Coconut

Coconut is highly nutritious and rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It is classified as a “functional food” because it provides many health benefits beyond its nutritional content. Coconut oil is of special interest because it possesses healing properties far beyond that of any other dietary oil and is extensively used in traditional medicine among Asian and Pacific populations. Pacific Islanders consider coconut oil to be the cure for all illness. The coconut palm is so highly valued by them as both a source of food and medicine that it is called “The Tree of Life.” Only recently has modern medical science unlocked the secrets to coconut’s amazing healing powers.

椰子富含纖維、維他命以及礦物質，能提供豐富的營養價值，因此，椰子被歸類為「功能性的食物」。相較於其他食用油，椰子油更具有治癒的特性，太平洋島民認為椰子油能治癒所有疾病，不但將其當成食物，甚至製成中藥使用。因此島民對椰子樹有極高評價，並將椰子樹稱為「生命之樹」。過去我們並不知道椰子的好，直到近代科學家才揭開椰子驚人的療效的秘密，並開始推薦人們食用椰子油。

詳情請見：Coconut
出處: Coconut Research Center, United States 美國椰子研究中心