This stuff is a potent addition to your paleo approach. There's something unique about the medium chain saturated fat, as Sally Fallon has pointed out in her interview with Jimmy Moore at Living La Vida Low Carb. Get some. Eat it. Be satisfied and run lean and strong.
"50 percent of the fat content in coconut oil is a fat rarely found in nature called lauric acid. If you're a frequent reader of my newsletter you already know that I consider lauric acid a "miracle" ingredient because of its unique health promoting properties.
Your body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, which has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-protozoa properties.[9]Monolaurin is a monoglyceride which can actually destroy lipid coated viruses such as:
- HIV, herpes
- Measles
- Influenza virus
- Various pathogenic bacteria
- Protozoa such as giardia lamblia.
Lauric acid is a powerful virus and gram-negative bacteria destroyer, and coconut oil contains the most lauric acid of any substance on earth!Capric acid, another coconut fatty acid present in smaller amounts, has also been added to the list of coconut's antimicrobial components.This is one of the key reasons you should consider consuming coconut oil, because there aren't many sources of monolaurin in our diet. But the health benefits of coconut oil don't stop there."
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