10 Incredible Ways Coconut Oil Can Improve Your Health

Coconut oil and fresh coconut

I am a huge fan of coconut oil and have been for many years now since I learnt that cooking with vegetable oils (especially to the high temperatures most of us do), is bad news for our health.

You see the thing is most vegetable oils including sunflower and olive oil, are really delicate structurally. So as soon as they are heated to high temperatures, their chemical structure changes and becomes something totally different to the vegetable oil you first knew when it hadn’t been subjected to heat. The end result for vegetable oil is a toxic substance. There is no other word for it.

Coconut oil isn’t like vegetable oils, and is far more robust if you like structurally. Therefore it can withstand high heat when cooking. So this is why skipping the vegetable oils and choosing coconut oil to cook with is the best thing you can do for your health.

Here are 10 more incredible ways organic coconut oil can help keep you healthy:

  1. Acne – Because coconut oil contains natural anti-bacterial agents it can help fight the bacteria that causes acne. Simply dab a little onto the spots themselves each night, and notice how they disappear quickly.
  2. Stretch Marks – Coconut oil is very rich in moisturising agents which is how it can help improve the appearance of stretch marks. Plus it is also high in antioxidants which helps to tackle free radicals that cause premature ageing and skin damage.
  3. Eye Make Up Remover / Make Up Remover – Simply moisten a large cotton pad with about 1 teaspoon size of coconut oil and then watch how as you pull the pad over your eyes/face all your make-up and grime from the day is removed. Leaving your skin clean. Rinse your face after with lukewarm water to remove any oil residue.
  4. Lip Balm – Prevent or treat dry, chapped and dehydrated lips with a tiny dab of hydrating coconut oil. 
  5. Nappy Rash – Coconut oil can help prevent or treat a bad case of nappy rash on your precious baby’s bottom when applied just before a fresh nappy is ready to go on.
  6. De-Wormer – Due to coconut oils natural antibacterial and anti-viral properties, this makes coconut oil an excellent natural de-worming option to help keep nasty parasites from over growing inside your GI tract and causing a whole host of problems for your health. Taking 3 tablespoons of organic extra virgin coconut oil with 2 organic, raw garlic cloves a day, is a great recipe for keeping all kinds of parasites, including ringworm at bay.
  7. Immune Booster – Extra virgin coconut oil is packed full of medium chain triglycerides which are known to enhance the immune system and prepare it for invaders.
  8. Athletes Foot – Again, coconut oil can help resolve a bad case of athletes foot due to its anti-fungal properties if applied several times a day.
  9. Dandruff – Warm a little oil in your hands and then massage into your scalp. Leave it on for 10 minutes, and then wash out as normal with a paraben free shampoo.
  10. Eczema – Coconut oil can clear up eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis in both children and adults if applied several times a day.

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