With benefits that can include weight loss, white teeth, glowing skin, and shiny hair, coconut oil is the health and beauty must have Coconut oil is extracted from the coconut plant that mostly grows in the coastal regions or along oceans and seas. The coconut fruit, which is dispersed by water, is broken exposing the inside fleshy part which is then ground, dried and squeezed to get coconut oil. Coconut oil has been used all over the world for various purposes with researchers rating it as one of the best vegetable oil. This oil has a high level of saturated fat that makes it oxidize slowly making it last up to two years without spoiling. “Coconut oil is unique in its chemical makeup,” says Bruce Fife, a nutritionist and naturopathic doctor, and the author of The Coconut Oil Miracle. “Most of the fat we eat is made up of long-chain fatty acids, but coconut oil is predominantly medium-chain fatty acids, which are processed differently. They’re sent to the liver, which recognizes them as a source of fuel.” Though coconut oil has about 120 calories per tablespoon, Fife swears that it won’t pack on pounds. “It kicks your metabolism into a ...
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