What’s this about Coconuts?

Nutrition can be a complex and confusing issue. For many years, nutritionists, doctors and health professionals were touting low fat diets as the most successful way to lose weight and lower the incidence of heart disease.  And the worst fats of all? Saturated fats. However, in more recent years this approach has been more or less discredited and previously ‘bad’ foods are now seen as not only acceptable but in the case of coconuts; a positive and beneficial addition to the diet and this despite the 87% saturated fat content!

Coconut oil can be used in cooking, as a supplement and in beauty therapy. Coconut saturated fats are medium chain triglycerides (fatty acids) and increasingly it is being found that MCT’s boost energy, brain activity and aid weight loss.

Coconut flour is widely used as a substitute for regular flour in baking. The flour contains 5 grams of fiber per 2 tablespoons. Coconut flour has health benefits for people with diabetes as it has been shown to lower the glycemic index (a measure of the rate that a food increases blood sugar) and of course, it’s gluten-free.

All coconut products are not equal however. Coconut derived products that have been minimally processed retain the essential nutritional value available from the fresh product, and are likely to provide the greatest health and wellness benefits. The most natural coconut oils for example, are virgin oils (original pressing) and mechanically extracted rather than using chemical extraction processes.

Coconuts really are a super food and tasty too!

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