Coconut's Healing Powers

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 26, 2003: Coconut milk and cream are full

of healthy values. In Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Thai medicine, the

coconut is considered a healing food. Western medicine is beginning to

understand that the fats in coconut milk, although saturated, contain at

least 50 percent lauric acid, which carries antimicrobial and antiviral

properties. In addition, according to lipid scientist Mary Enig, coconut

oil converts directly into energy without being stored as fat. In

traditional Thai cuisine, the fat of choice is palm oil while coconut milk

and cream is the "milk" of choice. Dietary scientists find the Thai diet an

enigma because while Thais generally consume these saturated "tropical"

fats, they score low rates of obesity and heart disease, according to Enig.

 

 

 

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