I love coconut. I love coconut water. I love coconut milk. I love coconut meat. Perhaps most of all, I love coconut oil.
Coconut oil – along with basically every other fat – got a bad rap back in the 70s and 80’s when we were told that fat was the worse thing for us. Now, research is showing that the low-fat diet craze was based on a load of hooey. Is it a coincidence that since tropical oils have become commonly regarded as dietary nightmares and heart attack-inducers, obesity rates and cardiovascular disease continue to rise?
Cold pressed, extra virgin coconut oil is a miracle food. It is incredibly nourishing, healing, protective and delicious.
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Gabriela Flores is a culinary nutritional expert, food coach and a wellness enthusiast. She’s the co-founder and kitchen goddess at Bliss B4 Laundry: Inspirational Events for Mind, Body, and Soul. She’s made it a mission to find ways to transform the human body from deprivation to abundance. Her passion is food: to get in the kitchen and experiment with new ingredients to make them delicious, nourishing and extract their power to heal.