What Are Some Different Uses for Coconut Oil?

According to Healthimpactnews.com, there are over 80 different uses for coconut oil. Coconut oil is known as anti-viral, anti-fungal, and helps out a ton with nutrient absorption. It contains anti-inflammatory properties, and it is also anti-microbial. But the main reason why people like to eat coconut oil is that it has such a great taste. My wife loves making eggs using coconut oil. The amount of cooking oil that you should take on a daily basis depends on how much you weigh. If you weigh 180 pounds, you should take four tables of coconut oil every day. If you weigh 100 pounds, you should take 2 ½ tablespoons. Coconut oil tastes great and it is good for cooking. Aside from cooking, there are at least 80 different uses for coconut oil.

Most of these uses are medicinal. When it comes to chapped or cracked skin, coconut oil can help out a lot. It also helps to get rid of Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch, and yeast infections that are all caused by different types of microbial and fungicidal infections.

As far as medicinal uses for mental health go, it helps out in brain development. It also helps out with absorption of vitamins, amino acids, and minerals. In addition, the saturated fats in coconut oil can be turned into cell membranes. In order for your body to function, you need to have healthy cell membranes around each cell in your body. Coconut oil will help you out with that. Extra virgin coconut oil is probably better for digestion than processed coconut oil. This is because when you process it, you still retain all the antimicrobial and antifungal properties that coconut oil has in it.

Coconut oil can also be used to get rid of bug bites. When it is applied directly to a bug bite, it can help stop itching and burning, and aid a lot in the healing process. Not only that, but you can also use coconut oil as an insect repellant. All you do to make an insect repellant out of coconut oil is mix it with a little bit of peppermint oil, and then rub it all over your body. It works great, and you don't even have to use hazardous materials to make an insect repellant.

There really are a ton of people out there that are nuts about virgin coconut oil, and they have good reason for it. Even though coconut oil has been pretty much banned in the US for the last 30 years, it is starting to make a comeback because there are so many people that want to live a more healthy life. They want to get back to the way life was before processed foods started to ruin it. By the way, if you're interested in learning about nutrition, I highly recommend a book by Sally Fallon called "Nourishing Traditions". I haven't read it myself, but my wife has and she raves about it all the time. At first I thought she was just all wacky health nut, but a lot of the things that she says makes sense. I have learned from a lot of my own experiences that eating more healthy, doesn't have to be more expensive, but it does have to take some planning and thought. It is definitely harder to eat healthy, if you have never thought about doing it before.