Health & Fitness
Coconut Oil for Tooth Decay!?
Research from the Society for General Microbiology reports that enzymes in coconut oil inhibit strains of bacteria that cause tooth decay.
Digested coconut oil is able to attack the bacteria that cause tooth decay. The study found that enzyme-modified coconut oil strongly inhibits the growth of most strains of Streptococcus bacteria, including Streptococcus mutans (an acid-producing bacterium that is a major cause of tooth decay).
Society for General Microbiology, September 2012
