A complete manual for the use of coconut oil for a whole year

What exactly is coconut oil?

The breast milk we eat when we were just born is full of saturated fat. The important component of breast milk is lauric acid (lauric acid), which is 54% of coconut oil. Lauric acid has strong antibacterial properties, so coconut oil is added to many infant formulas to increase the content of lauric acid in milk powder, making it closer to the efficacy of breast milk.

As for medium chain, let's talk about long chain saturated fat first. Most of the edible oils and fats on the market are long-chain saturated fats, while coconut oil is medium-chain. It can directly reach the liver after eating without being absorbed by the intestinal tract, where it can be quickly burned and converted into energy without being stored in the form of fat. . Therefore, compared with other oils, coconut oil can reduce fat accumulation in the human body, lower triglycerides and improve metabolism. To put it bluntly, it is an oil that can be used to lose weight.

Source of coconut oil?

The production process of coconut oil is actually not complicated. It is usually pressed from fresh coconut meat at room temperature or at low temperature. It can form oil without using preservatives and chemical solvents and keep it fresh and stable. There are also heat-processed coconut oil. We do not recommend that kind of coconut oil. . Malaysia and Thailand are the two major producers of coconut oil, and the oil extraction technology is very mature.

I also bought coconut oil from Hainan Island and used it carefully. It is cheap but has a strong coconut fragrance. This is my fair evaluation of domestic coconut oil. The heavy coconut fragrance indicates that the refining process is not in place, because if the coconut oil has too strong fragrance and long-term consumption, the taste will be rebellious and resistant, and good coconut oil will not be particularly fragrant. Later, I read the analysis of the coconut oil industry in Hainan in the article "China Oils and Fats". The article mentioned that coconuts in Hainan are mostly used in tourism and beverage industries. Coconut oil is also processed on a small scale along with the lack of equipment and R&D technology, so Hainan Island coconut oil is not very famous. In this case, everyone should buy imported coconut oil honestly for the time being!

1. Direct oral administration

This is mainly recommended for people with habitual constipation and unacceptable constipation. If you are not going well, take a spoonful of about 10ml of coconut oil every morning, and it is best to add 500ml of warm water to ensure that you will go well the next day. Because coconut oil can help intestinal peristalsis, and medium-chain saturated fat also has anti-inflammatory effects, helping to improve the intestinal environment. (However, some friends told me that it is effective at the beginning, but the stubborn constipation still cannot be cured. Then we have to use other methods, and we will talk about it later!)

Everything goes against the grain. If you eat too much coconut oil every day, you may not be able to experience the effect of coconut oil for laxative and weight loss. Your body will gain weight due to excessive fat intake!

2. Cooking (rice, salad, baked pastry, stir-fry, smoothie)

About the recipes of coconut oil, there is also a rhythm that can’t be written, so just classify them directly. If you are interested, you can leave a message to ask for the recipe.

make rice—

From a nutritional point of view, about 50% of the lauric acid contained in coconut oil can change the starch structure. When cooking rice, add a spoonful of coconut oil to allow the lauric acid to fuse with the starch in the rice. This fused starch will eventually become resistant starch. It can solidify the helical structure inside the starch molecule and tend to be stable, so that it will not be converted into blood sugar. It can control blood sugar, suitable for people with diabetes and weight loss, and has a certain anti-cancer effect.

But from a delicious point of view, I like to add a spoonful of coconut oil and a teaspoon of sea salt when making brown rice and quinoa rice. The rice made in this way is fragrant and soft. Last time, I gave a vegetarian banquet for 200 people at the Dianshan Lake Yacht Club for a yoga event , I used this little trick, and the rice was robbed...

Tossed Salad—

Coconut oil is solid until about 24 degrees, so it is difficult to mix salad directly with coconut oil, unless it is a dog day. Therefore, it is recommended to mix half coconut oil + half olive oil + sea salt + lemon juice to make a vinaigrette. The coconut oil neutralized with olive oil is not easy to solidify, so this sauce can also be prepared in winter to increase the layering of vegetables Sensation and absorption, make salad full of coconut flavor.

make desserts—

I have to mention the outstanding high temperature stability of coconut oil. It is not easy to oxidize and generate free radicals when exposed to high temperature, so it is more suitable for oven than olive oil. Vegetarians are also recommended to use coconut oil instead of butter! If coconut oil is used to make coconut-flavored cakes, shredded coconut, coconut milk, and milk can all be omitted. Coconut oil alone is enough for the milky taste. Rather than baking, I prefer to use coconut oil to make raw vegetarian snacks. The most classic recipe is raw cashew cheesecake, and coconut oil plays a vital role. Soak raw cashew nuts overnight, add coconut oil, lemon juice, maple syrup (or agave or coconut nectar), a little sea salt, mix it into a puree with a blender, put it in a mold and freeze it.

Stir-fry——

The most recommended coconut oil scrambled eggs, super fragrant! Find other recipes by yourself, you can!

Smoothie——

If you don’t want to swallow a spoonful of coconut oil directly in the morning, then put coconut oil in your fruit and vegetable smoothie. Regardless of the multi-slot cake in your fruit smoothie combination, coconut oil can save the situation and instantly upgrade the taste of fruit and vegetable milkshake , It also helps defecation, kills two birds with one stone!