Healthy
Perspectives
By Tonya Bramlage
THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ...
COCONUT
OIL
A GASPARILLA MAGAZINE • May/June • 2021
THE COCONUT TREE HAS HAD
A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
LIVELIHOOD OF ALL MANKIND.
The history of coconut oil has approximately
3,960 years of documented applications of edible
and healing properties. The fruit, coconut fl esh,
milk, water and oil have all had positive health,
wellness, and commercial values. In America’s
mid-20th century,
coconut oil became
popular as being
“more nutritious” as
compared to other
oils. This is because
coconut oil studies
proved the fact that
some saturated fat, like
those found in coconut
oil, is essential for good
health.
