One of the reasons why virgin coconut oil is good for you is that it is Trans fat-free. Everyone should be aware that Trans fat is one of those food component that is responsible for various types of serious ailments… something that one who desires good health must strive to avoid.

Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils contain 40% or more of Trans fat. It is a common ingredient in the global food industry. It is present in foods that most people love to eat like donuts, chips, and cakes. If you check out the label of your foods and see hydrogenated vegetable oil, it means that you are about to ingest into your system the harmful Trans fat.

Why Trans fat is Bad?

Trans fat create health problems primarily because it cannot be digested by the body. Our bodies do not have the necessary protein enzymes needed to break down these artificial fats.

Too much consumption of saturated fat increases the risk of developing heart disease and suffering from stroke because it raises the LDL (bad cholesterol) levels in the blood and lowers the HDL (good cholesterol) levels. It weakens the circulatory system and has negative effect on metabolism. Trans fat in the diet makes one susceptible to all kinds of diseases like diabetes, asthma, obesity, and other auto-immune disorders. Even the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) said that

trans fatty acids are not essential and provide no known benefit to human health

Why use VCO?

Unlike other oils, Virgin Coconut oil is saturated and stable so it does not need to go through the process of partial hydrogenation. This means that virgin coconut oil has no Trans fat and consuming VCO regularly spare you from all the fatal and degenerative diseases.