Coconut oil for hair is a trending use of the coconut's oil. However, many other uses of coconut oil go unreported and unutilized in the wake of enhancing physical beauty. Coconut oil is beneficial to the body and can be the next big super food for the health conscious person.
Coconut oil has various health benefits. Here are just a few to keep you informed:
- Medicinal value
Coconut oil for hair exceeds physical use and exhaustion. Its medicinal value is great, meaning that the oil can be used as a treatment for various illnesses. Cococnut oil contains saturated fats. As a matter of fact, coconut oil is one of the richest sources of saturated fats. Almost 90% of its fatty acids are saturated.
Coconut oil contains Medium Chain Triglycerides which are fatty acid s of medium length. These fatty acids are responsible for the quick release of energy in the body and also for the production of the ketone bodies which have therapeutic properties such as the treatment of disorders like epilepsy and Alzheimers.
- Burning more fat
Coconut oil is a source of saturated fats which are broken down straight from the digestive system to the liver, then quickly released as energy that will go in ensuring more fats are burned in the human body. The MCTs in coconuts provide more energy to burn fat as compared to the longer chained fats.
- Kills bacteria and fungi, ensuring minimal infections
50% of all fatty acids in the coconut oil is the 12 carbon Lauric acid. The acid, together with a monoglyceride from the digestion of coconut oil, monolaurin, kills bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus and the yeast Candida Albicans, which causes yeast infections in humans. Think twice before coconut oil for hair is the only use you have for the oil.
- Kills hunger, ensuring you eat less
Coconut oil reduces hunger in humans. The ketone bodies have an appetite reducing effect on humans. A higher intake of MCTs, according to a recent study, leads to the eating of 256 fewer calories in a day.
Don't restrict coconut oil to hair only. The oil is a healthy source of nutrition.
