Due to how popular coconut has become, everyone is turning to organic coconut oil skin care routine. Almost everyone is now interested in integrating it into their normal skincare routine. Both skin and hair products made from coconut oil are now being produced almost everywhere, every day.
And in many shops around the corner, and even on the Internet, you will find them. But because the advent of coconut skin care is a new concept, how to go about it remains a very challenging and sometimes intimidating process.
In this article, we will discuss how to use organic coconut oil in your skincare regimen. We are also going to discuss the process of application, the benefits, and other uses of coconut oil for both the skin and the body.
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Coconut Oil Overview
Coconut oil has been used especially in the tropics for thousands of years for hydration, etc. If you’re talking about coconut water for the cooking, and oil for the meat, both are often used in smoothies today.
It was called the tree of life because coconuts fed so many people. Over 1,500 medical studies published in Pristina journals have found that coconut oil is beneficial for your health.
In the past, it was controversial because coconut oil contains saturated fat but the thing you need to know here is there are good types of fat and there are bad types of fat.
Benefits of Coconut Oil Fats
The type of saturated fat that’s found in coconut oil is often referred to as MC FAS or MCTS which are medium-chain triglycerides or medium-chain fatty acids. These medium-chain fats are great for your body to burn as energy and it’s easier to digest.
Another big benefit is that it’s not readily stored as fat. So, when consuming other forms of fat, you’re more likely to store them as body fat. Again, if you’re trying to lose weight and you’ve got an issue like diabetes and want to keep your blood sugar levels balanced, this is the ideal fat and oil for you to use.
It’s also antimicrobial and antifungal. Most often today, people get candida buildup in their bodies or have different types of fungal or bacterial infections. Again, coconut oil is anti-bacterial. One of those fats known as lauric acid is one of the unique properties of coconut milk’s medium-chain fatty acids.
Lauric acid has some of the same properties as human breast milk in that it’s antimicrobial. So, what people have done or are doing today, is putting it not in their eyes but on the skin around the eye or on different types of fungal infections to help fight fungus.
Another unique thing about coconut oil, it’s smaller compared to other oils. This is why it’s one of the most preferred oils to use as a moisturizer on your skin. So great benefits there, and here’s the other big thing, it’s processed by the liver which means that it is immediately converted into energy rather than into body fat.
Again, in most fats, our body has to go through a nineteen-step process to break it down and turn it into energy. But here, our body only has to go through a three-step process to use coconut oil for energy.
Medical Benefits of Coconut Oil
Let’s dive right in and talk about using coconut oil to fight chronic disease. Let’s talk about the type of coconut oil you should be buying. When you’re buying coconut oil, you want to buy an unrefined extra-virgin olive oil that is certified organic. That’s the type of coconut oil I recommend you buy.
It Works Against Alzheimer’s
You know Alzheimer’s disease has been quoted as being type 3 diabetes. Oftentimes, it’s related to insulin issues. Here’s the thing going on, something called the coconut ketogenic diet can help fight Alzheimer’s.
A female medical doctor in Florida took care of her husband who had Alzheimer’s and she said, by supplementing with coconut oil in a ketogenic diet, helped him overcome Alzheimer’s naturally. It’s amazing what a high-fat diet with coconut oil can do for the body.
Can Lower Blood Pressure
Here’s the truth – most people are getting too much carbohydrates and sugars in their diet, not near enough fat. Excess sugars and carbohydrates will cause insulin spikes and can cause inflammation.
Consuming more fat like coconut oil can keep blood sugar and blood pressure levels balanced daily.
Fight Inflammation
There are three types of fats that are advisable to be getting more in your diet.
- Medium-chain fatty acids
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Monument saturated fats
Those are the type of fat you want to be getting. All of those have anti-inflammatory properties.
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Fight Against Cancer
These compounds called lauric acid, capric acid, and kepro silic acid specifically fight off Candida in the body, and fungal overgrowth. Some doctors believe that cancer in part acts like a fungus in the body.
Coconut oil has overall potential in fighting cancer, especially if you’re following something more of a coconut ketogenic diet. Again, getting plenty of green leafy vegetables in your diet and herbs like turmeric daily can also be of great help.
Boost Immune System
This is in part, because of how it balances microbes in the body. The health of your microbiome is related to every area of your body. Hippocrates was quoted thousands of years ago saying all disease begins in the gut.
75 percent of your immune system is located in your gut and your digestive tract. Coconut oil, one of my top five foods along with bone broth, helps boost your immune system and supports digestive health.
Enhances Memory and Brain Functionality
You’ve heard me reference the ketogenic diet several times but at this point, coconut oil is a key component of that and when you’re consuming coconut oil or in ketosis, your body starts producing and using something called ketone bodies.
These ketone bodies can be good for the brain and help heal the brain. Again, going on a ketogenic diet, hoping high-end coconut oil is good for brain function as in using certain essential oils like rosemary oil.
Boost Energy and Endurance
Whether you’re a swimmer, a runner, a triathlete or you just do sports regularly or maybe a CrossFit athlete, you want to improve your endurance, when you are doing, especially steady-state cardio, your body sometimes gets in a fat-burning zone.
