Health benefits of Coconut

Posted by Felix Okoli on Sunday June 15, 2014 at 16:37:28:

Coconut is one of the favourite fruits or nuts people take around the world. The fruit comes with a greenish or brownish out husk, a brownish inner shell and the white flesh, it also contains some quantity of coconut water. Coconut can be eaten a lot or it can be combined with other food such as maize. Apart from the fact that coconut is sweet, it contains a high benefits for the health.

Some of the health benefits of coconut;
- Weight Loss: unsaturated fats found in some foods like corn and vegetable oil is hard for the body to break down, and they also suppress metabolism in the body, making it difficult for the body to break the fats, coconut helps the body to speed up metabolism and breaks unsaturated fats into digestible bits, when these fats are dissolved, there is considerable weight loss, anybody who needs to loose weight should try out eating more of coconut.

- Fights Infection: Coconut contains antioxidants that help to boost the body immune system and fight infections in the body and flush out dirt inside the body

- Healthy Skin: Coconut contains some nutrients that help to renew and smooth out the skin making it look silky; also it helps suppress aging process in the body, so it can be used as an anti-aging food. Coconut oil can also be used on the hair to make it shiny and silky in texture.

- Used To Lower Cholesterol Level: Coconut is used in reducing the cholesterol level in the body.