Coconut Oil as Medicine
Believe it or not Coconut and Coconut oil has been used in many traditional forms of medicine. The most well known is Ayurvedic and Indian folkloric medicine. It has been used to treat a variety of conditions such as burns, wounds, ulcers, lice, kidney stones and choleraic dysentery.
Since Coconut oil consists of medium chain fatty acids (which are more easily digested than long chain fatty acids), it’s fat gives cells the energy needed to carry on their metabolic functions. Both long chain fatty acids and glucose require the hormone insulin to transport them through the cell walls which creates a problem for those who are insulin resistant. For this reason coconut oil has been used in special food preparations for those who suffer digestive disorders, infant formula and for the treatment of malnutrition (remember you need fat to absorb fat soluble nutrients).
Coconut oil has also been known to help with Crohn’s disease. It has some anti-infalmmatory effect and its antimicrobial properties also help by killing microorganisms that may cause chronic inflammation. Coconut oil has also been used for the purpose of enhancing the absorption of calcium and magnesium. Dietary fats not only play a role in the formation of our bones, they can also actas antioxidants and protect the bones from destructive free radicals.
More on the benefits of Coconut oil later this week.
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