Reasons to Love Monolaurin, Part 2

Powerful, Broad-Spectrum, Antiviral Activity

This is Part 2 of my series professing my love for monolaurin, a substance made from coconut oil which has extraordinarily broad antimicrobial activity—Against bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. Yet precise when it needs to be, it spares the beneficial bacteria of our microbiome. The breadth and selectivity of its reach is impressive, but how it works is even more so—Not at all like antibiotics, it doesn’t allow for the development of antimicrobial resistance.

It’s no wonder that monolaurin is naturally occurring in breast milk, to lend a helping hand when our immune systems are under-developed. This inexpensive, over-the-counter supplement truly is a little marvel of evolution.

For context, please start reading in Part 1, where I give an overview of monolaurin, my personal experience with it, and describe its discerning antibiotic action against almost exclusively disease-causing bacteria. Here in Part 2, I’ll review its antiviral activity, which is kind of awe-inspiring.

I’d planned on including its antifungal, antiparasitic, and immunomodulatory effects here as well, but I ran out of room—The viral contribution to chronic illness is just so large that it became an article unto itself—So I’m looking forward to including the antifungal, antiparasitic, and immunomodulatory data in Part 3. Hopefully it will fit and I won’t need a Part 4~

“Tripledemic”

As of this writing, emergency rooms have been crowded with a surge of patients suffering from respiratory viral infections, largely influenza and RSV. Add in another wave of Covid and you’ve got what they’re calling a ‘tripledemic’—Covid, flu, and RSV:

“Hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with Covid, flu and RSV cases in a situation that’s pushing doctors and nurses to the brink.”

If only there was a cheap, safe, over-the-counter product that had antiviral activity against all three of these viruses. If only…