!

When it comes to natural Coconut oil, there for real can't be healthier food. Unfortunately we've been misinformed about coconut oil for years so many people do not use it. However, it has been used in the tropics for cooking and healthcare for centuries with good results. So why not get a tasty, wholesome boost and add some coconut oil to your cooking today?

7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Natural Coconut Oil

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