Coconut Oil Helps Combat Heart Disease

[cricket5937]

The melting point of coconut oil is 76 degrees F and above. The human body temperature between 96 and 98 degrees. Natural occuring fatty acids are not bad for you at all. The fatty makeup of the short and medium chain fatty acids are very unique. The only thing that clogs arteries is the oxidation of bad fat and cholestrol. When fats are oxidized they go rancid and cause inflammation. Your cholestrol is blamed for clogging arteries because one of the functions of it is to repair cells and arte

[auggiedoggy]

Coconut oil is a great oil to replace canola and other unsaturated oils. The cholesterol-heart disease connection has never been proven.

[SilverRedIndigo]

This doctor is making coconut oil sound suspiciously like snake oil - good for whateva ails ya.

Recently the price of coconut oil has trebled in Israel as a result of all this hype.

The reality is: it is still hard at 35 Centigrade and you don't want that in your body.

It's great, however, with a few drops of lavender oil for split ends - and that's what I use it for - hair conditioner and skin softener.

[davelynchiepoo]

coconut oil is liquid at 24°C, your oil must be processed or hydrogenated. Buy some virgin coconut oil and it will not stay solid at 35°C

[SilverRedIndigo]

Thank you. The jar says that it's virgin and unprocessed, but I had a feeling it was just a bit too hard.