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Heal and Detox with Coconut Oil Pulling

Heal and Detox with Coconut Oil Pulling

In a society riddled with complicated, expensive and even dangerous detoxification methods, coconut oil pulling offers a technique that is refreshingly simple. Oil pulling is a practice taken from Ayurvedic medicine that involves swishing, or pulling, unrefined oil in... read more
Coconut Oil is Antiviral

Coconut Oil is Antiviral

In a time when strange viruses are making headlines around the world, it’s good to know about the most powerful natural antiviral: coconut oil. The antiviral activity in coconut oil is remarkable, even among the most resistant viruses, and the best part is, if... read more
Iodine Value of Cooking Oils

Iodine Value of Cooking Oils

A reader asked, I often see the iodine value mentioned when describing the properties of oil, including coconut oil. What does this mean? Most people don’t understand this term and mistakenly believe it represents the iodine content of the oil. It has nothing to do... read more
Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy

As incredible as it may sound, coconut may hold the key to stopping the occurrence of cerebral palsy in infants. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that occurs in newborns or in early childhood. It is characterized by abnormal stiffness and contractions of... read more
Heart Disease

Heart Disease

Hardly a week goes by that I don’t read in a newspaper, magazine, or book or hear on the television or radio that coconut oil promotes heart disease. So many people have the opinion that coconut oil causes heart disease that you would assume that there are numerous... read more
Low Cholesterol and Parkinson’s

Low Cholesterol and Parkinson’s

Is it possible to have too low a level of cholesterol? A new study shows that low cholesterol may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease. Previous studies have revealed that low cholesterol adversely affects mental function, resulting in an increased risk of... read more
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