Organic virgin coconut oil is the BEST oil to cook with. It can withstand high temperatures and still retain its nutrients unlike other oils. Coconut oil is food from heaven. Coconut oil helps regulate thyroid issues. Coconut oil helps lose weight! Check out all the literature on the benefits of coconut oil online - run a search on Google - it's quite amazing what people have to say. Coconut oil also contains caprylic acid, which is an anti-viral, anti-bacterial. Coconut oil just about does everything good! Coconut oil is NOT saturated fat and it doesn't turn rancid. The oil is clear and watery in room temperature, but then hardens like ice in cold temperature. This is totally normal. You can also take about 2 tbsp straight up. But if you eat too much coconut oil, you may get diarrhea - but this is also a good thing because the coconut oil is cleaning out your intestines.
Coconut oil is great for the skin! A wrinkle and scar reducer! I use it as a "night cream" and in the morning, my face feels baby soft! Coconut oil is also great for pets! My dogs love it! And so does my cat! Tropical Traditions is the brand I use. Brown fibrous coconuts are mature and aged, whereas young coconuts are green. Often, young coconuts are sold with the green shell cut off in stores. Young coconuts contain coconut water inside that's sweet. But the coconut water in older coconuts sometimes taste bitter. Either way, both young and old coconuts are useful, and the flesh is also edible! I even read somewhere that coconut water was used by nurses and doctors as an IV for wounded soldiers during the Vietnam War when medical supplies ran short because coconut water contains lots of nutrients. How brilliant for God to create such a nutritious food for us!
