How Coconut Oil Might Combat Tooth Decay

Coconuts are among the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet and have been a dietary staple for millennia. Western science is now “playing catch-up” to what natives of tropical regions have known for thousands of years. One of the reasons coconut is so special is that it’s a natural antimicrobial food. Coconut, especially its oil, is a powerful destroyer of all kinds of microbes, from viruses to bacteria to protozoa, many of which harm human health. Researchers at the Athlone Institute of Technology’s Bioscience Research Institute in Ireland have discovered that coconut oil’s biocidal properties can be effective against the bacteria responsible for tooth decay.