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    • Ecoideas - Coconut Oil 444ml - Shop Santé
    • Ecoideas - Coconut Oil 444ml - Shop Santé
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    Ecoideas - Coconut Oil 444ml
    $12.99

    The Process How coconut oil is processed is key to optimizing its taste, texture, color and aroma. Within two hours of chopping the coconuts, the oil is cold pressed. In contrast, 99% of coconut oil today is used for cooking and personal care. The coconut is first chopped and left to dry in the sun for several days. Then the meat is shoveled out and sent thousands of miles to giant oil mills where the oxidizing coconut meat is refined, bleached and/or deodorized. Ironically, this product is often labeled as "certified organic". There is no comparison between raw, extra virgin organic coconut oil, with its light taste, pleasant aroma and pure white color, and industrialized coconut oil, with its bland taste, light aroma and off-white color.The truth about fat Since the 1960s, coconut oil has been misrepresented as unhealthy. The media has reported on studies showing that tropical coconut oils are loaded with artery-clogging fats. What was not reported was the fact that the coconut oil used in these studies was hydrogenated - not the virgin oil that has been used for centuries as a staple. Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids. MCT from coconut oil is used in hospital formulas to feed very young children, the seriously ill, and those with digestive problems. It is an essential part of the solutions administered to patients intravenously. Coconut oil contains approximately 50% lauric acid, a rare medium-chain fatty acid found in breast milk that supports healthy metabolism and is currently being studied for its anti-fungal, antiviral and anti-bacterial. Overall, coconut oil is 92% saturated fat and only 1% omega-6, the fat Americans crave. In fact, these MCFAs speed up the metabolism because they are quickly converted into energy by the body, which leads to excessive weight loss. Did you know... Ecoideas raw organic coconut oil is solid at room temperature, and can be spread like butter. At 24°C, it melts to become a crystalline liquid. No refrigeration is required. Coconut oil can also be used as a skin moisturizer.

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    The Process

    How coconut oil is processed is key to optimizing its taste, texture, color and aroma. Within two hours of chopping the coconuts, the oil is cold pressed.

    In contrast, 99% of coconut oil today is used for cooking and personal care. The coconut is first chopped and left to dry in the sun for several days. Then the meat is shoveled out and sent thousands of miles to giant oil mills where the oxidizing coconut meat is refined, bleached and/or deodorized. Ironically, this product is often labeled as "certified organic".

    There is no comparison between raw, extra virgin organic coconut oil, with its light taste, pleasant aroma and pure white color, and industrialized coconut oil, with its bland taste, light aroma and off-white color.

    The truth about fat

    Since the 1960s, coconut oil has been misrepresented as unhealthy. The media has reported on studies showing that tropical coconut oils are loaded with artery-clogging fats. What was not reported was the fact that the coconut oil used in these studies was hydrogenated - not the virgin oil that has been used for centuries as a staple. Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids. MCT from coconut oil is used in hospital formulas to feed very young children, the seriously ill, and those with digestive problems. It is an essential part of the solutions administered to patients intravenously.

    Coconut oil contains approximately 50% lauric acid, a rare medium-chain fatty acid found in breast milk that supports healthy metabolism and is currently being studied for its anti-fungal, antiviral and anti-bacterial. Overall, coconut oil is 92% saturated fat and only 1% omega-6, the fat Americans crave. In fact, these MCFAs speed up the metabolism because they are quickly converted into energy by the body, which leads to excessive weight loss.

    Did you know...

    Ecoideas raw organic coconut oil is solid at room temperature, and can be spread like butter. At 24°C, it melts to become a crystalline liquid. No refrigeration is required. Coconut oil can also be used as a skin moisturizer.

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