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This is aside from including it as an ingredient in her daily food menu. VCO, she said, also contains vitamins & minerals and we take it as food supplement.
Quirino further said that recent medical studies and scientific researches, authenticated and documented have shown that VCO has anti-viral properties which protect our bodies from diseases.
The coconut has its lauric acid content which boost our immune system and is resistant to infections, she added. In fact, an on going study says that it helps cure HIV-AIDS disease. It also has a detoxifying effect in the body. VCO is the only one that can be compared to mother's milk.
Aside from the medicinal effects of Virgin Coconut Oil, she encourages women to use it on their beauty regimen, as make-up remover, as body scrub, for tanning, as lotion and moisturizer to smoothen our skin, as hair conditioner and for slimming and removal of body fats.
Quirino emphasized the use of coconut just like what our great grandmothers did during the olden times.
On the other hand, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Manager Edilberto Nierva, just like Quirino strongly recommends its use as it will help boost our coconut industry in the region. Eastern Visayas is one of the top coconut producing regions in the country.
In the Philippines, 30% of the total population, around 3-4 millions Filipinos depend directly and indirectly from coconut.
Most Virgin Coconut Oil producers in the region are making use of the cold process to keep the VCO properties intact.
Written by Gay B. Gaspay, PIA
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