From candles to hot oil treatments I am no stranger to Coconut Oil. However this component I was not aware of until a friend of mine mentioned to me that 1 tablespoon of Coconut Oil a day was beneficial in helping with weight loss. It was hard to believe since Coconut Oil is a saturated fat. With that in mind and determined to do my own research. I landed on a article published by Rhonda Callow at brighthub.com and found that although coconut oil is approximately 90% saturated fat it is a MCT, or medium chain triglyceride. MCTs goes straight to the liver, where they are quickly burned. MCTs are less likely to be stored as fat. Coconut oil is immediately converted to energy, so after eating coconut oil, energy levels soar as a result of the metabolism of MCTs.
It is also believed that Coconut oil will increase thyroid function, which is an important component into increased metabolism. Another belief is that by eating coconut oil a person’s overall food and calorie consumption will decrease. Tropical Traditional has a link on there site to a website in the Philippines that is a library of research articles and abstracts on coconut oil, saturated fats, palm oil, and polyunsaturated fats. I highly recommend reading all the wonderful things coconut oil has to offer! Many of the studies on the site coincides with the statements Rhonda Callow published in her article. You can find the link to the research here.
From Tropical Traditions Website.
Laboratory tests show that this Gold Label Virgin Coco
nut Oil is a very high quality coconut oil, with very high antioxidant levels. This oil is not mass produced, but made by hand just as it has been done for hundreds of years. The coconuts are certified organic according to strict USDA standards. In addition, all of the coconuts are hand-picked within 24-48 hours of harvest. Only those nuts that produce the highest quality coconut oil are chosen, while the rest of the crop is sold to copra dealers. Because of the extremely selective procedure for choosing the coconuts, a higher price is paid to the farmer. Almost all other virgin coconut oils on the market are mass-produced and do not take this kind of attention to detail that begins with choosing the right nuts. Also, the coconuts used to make our Virgin Coconut Oil are grown in very rural areas, generally far away from metropolitan areas. Since coconut trees grow just about everywhere in the Philippines, most coconut oils on the market are harvested from trees in metropolitan areas, because there is less cost to transport them to the place of manufacture.
With all the healthy benefits of Coconut Oil, the girls and I decided to make a Sweet Treat (lol). We made doughnut drops out of whole wheat biscuts. The first thing I noticed when using Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil is how smooth the dough cooked. The dough browned slowly and the urgency that you often feel when frying foods with vegetable oils or shortening was not there.
The Coconut oil flavored the doughnut balls with a light delightful coconut flavor! We opted not to cover them in sugar as normal and they tasted wonderful. An added plus! The only thing is, I wished I would have chosen this as an afternoon snack instead of a shortly before bed snack. My 3 girls came across a new found energy after snacking. I kid you not it took me forever to get them to bed that night. They must have went coconut crazy!
My oldest son came in who loves all things coconut and suggested that the next time I marinate the dough in the oil. I’m not sure if that is such a bright idea but it definitely sheds light on how tasty the coconut oil is, I have decided for purposes of ingestion to loose weight I am going to take the coconut oil and fill it into a gel capsule so I can see how well it works with weight loss. I will definitely share my findings with you.
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Disclaimer:
I was not paid in cash form for this post. I did however receive free product for my testing purposes, as you see pictured above, in exchange for my review post.
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