No one is unfamiliar with the term heart ailment. Everyone must have known or heard of someone that suffered from stroke or heart attack. This disease is so widespread that you actually have a great chance of being diagnosed with a heart problem.

Heart disease is usually called the silent killer because a person afflicted with the disease may not manifest some of the symptoms associated with it. However people suffering from heart ailment may notice some signs.

Symptoms: chest pains, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, heart palpitations, fainting, etc.

Risk Factors: Heredity, Old Age, Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Stress, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure

Virgin Coconut Oil for the Heart

There was a time when virgin coconut oil is said to be unhealthy as it is full of saturated fat and therefore causes heart disease. Recent studies though prove this to be wrong. 

Natives in coconut-growing regions regularly eat coconut and yet they don’t develop heart disease. The saturated fat in coconut oil is unique because unlike other saturated fats it does not raise blood cholesterol level. Coconut oil is actually free of cholesterol.

Because it speeds up metabolism, virgin coconut oil can even lower the amount of LDL (bad) cholesterol and increase the HDL (good) cholesterol in the body. It is not only the oil that is good for the heart, but the whole fruit and the juice of coconut. Coconut meat, juice and oil are all low in carbohydrates and cannot cause damage to the heart.

Coconut oil is also contains very little linoleic acid. These are fatty acids that are beneficial to the body if taken in moderate amount. Too much linoleic acid in the diet though, can trigger heart attacks and strokes.

Coconut oil is also free of trans fat which are very harmful and bad for the heart.