Coconut Milk Revealed as Super-Healthy & Non-Fattening
Coconut milk made from the flesh of the coconut and the coconut juice is absolutely delicious and is bursting with super-healthy nutrition. Best of all, coconut milk is non-fattening compared to dairy milk.
Past research into coconut oil was usually based on hydrogenated coconut oil, rather than on the pure coconut oil squeezed from the white flesh. This gave the mistaken impression that coconut oil is saturated and is therefore bad for your health – but in fact this is not so. Also, in the past it was not realized that some saturated fats cause surplus body fat while others are used up as energy or broken down to unsaturated fats, depending on the atomic structure of the fat.
Modern research shows coconuts to be a valuable source of healthy nutrition. About a third of the white coconut flesh is fat, and most of this fat (92%) is technically classed as saturated. However, this saturated fat is mostly made up of MCFA’s (fatty chains that get burnt up as energy rather than being stored as body fat). Because of this, coconut oil/fat is increasingly used in weight-loss regimes.
The MCFA’s in coconuts are rich in lauric acid, the most important essential fatty acid in maintaining and building the body’s immune system. Apart from coconut oil, the only other source of lauric acid found in such high concentrations is human breast milk.
Coconut milk provides a really good source of nutrition for those following a weight loss regime because the saturated fat is composed of short-chain and medium-chain fatty acids that are quickly and easily assimilated into the body – the fatty acids do not end up as fat in the body like the long-chain fatty acids in cow’s milk.
‘One of the remarkable things about coconut oil is that it can help you lose weight.’ Dr. Mary G. Enig, (Ph.D. in nutritional sciences), USA.
‘In tests, animals which ate just a little pure unsaturated oil were fat, and animals which ate a lot of coconut oil were lean. The anti-obesity effect of coconut oil is clear.’ Dr. Raymond Peat (scientist and biochemist), USA.
So although high in saturated fat, coconut milk is a good source of nutrition in any weight loss regime because the fat mostly gets burnt as energy instead of being stored as fat. It is highly nutritious, good for your bones, and it helps build up a strong immune system to fight off disease and illness.
All the recent research is showing that coconuts are rich in many vitamins, minerals, and health promoting oils.
Making coconut milk at home is quick and easy once you know how, and no special apparatus is required. When you experience the cool, luxurious, super-delicious taste of coconut milk you will always want to have it.
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