Once again, research into the health benefits of coconut oil is mainly being done outside of the U.S., primarily in coconut-producing countries. For those seeking to use coconut oil for therapeutic value, always seek the highest quality virgin coconut oil possible.
Adding coconut oil to your blended cold drinks is one way to get your daily dose of coconut oil without it being bothersome or boring.
Coconut oil has quickly risen to be a popular and ideal cooking oil. However, not everyone is a fan of the flavor. Learn how to select a tasteless coconut oil for your cooking.
Due to the increasing popularity of coconut oil and its healing properties, WebMD now has a listing for coconut oil. WebMD allows users to comment their experiences with coconut oil. Read what they have to say.
Why add coconut oil into your fitness routine? Coconut oil is a rich source of MCTs (medium chain triglycerides), a high-energy fuel that the body uses to prevent muscle loss, but take off body fat.
Coconut oil makes fantastic homemade chocolate. With just a few extra ingredients, coconut oil will morph into an impressively smooth, rich dark chocolate.
Coconut oil’s healing, antibacterial, and cleansing properties take on an entirely new personality when used topically, making it the ideal item to add to your skincare and personal grooming regimes.
Coconut oil is well known for being rich in health benefits for people, but this product is also highly beneficial for dogs and cats as well, and for pretty much all of the same reasons it’s great for humans.
Snacking is something nearly everyone does and likes to do. It’s fun, easy, and can give you that extra mood lift or energy boost when you need it in the middle of the day. Unfortunately, mindless snacking can also lead to a lot of unhealthy habits such as feeding a sugar addiction. The body often craves foods and drinks that will boost energy and sugar is usually the most readily available source. Perhaps the best alternative you should be reaching for, instead of something loaded with processed sugary carbs, is coconut oil. Coconut oil is incredibly easy to work with, versatile, and can (and will) boost your energy, mood, and health the more you eat it and continue eating it in place of less healthy junk food snacks.
Getting more coconut oil into your regular meals and drinks can be a bit challenging to those new to the product, but it’s actually a lot easier than you’d think. Learn how to add coconut oil to your hot and cold drinks.
In the video above, Joe Mancaruso explains how he beat stage 4 lung cancer with a ketogenic diet, exercise, and positive living. Research shows the ketogenic diet literally starves cancer cells.
A new study is to be published written by a psychiatrist working for a VA hospital educating other psychiatrists on how to protect their patients against the "dangerous" side effects from coconut oil and other natural supplements.
Deodorants can be among the most toxic skin care products on the market. You can make your own non-toxic deodorant with virgin coconut oil and essential oils with this easy recipe!
There is a lot of misinformation on the Internet regarding the differences between MCT oil and coconut oil. Is MCT oil better than coconut oil, as many bloggers today would like you to believe? How can a product that has the most famous and most dominant medium chain fatty acid (lauric acid) removed from the original product be considered "better"? How many people realize that "MCT oil" is simply a by-product of coconut oil after the more valuable lauric acid has been removed?
Making your own coconut oil body butters at home is easier than you might think. You can customize them to suit your own preferences by varying the essential oils you use.
Coconut oil has a wide range of uses and is also beneficial for our pets. Learn the top 10 uses for coconut oil and horses, including improved gut health, coat, mane, and tail conditioner, and much more!
The results of research published in April 2014 in the Journal of Medical Mycology demonstrated the benefits of using essential oils, mixed into a base of sweet almond oil and coconut oil, for treating Malassezia dermatitis.
Previously, we brought you the story of a 74-year-old man suffering from Parkinson’s disease and his remarkable testimonial of how coconut oil changed his life. He took an online “straw poll” of other Parkinson’s sufferers and their experiences in using coconut oil.
Researchers in India extracted antioxidants unique to virgin coconut oil from the oil and injected them into rats with arthritis. They found that the coconut oil antioxidants reduced inflammation associated with arthritis more effectively than drugs.
When we shipped the first "virgin coconut oil" from the Philippines into the U.S. back in 2001, there were only two other commercially available coconut oils being sold as edible oils in the U.S. market. Coconut oil was certainly not popular 13 years ago and there were few choices. If you were using coconut oil as dietary oil back then, chances are you were getting your information about fats and oils from Dr. Mary Enig. Many of her writings have been featured in the Weston A. Price Foundation over the years. Today, one has a plethora of choices when it comes to purchasing coconut oil. So what I am going to do in this article is give you an insider view of the current market, without mentioning any specific brands. Not all coconut oils are produced the same way and the type of coconut oil you purchase will depend on what you plan to do with it. But first, in order to make an intelligent decision about which coconut oil best suits your needs, you need to understand what is currently in the market, and how they differ.
