Our organic coconuts are picked and processed on the same day. The fresh coconut meat is cold pressed and filtered immediately upon opening the coconuts, thus retaining the enzymes, antioxidants, lauric acid, and all other nutrients. The oil is extracted before the fermentation process sets in. The oil is normally bottled or packed within 8 hours of opening the coconuts.

Pure virgin coconut oil is being recognized as one of the healthiest natural dietary oils on earth:

Virgin Coconut Oil – Nature’s Miracle Oil
Bruce Fife, N.D.
Certified Nutritionist and Naturopathic Physician

If I asked you which dietary oil provides the widest range of health benefits, what would be your answer? If I asked you what oil can protect you from heart disease, rev up your metabolism, help you lose excess weight, protect you from cancer, and prevent infectious disease, what would you answer? Is it olive oil? Flaxseed oil? Borage oil?...

The answer is “no” on all three counts. Is there such an oil? You bet there is. If I told you that this oil happened to be coconut oil, would you be surprised? Most people would.

Once mistakenly believed to be bad for the heart because of its saturated fat content, coconut oil is now known to contain a unique form of saturated fat that actually helps prevent heart disease, stroke, and hardening of the arteries, as well as provide many other health benefits.

Asian and Polynesian people who rely on coconut and coconut oil as part of their daily diet have the lowest heart disease rates in the world. Some of these people get as much as 50 percent of their total daily calories as saturated fat, primarily from coconut oil. If coconut oil caused heart disease, as some people used to believe, these people would have all died off centuries ago. Those populations who consume large quantities of coconut oil have remarkably good cardiovascular health. Absent are the heart attacks and strokes characteristic in Western countries where coconut oil is rarely used.

What many people don’t realize is that there are many different types of saturated fat, just as there are different types of polyunsaturated fat. Each has a different effect on the body. The saturated fat in virgin coconut oil is unlike the fat found in meat or even other vegetable fats. It is identical to a special group of fats found in human breast milk called Medium-Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA). These special fatty acids have been shown to stimulate metabolism, improve digestion, strengthen the immune system, and protect against bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, as well as protect the heart and arteries from the conditions that cause heart disease. For these and other reasons, coconut oil, in one form or another, is now routinely used in hospital IV solutions and commercial baby food formulas.

It’s no wonder nature put MCFA in breast milk. The unique fatty acids are easy to digest, supply a source of quick energy, support thyroid function (which enhances healing and immune system function), and improves nutrient absorption. In addition, medical research indicates coconut oil may be useful in protecting against heart disease, breast and colon cancer, liver disease, kidney disease, Crohn’s disease, epilepsy, candida, herpes, influenza, and numerous other infectious diseases.

The above article is an excerpt from “Nature’s Miracle Oil”, and is reproduced with permission from the author Bruce Fife, N.D. For more articles and information on coconut oil, please visit: http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org