Coconut 12 October 2012

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/fail-mercks-statin-drug-found-no-better-coconut-water

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/coconut-water-far-more-just-refreshing-beverage

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/13-evidence-based-medicinal-properties-coconut-oil

Coconut is good for a lot more than the tasty treats known as German Chocolate Cake and Hello Dollies (a family favorite). This plant has been utilized by peoples the planet over for millennia. Here's a little info extracted from the pages referenced:

Coconut Oil: (internal and external)
-Fat-burning (2 human studies show that just 2 Tbsp/day for men or women is capable of reducing belly fat within 1-3 months)
-brain-boosting (2006 journal Neurobiology of Aging)
-clearing head lice (when combined with anise spray, found to be superior to the insecticide permethrin)
-healing wounds ("3 of the identified mechanisms behind these healing effects are its ability to accelerate re-epithelialization, improve antioxidant enzyme activity, and stimulate higher collagen cross-linking within the tissue being repaired. Coconut oil has even been shown to work synergistically with traditional treatments, such as silver sulphadizine, to speed burn wound recovery")
-NSAID alternative (anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and fever-reducing)
-Anti-ulcer activity
-anti-fungal (Researchers remarked: "Coconut oil should be used in the treatment of fungal infections in view of emerging drug-resistant Candida species")
-testosterone-booster
-reducing swollen prostate
-improving blood lipids (coconut oil consistently improves the LDL:HDL ratio in the blood of those who consume it. Given this effect, coconut oil can no longer be dismissed for being 'that saturated fat which clogs the arteries'.)
-fat-soluble nutrient absorption (recently found to be superior to safflower oil in enhancing tomato catotenoid absorption)
-bone health (shown to reduce oxidative stress within the bone, which may preven tstructural damage in osteoporotic bone)
-sunscreen (blocks out UV rays by 30%)

Take a look! May your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food! Thank Hippocrates! :)