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 | "Descrizione" by Ark90 (12417 pt) | 2020-Oct-31 11:49 |
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Coconut oil is an extremely versatile oil and it is extracted by cold pressing and chemical treatment. It is widespread in the East and Far East.
There are different types on the market, depending on the chemical pressing process:
It is used in
cosmetics
Coconut oil is present in cosmetic products and in particular in cosmetic hair products as it is able to protect them from external agents and exerts a revitalizing action on dry hair. It also has a moisturizing action.
Nutrition
From the healthy point of view no contraindications have emerged, as regards virgin coconut oil, that is untreated, it would only be necessary to know if, on food labels, the indication of a generic coconut oil, refers to the virgin one rather than to the refined one, but I personally never found this writing before.
The studies carried out in the medical field, take as a parameter the coconut virgin oil, for which some interesting properties have been found, while for the other types that have undergone processing procedures (such as refining), they infer a reduced antioxidant potential (1 ).
A first and more widespread therapeutic indication, is the antioxidant and antistress capacity (2), therefore an ability to generate protective effects on the cardiovascular system (3).
Overall, the weight of the evidence from intervention studies to date suggests that replacing coconut oil with cis unsaturated fats would alter blood lipid profiles in a manner consistent with a reduction in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (4).
References_______________________________________________________
(1) Antioxidant capacity and phenolic acids of virgin coconut oil.
Marina AM, Man YB, Nazimah SA, Amin I.
Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009;60 Suppl 2:114-23. doi: 10.1080/09637480802549127.
(2) Antistress and antioxidant effects of virgin coconut oil in vivo.
Yeap SK, Beh BK, Ali NM, Yusof HM, Ho WY, Koh SP, Alitheen NB, Long K.
Exp Ther Med. 2015 Jan;9(1):39-42.
(3) Virgin coconut oil and its potential cardioprotective effects.
Babu AS, Veluswamy SK, Arena R, Guazzi M, Lavie CJ.
Postgrad Med. 2014 Nov;126(7):76-83. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2014.11.2835.
(4) Coconut oil consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in humans Eyres L, Eyres MF, Chisholm A, Brown RC Nutr Rev. 2016 Apr;74(4):267-80. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw002.
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