Philippine and Canadian Scientists in isolated studies have found that chemical principles found in coconut oil can not only destroy the HIV (AIDS), as well as inhibiting the development of the virus and a viral load.
The Philippine Foundation for Research and Development Coco, together with the Hospital Saint Lazarus and United Laboratories, held in 1999 the first HIV testing / AIDS made in the Philippines. The tests involved 15 patients of the Hospital São Lázaro with HIV in the early stages of development of the virus.
The tests sought to determine whether basically monolaurin, a derivative of lauric acid, would be responsible for CD4 + cell increase and the reduction of the viral load in a patient not detectable stage. CD4 cells are the first line of defense of the body against disease and infection, but they are also the first to be attacked by HIV. Viral load is the amount of virus in the blood.
Dr. Conrado Dayrit, president of the Academy of National Sciences and Technology and PCRDF Council member, in an earlier statement, said that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is surrounded by a fatty membrane that Monolaurin can penetrate and maim quickly after ingestion. The monolaurin destroys the membrane that surrounds the virus by a softening process. “If this happens, the virus dies,” said Dr. Dayrit.
Romulo Conde, technical supervisor PCRDF, said the results were promising, but to satisfy the scientific community, need more concrete conclusions. “It is not good to draw conclusions in half,” he added. . He said that the tests will continue next year . In another article, published in the “Indian Coconut Journal” in September 1995, Dr. Enig stated: “Recognition of the antimicrobial activity of monolaurin has been recorded since 1966. The work embryo can be credited to Jon Kabara. This previous research has been directed to the virucidal effects because of possible problems related to food preservation. Some of the early work of Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) that showed the virucidal effects of monolaurin on enveloped viruses in RNA and DNA were prepared in conjunction with the Public Service Disease Control Center of American Health, with selected prototypes or recognized as involved large rigidity of lipid membranes. ” Dr. Enig stated in her article that Monolaurin, whose precursor is lauric acid, destroys the lipid membrane surrounding the virus and becomes inactive bacteria, yeasts and fungi.
She wrote: “Of the saturated fatty acids, lauric acid has greater antiviral activity than caprylic acid (C10) and myristic (C14).The action attributed to monolauryl is that it solubilizes the lipids contained in the virus envelope, causing the destruction of this envelope. ” In India, coconut oil is administered to calves in the treatment of cryptosporidium, as reported by Lark Lands, Ph.D., in his book, “Positively Well”.
Despite not having been mentioned by Enig, HHV-6A is a virus that has a wraparound cover which is expected to disintegrate in the presence of lauric acid and / or manolaurina.
According to Dr.. Enig, HIV, measles virus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), herpes simplex (HSV-1) virus, visna, cytomegalovirus (CMV), Influenza, pneumovirus, foamy virus and rubella diseases are some that have the activity inhibited by Monolaurin. Some bacteria, including Listeria,Staphylococcus aureus , Streptococcus agalactiae ,Streptococci of Groups A, B, F and G, grain-positive and grain-negative organisms, become inactive by the action of monolaurin.
References http://www. enig.com http://www. lauric. org http://www. coconutoil. com http://www. pubmed. com
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