Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Virgin Coconut Oil as a Natural Medicine
From long ago coconuts used for various purposes. The housewife makes milk for cooking materials. Currently, the use of coconut is more developed. One of them by making it a pure coconut oil (virgin coconut oil / VCO. Now virgin coconut oil is discussed as including one of the main crowded medicinal plants. The experts also began to be interested in examining the content of the VCO and its relation to human health.
Virgin coconut oil, or better known as the Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), is a modification of the manufacturing process of palm oil to produce a product with moisture content and free fatty acid levels are low, clear colored, fragrant, and have a long shelf life that is more than 12 months.
VCO is made from fresh coconut meat. The manufacturing process, squeezed coconut meat coconut milk, and then heated with a low temperature. Then performed the fermentation process, cooling, addition of enzymes, and mechanical pressure or centrifugation.
This virgin coconut oil did not use the organic chemicals and petroleum solvents. Of such a process, delicate flavor of oil produced by the distinctive smell of coconut that is unique. If frozen, the color is pure white coconut oil. Whereas if the liquid, the VCO is colorless (clear).
Benefits of coconuts had been known for a long time. Indonesia society used to use coconut water to treat fever, detoxifying, and neutralize the toxins because of the drug. In fact, the population in the Pacific Islands have a healthy body and teeth strong as they used to eat with coconut. Some experts believe that eating foods containing coconut has some advantages. Among others, low cholesterol, healthy body maintained, preventing hereditary diseases, and so forth.
While virgin coconut oil (VCO) is also believed to have a number of benefits to human health. Because of the fatty acid content is quite high.
Fatty acids in coconut oil has antimicrobial properties and some antivirus. Therefore, the VCO supports the immune system, helps prevent viral infections, reduce the risk of cancer and other degenerative diseases.
Purity of the VCO:
Freezes at a temperature below 25 c
Begins to melt at a temperature of 29 c
Quality of oil is not changed, although the environmental temperature changes
Nutrient content :
Freezes at a temperature below 25 c
Begins to melt at a temperature of 29 c
Quality of oil is not changed, although the environmental temperature changes
Nutrient content :
In each 1 tablespoon contains:
Calories 126
Protein 0
Carbohydrates 0
Fat 0
Fatty acids 3
Saturated Fatty Acids 1
Calories 126
Protein 0
Carbohydrates 0
Fat 0
Fatty acids 3
Saturated Fatty Acids 1
VCO does not produce free radicals, improves the metabolic rate, providing essential nutrients necessary for healthy body, and contain antioxidants and vitamin E can help prevent cancer.
Virgin coconut oil also has a number of favorable physical properties. Among other things, chemically stable, can be stored in the long run and not get stale, and resistant to heat.
VCO is also good for skin health. Because oil is easily absorbed by the skin and contains vitamin E. This oil also helps keep the skin to stay soft and smooth, and reduce the risk of skin cancer.
Virgin coconut oil also has a number of favorable physical properties. Among other things, chemically stable, can be stored in the long run and not get stale, and resistant to heat.
VCO is also good for skin health. Because oil is easily absorbed by the skin and contains vitamin E. This oil also helps keep the skin to stay soft and smooth, and reduce the risk of skin cancer.
The presence of palm oil is increasingly popular after the United States, which previously heavily promoting the benefits of non oil palm, coconut oil will begin to look. In fact, coconut oil has become the drug is quite expensive because it is used as a cure for coronary heart disease.
In the United States of coconut oil packed in gelatin capsules or wrapped like fish oil. Due to the great usefulness to health, the price is expensive. In fact, every capsule sold for 8 dollars.
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