Coconut oil is a great option when it comes to adding more good fat into your diet. Coconut oil not only tastes good, but is good for you. It contains monounsaturated fatty acids, (MUFAS), which help with heart health and protect your body from many chronic and debilitating diseases. Coconut oil has plenty of other healthy properties, as well. It helps boost your immune system, helps speed up your metabolism, helps reduce inflammation, helps prevent wrinkles, aides in digestion and more.
Add More Coconut Oil To Your Diet
Many of you may be familiar with coconut oil, but may not be sure how to add it into your diet. Following are a few options for you to try:
- Cooking With Coconut Oil
You can use coconut when cook. Many people use vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil and other types of oil when cooking. You can easily replace these, especially the unhealthy ones with coconut oil. Choose a good quality, expeller, pressed coconut oil. You can use coconut oil in stir frys, cooking vegetables, browning meat, cooking eggs, etc.
- Baking With Coconut Oil
You can use coconut oil when you bake. Many recipes call for butter, margerine, or some type of oil. You can easily replace them with coconut oil in the same measurement. Use coconut oil for muffins, breads, bars and more.
- Add Coconut Oil To Your Smoothies
Give your smoothie a boost with some coconut oil. Smoothies can be fun to make and can be good for you when you use healthy ingredients. You can add vegetables, greens, fruit, nuts and seeds to your smoothies. You can also experiment with adding coconut oil, which is a super food. Adding coconut oil to your smoothie provides a healthy dose of fat, that is good for the body and joints. Try adding 1 tablespoon to your mix. You can also add other super foods to your smoothies including maca powder, cacao nibs and chia seeds.
- Add Coconut Oil To Your Coffee or Tea
If you drink coffee, or tea, why not add a little coconut oil for a quick pick me up? Coconut oil melts fast, yet provides slow, sustained energy for your body. Why not start your day out in a good way? Add 1 tablespoon to your hot drink. Most people don’t notice the taste.
- Add Coconut Oil To Your Yogurt
If you eat yogurt, you may already be adding healthful ingredients such as fruit, nuts and seeds. Why not add coconut oil? Just add a teaspoon and stir it in your mix. You will be adding both healthful nutrients and good fat into your morning meal, or afternoon snack.
- Add Coconut Oil To Bone Broth Or Soup
Bone broth and soup are staples in many diets and cultures around the world. That’s because they are rich in nutrients including calcium, magnesium and more. Soup is known to help promote well-being and boost healing in your body. Why not add a little coconut oil and make your soup or broth even healthier? Most soup contains some fat from added meat. By adding coconut oil to your recipe you will also be consuming more healthy fat.
Thanks for reading!
Barb
