100% Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Expeller Pressed, Ideal for Cooking, 16 oz., From Jarrow

Jarrow Extra Virgin Coconut Oil is one of the healthiest and most versatile unprocessed dietary oils in the world. Once thought to be a "bad" fat, coconut oil has been proven to be a stable, healthy saturated fat that can help maintain cholesterol levels, support thyroid function, ease occasional digestive disorder symptoms, avert sugar cravings and provide many other health benefits.


Virgin Coconut Oil is a healthy, naturally saturated vegetable product. Unhydrogenated coconut oil contains ˇ§goodˇ¨ fat - 50% Lauric Acid. It is made up mostly of medium chain fatty acids, which the body metabolizes efficiently and converts into energy, rather than storing as fat. Coconut oil does not elevate your ˇ§badˇ¨ cholesterol level (LDL), and is slightly lower in calories than most vegetable oils.

For thousands of years, Coconut Oil has been used as a cooking oil, and is still a staple in the diets of many people living in tropical areas. Americans used Coconut Oil as well until shortages of imported oils during WW II made it necessary to look for domestic oils such as soybean and corn oil. Although soybean and corn oil make good substitutes foe in the kitchen, over time the polyunsaturated fats has started to take their toll on the health of Americans in the form of obesity and higher cholesterol levels. It has been discovered that Coconut Oil contains a unique form of saturated fat which helps prevent heart disease, stroke, and hardening of the arteries.

Virgin Coconut Oil Benefits:

Virgin Coconut Oil Use as a skin moisturizer, suntan oil or hair conditioner

Virgin Coconut Oil Use in food recipes needing virgin coconut oil

Virgin Coconut Oil Healthy for the prevention of heart disease

Virgin Coconut Oil Supports thyroid function

People who replace unsaturated plant oils with coconut oil as the primary source of fat in their diet often have fewer problems with heart disease.

Virgin Coconut Oil Helps reduce inflammation caused by allergies

Virgin Coconut Oil Is easily digested by anyone with intestinal problems

Virgin Coconut Oil Can boost metabolism and the functioning of our immune system

Virgin Coconut Oil Can reduce bacterial and viral infections.

Coconut Oil may help improve thyroid function