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What do the experts say regarding coconut oil derived lauric fatty acid and its monoglyceride form, monolaurin ?

April 26, 2017acid Coconut derived experts Fatty Lauric monoglyceride Oil

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What do the experts say regarding coconut oil derived lauric fatty acid and its monoglyceride form, monolaurin ?

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According to Professor Jon Kabara, Department of Pharmacology, Michigan State University who pioneered research on monolaurin: Monolaurin, as a dietary supplement has shown very good results as an antibiotic and antiviral agent particularly in its potency against lipidcoated/enveloped viruses.It does not cause resistance organism to appear and was also shown that it can reduce the resistance of germs to antibiotics. When coconut oil is consumed, the body makes the disease fighting monolaurin. According to Dr. Mary Enig, a noted nutritional biochemist, formerly with the University of Maryland, now with the Nutrition Department, Enig Associates Recently published research has shown that, natural coconut fat in the diet leads to a normalization of body lipids; protects against alcohol damage to the liver and improves the immune system’s anti-inflammatory response The antimicrobial fatty acids and their derivatives are essentially nontoxic to man and they are produced in vivo by humans whe