Sunday, November 11, 2007

Coconut Oil Cooking, The One Healthy Oil For Cooking

Did you know that 99% of your supermarket vegetable oils change into Trans-Fatty Acid when heated. Whenever we cook food, we usually always add something to the pan, vegetable oil! Unfortunately, 99% of the oils on the market change into what is called a Trans-Fatty Acid when heated. Yes, even extra-virgin olive oil when heated turns into a "nasty" trans fat! The problem with trans fats is that they are like putting glue into your body! With many Americans already suffering from high cholesterol rates, high-blood pressure, heart disease, and weight challenges. No one would choose to add more trans fat into their diets if there was an affordable and great-tasting alternative.

With this in mind, extra virgin coconut oil is a wonderful cooking health solution. If there is any oil to be considered the healthiest oil in the world, I certainly would vote for extra virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil has been consumed in tropical places for thousands of years. Unfortunately, we "modern" people have lost a very important heritage, the understanding of nature's magic and healing power. I have no doub't that for every disease or illness, there's a remedy among the hundreds of thousands of herbs(many yet to discover), fruits, vegetables, roots, etc.

By remedy I mean that if we eat as many unrefined and raw foods as possible, we could prevent many of our "wellness" problems. We prefer to think about ourselves as the most intelligent animal on the planet. Yet, we deliberately..or maybe unknowingly destroy our body. We slowly (some faster than other) eat ourselves to a painful death. A key component of our daily intake of nutrition, should be essential fatty-acids. Not just any fat, it is extremely important that we consume right kind of fat.

Saturated fat is considered to be "bad fat", but in the case of coconut oil it's unique in its structure. Extra virgin coconut oil is 63% saturated fat in one tablespoon, but included in this is medium chain triglycerides. Which is the highest source of any naturally occurring vegan food. 50% of these MCT's are made up of lauric acid. This acid is most, if not the most important (EFA)essential fatty acid. It's key to building and maintaining the body's immune system. One of the other sources of high concentration of lauric acid, is mothers milk.

EFA's(essential fatty-acids) are the good, healthy fats that you hear about in the news and that often come from fish, such as cod liver oil. But here's the really cool part, coconut oil does not turn into trans fats even when heated or cooked with under normal conditions. As a matter of fact, the coconut oils ability to resist turning into a trans fat when heated is 10 times STRONGER than any other cooking oil on the market! PLUS, because essential fatty acids are important for the brain, heart and to keep your fat metabolism running smoothly. It actually will help you lose weight!

Coconut oil is a clean cooking oil, instead of the greasy "coating" that usually accompanies foods cooked in oil or soaked in dressing, coconut oil leaves a "clean" glaze on the food that brings out the natural taste of the food. It`s a good idea to replace your other cooking oils with coconut oil. Coconut oil has been considered the fountain of youth, cause people typically feel and look years younger after using extra virgin coconut oil. Recent studies, show that the medium chain fatty acids are more easily digested than fats found in other oils. They are immediately converted into energy, because they are processed directly in the liver. So you can use virgin coconut oil, to get a quick energy boost. And it is healthy too.

Throw out your old cooking oil and start your road to health and wellness with The One Healthy Oil For Cooking!

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