Coconut Oil Fights Deadly Yeast Infections, Study Suggests [1]

[2]Sayer Ji, Green Med Info [3]
Waking Times

A common food oil has been found to have potent antifungal properties that could literally save lives. 

The coconut palm is perhaps the world's most widely distributed and versatile food-medicine, and has been prized and even revered by indigenous cultures for a wide range of health complaints [4] since time immemorial. Increasingly, scientific evidence is emerging validating [5] its traditionally ascribed health benefits, and more, including supporting brain health [6], protecting the heart [7], and even reducing stress and depression [8].

Now, a new study led by researchers at Tufts University has found that coconut oil is highly effective at controlling the overgrowth of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans in mice.