VCO May Help to Live a More Heart-Healthy Lifestyle

Someone in the U.S. has a heart attack about every 34 seconds. A heart attack happens when arteries narrowed by fat, cholesterol or other substances are unable to supply the heart muscle with enough oxygen-rich blood. The American Heart Association (AHA) designates every February as Heart Health Month to call attention to the importance of proper screening and preventive measures. Lately, scientists are discovering that virgin coconut  oil may help them to live a more heart-healthy lifestyle.

Beware Of Stroke In Young Age

 Do you know if the stroke is not currently dominated by older people? The deadly disease today can affect anyone irrespective of age. Young people who were at the peak of productivity can be targeted of this disease. Now there is a trend that threaten of stroke is productive age, even under 40 years of age. This is related to lazy lifestyle factor, high stress, lack of exercise, fond of eating junk food, smoking and other activities that do not support a healthy lifestyle.

Stroke is a brain attack. This attack occurs when the blood supply changes or brain tissue lack of blood. If within 4 minutes brain cells lack essential nutrients, the cell will die.



There are two kinds of stroke as follows:
1. Ischemic
The accumulation of cholesterol or plaque in the blood vessels which makes the walls of the arteries become abusive and impede blood flow. During the attack the body releases the enzymes to dissolve clots quickly and improve blood flow.


2. Hemorrhagic
This type of stroke occurs when one of the blood vessel in the brain breaks or ruptures. Blood will come out of the tissues and cells, causing brain damage. Generally caused by hypertension, but also can be caused by the swelling of blood vessels due to age or heredity. Although it is rare, but this type of deadly stroke. Young people are generally this type of stroke.

Nearly 40 percent of patients with stroke due to hypertension, so diligently taking supplements or antihypertensive drugs will decrease the risk of stroke, especially accompanied by a healthy lifestyle and avoid stress.

Consuming VCO will improve health and prevent the occurrence of hypertension, especially stroke. VCO will dissolve LDL (low-density lipoproteins) which causes blockage of blood vessels or increase the HDL (high density lipoproteins) which is to protect and prevent the formation of plaque in blood vessels.

VCO Is An Exclusive Product

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Although it has been known for a long time and proved to have many benefits and advantages, still VCO is an exclusive product.  This indicated that the industry community has not been widely used VCO as a raw material. This happens because most of the industry is oriented towards the middle, as the majority of the population who have the purchasing power of a product. When using the VCO as raw material, the quality of their products will increase but the consequence will also increase the price of the product prices.

If the public awareness of the importance of a quality product increase then automatically VCO-based products will be preferred. The good quality VCO  as raw material as well as being one of the determinants of product quality.