71 Coconut Oil Benefits

 

71 Coconut Oil Benefits: My Experiments with Coconut Oil

There is so much hype about Coconut Oil benefits at the moment.  I remember reading a book about coconut oil when I was suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome so I started taking it daily and did actually start to feel better.  However when I started my major healing through my raw food diet I kept my fat intake much lower so forgot all about coconut oil.

I’ve recently stumbled upon another book, The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife which was very convincing, so I decided it was high time to experiment with this ‘miracle’ food.

To give you a bit of background, coconuts have been used as a major food source  for thousands of years  by millions of people in Asia, PacificIslands, Africa and Central America. Before the introduction of modern foods, many of these people depended almost entirely on coconut to sustain life.  They didn’t suffer from heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes and many other degenerative diseases until they abandoned their traditional diets.

Coconut oil has a long and highly respected reputation in many cultures throughout the world, not only as a valuable food but also as an effective medicine. The healing miracles of the coconut have long been recognised in those cultures where it is grown.  Only recently have these benefits started to become known to the rest of the world.

There have been many reported claims of coconut oil such as:

1. Reduce Psoriasis
2. Eliminate Dandruff
3. Remove Pre cancerous skin lesion
4. Speed Flu recovery
5. Stop bladder infections
6. Overcome chronic fatigue
7. Relieve haemorrhoids
8. treat dental cavities
9. reduce peptic ulcers
10. Can help with benign prostaic hyperplasia
11. To treat Epilepsy
12. Clear up Genital herpes
13. To treat Hepatitis C
14. To treat HIV/AIDs
15. Prevent heart disease
16. Indirectly lowers bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol.
17. Reduces blood clotting
18. Reduces stroke risk
19. Prevents damage from free radicals
20. Improves dental health
21. Improves immune system
22. Treats Candida
23. Treats infections
24. Treats parasites
25. Improves IBS
26. Lose weight
27. Speed your metabolism
28. Gain energy
29. Reduce cravings for junk food

Apply to body to

30. Prevent liver spots
31. Remove dead skin cells
32. Limit damage from sun exposure
33. Eliminate dry skin
34. Protect skin from germs
35. Heal wounds
36. Condition hair
37. Quickly reduces blisters
38. Reduce warts
39. Eliminate athletes foot
40. Prevent wrinkles
41. Reduce inflammation

It also has been claimed that coconut oil:

42. Supports the development of strong bones
43. Protects against osteoporosis
44. Reduces symptoms associated with pancreatitis
45. Reduces severity of symptoms in malabsorption syndrome
46. Reduces severity of symptoms in cystic fibrosis
47. Relieves symptoms of gallbladder disease
48. Relieves symptoms associated with Crohn’s disease
49. Relieves symptoms associated with ulcerative colitis
50. Relieves symptoms associated with stomach ulcers
51. Protects the body from breast, colon and other cancers
52. Prevents premature aging and degenerative diseases
53. Prevents liver disease
54. Kills bacteria that causes pneumonia
55. Kills bacteria that causes earache
56. Kills bacteria that causes throat infection
57. Kills bacteria that causes food poisoning
58. Kills bacteria that causes urinary tract infections
59. Kills bacteria that causes meningitis
60. Kills bacteria that causes gonorrhoea
61. Kills fungi and yeast that causes ringworm
62. Kills fungi and yeast that causes nappy rash
63. Expels or kills tapeworm
64. Expels or kills lice
65. Expels or kills giardia
66. Reduces symptoms associated with eczema
67. Reduces symptoms associated with dermatitis
68. Prevents sagging skin
69. Treats burns
70. Treats kidney stones
71. Treats choleraic dysentery

Daily Recommended Dose

• 3 ½ Tablespoons Coconut Oil or
• Half a Coconut or
• 2 ¾ cups dried coconut or
• 10 ounces (295 ml) Coconut milk

How to use coconut oil

Coconut oil is hard at room temperature but will melt when you add it to your cooking.  Replace all your vegetable oils with coconut oils.  It is perfect to fry foods in.

If you want to melt it without cooking it (to drink it, add it to a drink, soup or yoghurt etc.) you could put the desired amount of coconut oil in a cup.  Place the cup in a bowl and fill the bowl with boiling water.  The oil will melt quickly.

You don’t need to store coconut oil in the fridge.  It will keep for 2 years out of the fridge.

Other ways to eat coconut oil

• Spread it on your toast
• Use it on your baked potato
• Add it to smoothies
• Add it to your hot drinks
• Add it to baking to replace butter
• Add it to your pancake mixture
• Add it to soups and stews

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Breaking news!  I bought some KTC Pure Coconut Oil from the internet and it cost me about £8 with postage but I have just come back from Tesco and in the "World" section the have the exact same for £2.25!!! So if you want to try coconut oil, it just got cheaper!