Coconut oil----potential HIV cure

• Most bacteria and virus are encapsuled with a coat of fats which constitute the membrane.

• The fatty acids which made up this membrane are loosely packed which cause the membrane to be fluid like and very flexible.

• The medium chain fatty acids of coconut oil are very similar to these fatty acids and have an affinity for them.

• MCFAs are much smaller and thus can easily adhere and penetrate the membrane which cause it to disintegrate.

• White blood cells then clean up the remaining components.

• The antimicrobial activities are due to monoglyceride and fatty acids of MCFAs, the most active of which are lauric acids and capric acids and their monoglycerides.

• Coconut oil which contains 48% lauric acid and 7% capric acids is the oil with most antimicrobial properties.

• Studies have shown that monolaurin, monoglyceride derived from coconut oil is beneficial to HIV infected patients.