The Medicinal Power of Coconut

The coconut is perhaps the product of nature that comes closest to the teaching of Hippocrates, the father of Medicine, according to which we must make food our medicine. Coconut has excellent medicinal effects and, at the same time, is a practically complete food, containing a vast amount of fundamental nutrients, as well as various health-promoting and disease-preventing elements. A special component of this fruit is coconut oil, recently considered a functional food due to its properties of preventing and combating infectious diseases, activating the immune system, defending against degenerative diseases, in addition to being important in protecting against cardiovascular diseases. The medicinal power of coconut and extra virgin coconut oil is a work that brings together the most recent information on the properties of this incredible fruit and its by-products, which have great relevance in nutrition, the treatment of diseases, cosmetics and many others. aspects, with tips, recipes and recommendations on how to use this extraordinary gift that nature offers.