1- Deep-conditioning hair treatment
Apply virgin coconut oil to your hair twice a week and leave it overnight. The result will be shinier, healthier hair.
2- Natural Facial Moisturizer
Whether your dry skin is due to aging, excessive sun exposure or harsh household chemicals, virgin coconut oil is a good solution to get that smooth skin back.
3- Makeup remover
Dap a cotton ball or makeup remover pad in coconut oil to easily remove makeup
4- Weight Loss
When it comes to weight loss, metabolism is a big deal, so the faster you can get your metabolism going, the more calories your body will burn. Coconut oil is considered thermogenic, which essentially means that when you eat it, it tends to increase the amount of fat burning going on in your body more so than the other oils that you could be consuming.
5- Healing Sunburn
Virgin coconut oil is a nice, soothing relief for sunburn stings and burning sensations. Applying it regularly treats the sunburns completely and avoids further complications.
6- Faster wound recovery
Apply virgin coconut oil to the wound regularly for several days to speed up its recovery and prevent scaring.
7- Prevents heart disease and high blood pressure
Coconut oil is high in natural saturated fats. Saturated fats not only increase the healthy cholesterol (known as HDL) in your body, but also help prevent the LDL "bad" cholesterol into good cholesterols. By increasing the HDL's in the body, it helps promote heart health, and lower the risk of heart disease.
8- Prevents Gum Disease and tooth decay
Coconut oil has been used for centuries as a way to cleanse the mouth of bacteria and help heal periodontal disease. Coconut oil is one of the most effective oils for oil pulling due to it's high concentration of antibacterial MCFA's. By swishing the oil in your mouth the oil denatures the bacteria and sticks to it. Removing oral bacteria greatly reduces your risk of periodontal disease.
9- Digestive support
Coconut oil is easy to digest and contains compounds that destroy bad bacteria, promote growth of probiotics and kill parasites.
10- Anti-fungal cream
Coconut oil can be used topically to treat athletes foot and skin fungus.
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