Coconuts are a lot healthier than some give them credit for and here’s a little bit about how and why. Coconuts are large, oval, brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard shell lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid. It grows inside a woody husk, surrounded by fiber.
Coconuts have slowly become a very hot and versatile food commodity, and are being used in everything from our daily cuisine to our beauty regimens. Not too long ago coconuts had a bad reputation as being an artery clogging, cholesterol packed food that contributed to heart disease. Today however, the coconut is making a huge comeback as the new miracle food.
To add to its impressive list of benefits, coconut oil can also be used topically on skin and hair. Instead of bathing your skin with synthetic toxic lotions and creams, coconut oil can be used to nourish and moisturize our skin, scalp, and hair. Coconut oil has been used as both food and medicine for many centuries.
Top 10 Health Benefits of Coconuts
1.Supports immune system health: it is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-parasite
2.Provides a natural source of quick energy and enhances physical and athletic performance
3.Improves digestion and absorption of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals
4.Improves insulin secretion and symptoms associated with diabetes
5.Helps protect the body from cancers due to insulin reduction, removal of free radicals that cause premature aging and degenerative disease
6.Reduces risk of heart health and improves good cholesterol (HDL)
7.Restores and supports thyroid function
8.Helps protect against kidney disease and bladder infection
9.Promotes weight loss10.Helps keep hair and skin healthy and youthful looking, prevents wrinkles, sagging skin, age spots, and provides sun protection
The wonders of coconuts never cease to amaze. They can add flavour, variety, and healthy nutrients to our diet. Fans of coconuts these days are raving about the health and beauty powers that range from consuming coconuts both externally and internally and coconut is finally getting the respect it derseves.
Article by Witness Masuku
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