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Organic Coconut Oil refined
(Cocos nucifera)
Method of extraction:
Expeller Pressed/Refined
This is a great oil for
general moisturizing and serves as a protective layer, helping
to retain the moisture in your skin. It also acts as a mild
oil suitable for those with inflamed and irritated skin, and
those with skin sensitivities.
Coconut oil is without
a doubt, the number one lather-producing agent used in soaps.
And is the first choice for most people in the cosmetics and
soap industry.
Antimicrobial (Antiseptic)
Effects of Coconut Oil
Coconut oil contains
medium chain fatty acids such as lauric (C-12), caprylic
(C-10) and myristic (C-14) acids. Of these three,
coconut oil contains 40% lauric acid, which has the greater
anti-viral activity of these three fatty acids.
Lauric acid is so disease fighting that it is present in
breast milk. The body converts lauric acid to a
fatty acid derivative (monolaurin), which is the substance
that protects infants from viral, bacterial or protozoal
infections.
This was recognized and reported in 1966
(Jon Kabara). Work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) showed that
monolaurin has virucidal effects on RNA and DNA viruses, which
are surrounded by a lipid membrane. In addition to these RNA
and DNA viruses, in 1978, Kabara and others reported that
certain medium chain fatty acids, such as lauric acid have
adverse effects on other pathogenic microorganisms,
including bacteria, yeast and fungi.
These
fatty acids and their derivatives actually disrupt the lipid
membranes of the organisms and thus inactivate them (Isaacs
and Thormar 1991; Isaacs et al. 1992). This deactivation
process also occurs in human and bovine milk when fatty acids
are added to them (Isaacs et al. 1991).
Thyroid-Stimulating, Anti-Aging Effects of
Coconut Oil
Many researchers have reported that
coconut oil lowers cholesterol (Blackburn et al 1988, Ahrens
and colleagues, 1957). In 1981, Prior et al. showed that
islanders with a diet high in coconut oil showed no harmful
health effects. When these groups migrated to New Zealand and
lowered their daily coconut oil intake, their total
cholesterol and especially their LDL cholesterol - the
so-called evil one - increased.
The
cholesterol-lowering properties of coconut oil are a direct
result of its ability to stimulate thyroid function.
In the presence of adequate thyroid hormone, cholesterol
(specifically LDL-cholesterol) is converted by enzymatic
processes to the vitally necessary anti-aging
steroids
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pregnenolone, progesterone and DHEA. These substances are required to help prevent heart disease, senility, obesity,
cancer and other diseases associated with aging and chronic degenerative diseases.
"If you can't eat it, don't put it on your skin."
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