Benefits of Coconut Oil

 Home remedies make the world go round. A current trend is the use of coconut oil, a natural oil that comes from the meat of, obviously, coconuts. Coconut oil can be used as an alternative to butter/shortening as well as a creamer for coffee, but can also have strong beauty and health benefits.

When you add coconut oil to your daily diet...

• 2 tablespoons consumed a day for 12 weeks will help with weight loss
• Mixed with hot tea can heal the common cold and flu
• Mixed with hot ginger tea can reduce nausea
• Help reduce anxiety and depression
• A tablespoon taken before a meal can improve digestion
• Can increase mental alertness
• Prevent/ reduce Alzheimer's

When you apply it externally...

• Used on the skin for basic lotion.
• Eye makeup remover.
• Can be used in making a remineralizing toothpaste.
• Used on skin to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy.
• Can help increase sun tolerance to prevent sunburn (also has SPF 4)
• Can kill a yeast/ yeast infections.
• A small amount ran through hair can reduce frizz.
• When mixed with apple cider vinegar, is a natural treatment for lice.
• Is a natural lip balm.
• Mixed with sugar or baking soda to make a body scrub.

Products tend to be filled with chemicals and tested on animals. And although the chemicals may or may not do well on for you personally, humans are natural beings so why not use more natural products when dealing with our skin or diet.

Hence coconut oil.

Live well pizza bites.

-Chaney Shaw

(Disclaimer: This post has been published on an online newspaper source already but I am the owner and writer of this piece. I can't plagiarize my own writing.)