You also want to make it easy for your body to burn fat for fuel. Coconut oil is the ideal oil and fat for athletes because it’s the type of fat with medium-chain that your body can use the fastest as fuel.
I’ve seen a lot of triathletes do mixtures of coconut oil, honey, and a little sea salt actually as their meal replacement. And cyclists do this when they’re going on a long-distance ride, it’s great for energy and endurance because it helps in the blood sugar levels.
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Improves Digestion
The truth is, a lot of people out there are consuming foods that can cause bad bacteria and Candida to build up in our guts. An example of this is excess sugar consumption, and hydrogenated oils that are genetically modified, all cause inflammation. If you want to heal your gut, you have to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.
Key components of that are bone broth coconut oil and then get some good herbs in your diet like licorice root and ginger root and peppermint. All of those can help improve your digestive function.
Eases Gall Bladder Diseases
Coconut oil is a better choice for those with gallbladder and liver. It’s a great natural high hydrator of the skin. Mixing coconut oil and lavender essential oil, using that to moisturize the skin, or coconut oil, manuka honey, and tea tree oil, rubbing that on the skin and washing it off for acne.
What a great natural scar remedy!!!
Good for Oil Pulling
Another great benefit of coconut oil, it’s my absolute favorite to do coconut oil pulling. Oil pulling has been shown to fight GUM DISEASE. A lot of people don’t know this but the health of your mouth has been correlated with heart disease and the health of your entire body.
So, if you want to fight cavities and reduce gingivitis and gum disease, swish around coconut oil in your mouth for 5 to 20 minutes.
This will be the ideal way to do this, take about 1 teaspoon or tablespoon full, swish it around in your mouth when you’re maybe in the kitchen or shower, and once you get out, spit it out typically not in the sink. You want to put it in the garbage because you don’t want to clog up your sink.
Oil pulling has been used for thousands of years in aromatic medicine to benefit oral health and is even more beneficial than flossing for fighting gum disease and preventing osteoporosis.
Again, the beneficial fats can help with nutrient absorption of fat-soluble vitamins like vitamin D and vitamin k2. So, again we want to absorb more of these coconut oils, as they can help fat-soluble vitamin absorption.
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Improves Type Two Diabetes
Again, the key to that is balancing insulin. Here’s a secret you need to know if you have diabetes or in general if you want to lose weight or stay younger and longer, here are the things you want. In every meal, you want to reduce sugar and carb consumption.
You want to consume:
- Fat
- Fiber
- Protein
Those three things in every meal and then some antioxidants like some herbs. You should be doing that in every meal and your blood sugar levels will be balanced. You will see some great results in diabetes quickly.
Weight Loss
Coconut oil for weight loss is one of the secret ingredients that are ketogenic diet or a diet that’s rich in plants and wild meats, is a great way to lose weight fast. Let me say for weight loss, a tablespoon a day especially using it as your main cooking oil or in smoothies, is the best way to get more coconut oil here are some ways you can use coconut oil starting right now: –
Healthy popcorn
Buy some non-GMO certified organic popcorn, cook it up in a pot as you used to, and not in the microwave but, on a stovetop. Pour on some coconut oil and some Himalayan sea salt, absolutely delicious.
You can use it as a creamer in your coffee!
Make what I call keto coffee. That is coffee and some coconut oil. You can also add in some ghee or grass-fed butter, delicious coffee, and a smoothie as a nutrient booster.
Skincare Benefits of Coconut Oil
Skin moisturizer
Again, mixing coconut oil with essential oils such as geranium and lavender can help hydrate the skin.
Natural makeup remover
Coconut oil pulling as we mentioned earlier. Now when you do oil pulling, here’s a secret: use a teaspoon of coconut oil and then put several drops of essential oils like myrrh or clove, or peppermint in as part of your oil-pulling routine.
A cellulite solution mixing coconut oil with grapefruit essential oil, rubbing it on your skin rigorously or in circular motions, and right up and down on an arrow or area where you have cellulite, for two minutes, can be effective at reducing the appearance of cellulite.
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Great for stretch marks
You’ll want to mix either coconut oil with juniper oil or another good one to do it. You can use frankincense oil as well. Again, it is good for stretch marks and also great to remove gum from your hair.
If you have kids and that happens, what you need to do is take a look at all the benefits of coconut oil below, it can help in: –
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Blood pressure
- Inflammation
- Cancer
- Immune system
- Health
- Brain function
- Endurance
- Digestion
- Gall bladder disease
- Skin health
- Oral Health
- Osteoporosis
- Type-2 diabetes
- Weight loss
Conclusion
Taking from the above-mentioned advantages of coconut oil, there’s just no reason you shouldn’t be getting coconut oil in your diet right now. Again, when buying coconut oil, make sure it’s certified organic and extra virgin coconut oil that’s not refined.
You want the real stuff, the good stuff that’s not processed. Again, it’s great for cooking and DIY recipes. You can switch out your other cooking oil and start using coconut oil instead throughout the day.