Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

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Most people are familiar with using coconut oil in cooking. However, it also has a number of other applications that might have you looking at where else it comes in handy.

Coconut oil is great for your heart health. Though it is high in saturated fats, which are traditionally viewed as being unhealthy for the heart, there is indication that coconut oil can actually lower cholesterol levels which ultimately help the heart.

There are a number of other ways to use coconut oil, other than food consumption. It might not help your heart, but they do have other health benefits. Coconut oil has a high lauric acid as well as containing both oleic and linoleic acids. The fatty acids are antibacterial, and assist with mosturizing and cleansing. Which makes this oil great for using on your skin. Get rid of thos harsh soaps and look at removing your makeup with a cotton ball and a dab of coconut oil. You face will no longer feel dryed out afterwords, but mosturized, and it leaves a large amount of antioxidants in your skin. The Antioxidants help to reduce premature aging of you skin.

Another use of coconut oil is to use it as a massage oil and conditioner for your hair and scalp. It acts as a combinational protein treatment and deep moisturizer for yoru hair. Helping not only to nourish your scalp but also repairs and strengthens you hair. Most people pay top dollar for professional treatments when you could spend a few dollars on a jar of organic coconut oil.

When selecting coconut oil, try to find ones that are the least processed. When opening the jar it should have a very pleasant coconut smell. Cold pressed oils retain the highest amoutn of nutrition for you wheter it is used in your body or on your skin.