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jpnn.com, JAKARTA – ADA various types of healthy oils that you can use to maintain a healthy body and skin.
One of them is coconut oil. Coconut oil is a vegetable oil that comes from the flesh of the coconut fruit.
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Coconut oil is rich in various nutritional contents, such as vitamin C, iron, vitamin B6, calcium, fiber, and others.
The benefits of coconut oil are not only for the health of the body, but also good for your hair and skin.
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The following is an explanation, as quoted on the page Curejoy.com.
1. Boosts the Immune System
Coconut oil rich in lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid which provide strong antiviral, antifungal, antimicrobial and antibacterial properties that have immune boosting effects.
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These antifungal properties have been shown to help reduce candida and yeast in the body and fight yeast infections.
In a recent study, researchers found that coconut oil was active against Candida species at 100 percent concentration, greater than the drug fluconazole.
2. Supports Digestion
Coconut oil is easily digested and contains compounds that destroy bad bacteria, promote the growth of probiotics, and help heal what is called “leaky gut”.
3. Balancing Cholesterol Levels
The healthy fats in coconut oil have been shown to increase HDL cholesterol and lower LDL cholesterol, which in turn helps support heart health.
4. Stabilize Blood Sugar
Coconut oil can help balance blood sugar levels, by encouraging efficient insulin secretion from the pancreas which in turn improves the symptoms of diabetes.
A new study by the Garvan Institute shows that a diet rich in coconut oil protects against ‘insulin resistance’ in muscle and fat.
It also avoids the accumulation of body fat caused by other high-fat diets with a similar calorie content.
This finding is important because obesity and insulin resistance are major factors leading to development disease type-2 diabetes.
5. Against Inflammation
Coconut oil supports liver and kidney health. It has been proven that Kerabala, an ayurvedic formulation of virgin coconut oil has an inhibitory effect on chronic inflammation, one of the main causes of many chronic diseases.
6. Balancing Hormones
The healthy fats in coconut oil support the thyroid and adrenal glands which can lower cortisol to balance hormones naturally.
Coconut oil helps suppress inflammation while supporting a healthy metabolism, two things that are important for hormone balance.
According to a recent study, virgin coconut oil was effective in preventing bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats.
7. Increase metabolism
Coconut oil can help increase metabolism. Because it moves directly to the liver, it is used for energy and not stored as fat.
It also helps with feelings of fullness and can aid weight loss.
8. Treating Alzheimer’s
A 2015 study reported in the journal Nutrition states that this study, although preliminary, shows a positive effect of coconut oil on the cognitive levels of Alzheimer’s patients.
This means that coconut oil can be an effective natural treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
9. Helps In Cancer Protection and Defense
Coconut oil and medium chain triglycerides have been shown to exert anti-tumor effects on the immune system.
Not only can coconut oil act as a tumor inhibitor, but animal studies have recently explored the antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of coconut oil on oxidative stress and liver damage caused by the anticancer drug methotrexate (MTX).
The results showed that coconut oil supplementation has antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects that increase the antioxidant defense system.fny/jpnn)
Editor & Reporter : Fany
2023-06-28 19:01:58
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