Ref By: - Bruce Fife's N.D
Research shows that coconut oil may help those people who suffer from hypothyroidism and slow metabolism....The fatty acid chains in coconut oil, known as medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) or medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), offer wonderful health benefits and are nowhere found more abundantly in nature outside coconut oil.
For the hypothyroid sufferer the MCTs speed up the body's sluggish metabolism and promote weight loss as well.
There are many side effects of a sluggish thyroid gland and the resulting slower metabolism. It affects your energy level greatly, and with a slower metabolism and subsequent reduction in activity (and energy) there is often unwanted weight gain and also person's health is affected. Coconut oil can help with a lot of these problems. Several health problems such as obesity, heart disease, and osteoporosis are more prevalent in those people who have slow metabolism.
