101 Uses for Coconut Oil

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I’ve said before that I am with coconut oil like the dad in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is with windex… I use it for everything. Right now, I have a five gallon bucket of it sitting next to my desk because we use so much and I don’t have anywhere else to keep it…

I love this organic virgin and fair-trade coconut oil from Thrive Market (which is like Costco online but for healthy products). Their coconut oil is 40% off retail. (And Thrive Market sells many other of my favorite products at 30-50% off normal prices!)

Today, I’m sharing my top 101 (yes 101!!) uses for coconut oil:
Uses for Coconut Oil

    In cooking as a great oil with a high smoke point. Great for baking, stir-frys or as a dairy free replacement to butter.
    Added to foods or drinks daily for energy
    As a coffee creamer when emulsified into coffee (The only way I’ll drink coffee)
    On the skin as a basic lotion (or coconut oil lotion bar)
    In homemade lotion bars for soft, smooth skin
    In homemade deodorant or deodorant bars
    As an eye-makeup remover
    As a cloth diaper safe diaper cream (just rub on baby’s bottom)
    In making your own Remineralizing Toothpaste
    To lighten age spots when rubbed directly on the skin
    To prevent stretch marks during pregnancy
    To support healthy thyroid function
    In homemade Mayo without the high PUFA vegetable oils
    To help increase sun tolerance and avoid burning
    As a naturally SPF 4 sunscreen
    In homemade lotion recipes
    To get rid of cradle cap on baby- just massage in to head, leave on for a few minutes and gently rinse with a warm wash cloth
    Topically to kill yeast or yeast infections
    As a delicious tropical massage oil
    It’s high Lauric acid and MCFA content helps boost metabolism
    A tiny dab rubbed on your hands and then through hair will help get rid of frizz
    In homemade soap for laundry
    Mixed with equal parts sugar for a smoothing body scrub (use in the shower)
    Rubbed on lips as a natural chap stick
    Topically, can help skin heal faster after injury or infection
    Directly on the perineum to help heal after birth
    As an incredibly intensive natural conditioner- Rub into dry hair, put a shower cap on and leave for several hours
 

Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism. It also provides relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, and cancer, while helping to improve dental quality and bone strength. These benefits of oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and their respective properties, such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-fungal, antibacterial and soothing qualities.

Coconut oil is used extensively in tropical countries especially India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines etc., which have a good production of coconut oil. At one time, the oil was also popular in western countries like the United States and Canada, but there was a strong propaganda campaign in the 1970s spread by the corn oil and soy oil industry against coconut oil. Coconut oil was considered harmful for the human body due to its high saturated fat content until the last decade (2000s) when people began to question the claims of the propaganda. Next, let’s look into some more details of how coconut oil works in our body.
How is lauric acid used by our body?

The human body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, which is supposedly helpful in dealing with viruses and bacteria that cause diseases such as herpes, influenza, cytomegalovirus, and even HIV. It also helps in fighting harmful bacteria such as listeria monocytogenes and helicobacter pylori, and harmful protozoa such as giardia lamblia.

As a result of these various health benefits of coconut oil, although its exact mechanism of action was unknown, it has been extensively used in Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicinal system. The Coconut Research Center has compiled a list of potential benefits of coconut oil in both traditional and modern medicine.

Before we move on to the benefits of coconut oil in detail, we should first understand its composition.
Composition of Coconut Oil:

More than ninety percent of coconut oil consists of saturated fats (Don’t panic! It’s not as bad as it sounds, read to the end of this review and your opinion may change), along with traces of few unsaturated fatty acids, such as monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Virgin coconut oil is no different from this.

Effective Home Remedies To Treat Gum Diseases

Have you experienced bleeding gums? Are you troubled by sore and swollen gums, toothache and bad breath? Though these ailments don’t appear so serious, they can cause complications if ignored.

So, are there any simple remedies that can treat gum diseases? Well, there are! And this post deals with the top remedies that can help you fight and prevent gum ailments. Want to know what they are? Read on!
1. Tea Tree Oil:

Tea tree oil possesses powerful anti-inflammatory properties that help soothe irritated and inflamed gums. A study published in the Australian Dental Journal in 2008 found that topical application of a tea tree oil gel helped reduce gum bleeding and gingivitis.

All you need to do is add a few drops of tea tree oil to your toothpaste or buy toothpaste with tea tree oil as an ingredient in it. Make sure to brush twice a day, and this should be done for several weeks. The antiseptic and antibiotic properties of tea tree oil help cure localized infections.

Why Is My Hair Too Dry? Get Some Instruction

Having dry hair is the biggest problem and you want to get rid of them by applying some understandable and affordable ways. But you don’t get something like this because it is too hard to get applicable things as you like to shiny hair. Rough massy and dry hair is the biggest problem especial in winter season, so if you want to get rid of roughness and dryness then apply these hair care tips on your hair, I assure you that you will be able to get beautiful and dandruff free hair. Read the given tips as you want something to be careful and applicable.

Why Is My Hair Too Dry? Get Some Instruction

Avocado Oil as a Best Hair Care Product:

It is the best hair care product and will help you to prevent your hair from roughness and dryness. It is full of vitamins and proteins which will help you to get healthier hair as you want to get shiny and straight hair. Make the mask of avocado oil, egg and banana, when the mixture is get ready then apply this mixture on your hair. You have to blend these things in a blender until they get the shape of cake better.

Then apply this mixture on your hair, this mask will help you to get shiny hair and you will also be able to get rid of all the hair problems, it is the biggest hair cure mask. You have to apply this mixture on your hair for ten minutes, and after it washes your hair with some shampoo which you use regularly to wash your hair.

10 Amazing Beauty Tricks With Coconut Oil

Let's work backwards. When you think about the health benefits of coconut oil, we're going to guess that the last thing that comes to mind is rubbing the edible plant grease all over your face. Or your arms. Or your hair. But a growing body of research, countless experts, and an army of natural-beauty devotees swear by the stuff for just about everything. Are they onto something?

Yes, according to our experts. Coconut oil is used in many natural beauty products, and for good reason: It's naturally antibacterial and antifungal, it's an excellent moisturizer, it can penetrate hair better than other oils, and, well, it smells like cookies.

"Yum," says Tieraona Low Dog, MD, director of the fellowship program at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. "Is there anything more luscious than coconut oil?"

We can't think of anything. But we can think of 10 amazing uses for it in your very own home that don't require spending a fortune on store-bought products. In fact, all you need is one thing: Raw (and preferably organic) virgin coconut oil.