If you’re ever stranded on a deserted island, it may comfort you to know that coconut oil has a variety of uses ranging from cooking to skin care. People all around the world use coconut oil and in some cultures it’s extremely popular, but with 90% saturated fat, some people have serious concerns. Could coconut oil be a detriment to your health, or is it the missing ingredient for your next dinner?
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Taking Coconut Oil with omega 3 fatty acids can increase the uptake of both types of oils (fats). Coconut Oil can also assist, when taken with medium-chain omega 3's, the conversion of medium chain omega 3's (such as in flax and hempseed) to long-chain omega 3's (what we need for our brain and what is found in fish oil).
You can include Coconut Oil in your diet, or put Coconut Oil on your teeth to clean off bacteria. Coconut Oil can also be used topically. Our skin consists mostly (60+%) of saturated fat and therefore Coconut Oil contains fats rarely found in high enough quantities in skin creams.
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