The health benefits of coconut oil is great: The oil strengthens skin and hair, helps in weight reduction, helps relieve stress, keep cholesterol in balance, strengthens the immune system, helps with digestive problems, and has a positive effect on metabolism, blood pressure and bone density. These characteristics, the coconut oil are attributed to its content of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid. They act both antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. Coconut oil is therefore one of the healthiest oils, which has both internally and applied externally great benefit. In one study, efficacy was demonstrated with a control group, see: [...] I am absolutely delighted!