Coconut Oil Diet

Health studies have recently shown than extra virgin coconut oil, added to antibiotic therapy, may heal pneumonia in children, faster than antibiotics alone.  The coconut oil was found to relieve the wheezing in the lungs and allow better oxygen saturation in the blood.

The current study included 40 children between the ages of 3 months and 5 years old. All had community acquired pneumonia and were being treated intravenously with antibiotics.  Half of the children were randomized to also receive oral virgin coconut oil in a daily dose of 2 milliliters per every kilogram of weight. The oil was given for three days in a row.

Researchers then found that the respiratory rate normalized in 32.6 hours for the virgin coconut oil group versus 48.2 hours for the control group.   After three days, patients in the control group were more likely to still have crackles than those in the coconut oil group.   60 percent of the controls still had crackles compared to 25 percent of the coconut oil group.