Coconut flour helps you lose weight: discover the benefits and how to make it at home

If you’re thinking about adding fiber to your meals, coconut flour might be a good option. This by-product of coconut water extraction is rich in fiber, while being four times more potent in this sense than oat bran. In addition, washing ground flaxseed and wheat bran also benefits.

Other nutrients that make up coconut flour are protein, calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc🇧🇷 From these nutrient properties, food is able to help control diabetes, reduce cholesterol and collaborate in weight loss, preventing fat accumulation in the body.

If you have diabetes, the low glycemic index of coconut flour can help balance blood sugar levels🇧🇷 Therefore, it is possible to help control the disease. The same fibers are able to help prevent and fight constipation, helping the correct functioning of the intestine and reducing gastrointestinal discomfort.

For those who want to lose weight it is also excellent for the high concentration of soluble and insoluble fibres. When ingested, these substances give you a feeling of fullness for longer, making you less hungry. Another benefit of coconut flour is to avoid storing fat.

“Coconut bran contains significant doses of MCTs (medium chain triglycerides), substances that are not stored as fat, forcing the body to use the accumulated deposit as a source of energy“explains nutritionist Haiana Machado.

Finally, coconut flour also has another advantage: being gluten-free, can be consumed by celiacs and gluten intolerant🇧🇷 This way it becomes a great option for those who follow more restrictive diets, being an alternative to wheat flour in making bread, cakes and cookies, for example.

If you have enjoyed all these benefits of coconut flour and want to ensure them in your daily life, know that it is possible to prepare it at home. You will only need a dry coconut. And the best part is that, during the preparation, you will still have delicious coconut water and milk to use in other recipes! Here’s how to make coconut flour at home:

How to make coconut flour?

You will need it only from the coconut meat. It’s what’s left over after milking the coconut, which is great because this is a recipe that avoids waste. After draining the water and opening the coconut, you need to remove the coconut meat, wash it and dry it. An important tip is to also remove the brown part of the coconut.

Bring all of the coconut “meat,” cut into chunks, to a food processor or blender with warm water. In this process, you will prepare the coconut milk first and then the flour with leftover fibers🇧🇷 After hitting the blender well, strain the milk with a voile or fibrous tissue.

With the residue of this procedure, we will finally prepare our coconut flour. Now, the fibers will be dehydrated🇧🇷 You can do it both in the oven and in the pan. The important thing is to always leave them on low heat to dry them carefully. In the oven, lay the fibers on baking paper and, in the case of a pan, mix with a spatula. The flour shouldn’t be toasted, just lightly browned. It will be ready when it is dry. Have a good time!

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