Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Organic virgin coconut oil is a versatile product that can be used for everything from weight loss to sautéing your favorite foods. This is not the heavily processed, hydrogenated glop that the nutritionists warned you about twenty years ago. Today's organic coconut oil has a clean, light coconut flavor and adds buttery richness to foods. It is great for your skin, your hair, and your metabolism; all without increasing your cholesterol or the size of your hips.

It isn't difficult to get coconut oil into your diet on a daily basis. A spoonful of the delicately flavored fat can be spread on your toast or added to your smoothie in the morning. For a healthier butter you can add equal parts butter and organic coconut oil and create a butter that will help you have a healthier body. You can use a little to fry your egg or sauté your chicken. Coconut oil can also be used as a fat in baked goods like breads, muffins, and cakes.

Because it has a high flashpoint (smoking point) coconut oil is perfect for healthy frying at high temperatures. A higher frying temperature gives fried foods a flavor that you can't get any other way. As easy as this product is to use it isn't difficult to get more of it into your diet in place of less healthy fat choices.

You can find virgin and extra virgin coconut oil. The term "Extra Virgin" has little meaning as these terms are not regulated by the government. There is no difference between virgin and extra virgin coconut oil except in the minds of consumers. Either is equally good.

Sure, you can cook with it and the results will be amazing; but coconut oil has value far beyond the kitchen. When used for skin and hair it is a fabulous moisturizer and conditioner. It works well as massage oil because it is absorbed quickly into your skin. It can even be used as a personal lubricant with exciting results.

The real value of organic virgin coconut oil is when it is ingested. Here is a list of just some of the benefits you can get by adding a tablespoon or two of organic coconut oil to your diet daily.

• Bone strength
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Improved metabolism
• Increased immunity levels
• Kidney problems
• Maintain cholesterol levels
• Proper digestion
• Stress relief
• Weight loss (it causes you to burn more calories through thermogesis)

Why does coconut oil benefit the body in so many ways? It has properties that act as antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antifungal as well as support the various systems of the body at the cellular level. It is soothing and moisturizing for burns, cuts, and scrapes as well.

While there are many brands of coconut oil, some consistently produce a higher quality product than others.

• EFA Gold Coconut Oil
• Garden of Life Coconut Oil
• Now Coconut Oil
•  Nutiva Coconut Oil
• Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil

All organic virgin coconut oil is going to be free of GMOs, pesticide residues and other undesirable substances that might be found in non-organic coconut oil. Try several brands until you find one you like. The biggest difference is probably going to be in the flavor range.

Switching to coconut oil may turn out to be one of the best nutritional changes you have made in your life.