“Try these exciting new tips to supercharge your nutritional, health, and beauty habits with that much-loved coconut oil jar in your pantry.“
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The following written content by Colleen Grant
Coconut oil is a true multi-tasker. This laudable oil offers seemingly unlimited benefits—and unlimited ways it can be used. Try these exciting new tips to supercharge your nutritional, health, and beauty habits with that much-loved coconut oil jar in your pantry.
Coconut oil is so much more than the latest culinary craze. We could write an ode to this tropical treasure, waxing poetic about its health properties and beauty benefits. How shall we use thee, coconut oil? Let us count the ways.
1. IMPROVING HEART HEALTH
Before being deemed a culinary darling, coconut oil was said to cause high cholesterol and heart disease because of its saturated fat content. Researchers are now seeing coconut oil in a new light, however, as it may actually promote heart health by boosting our levels of “good” HDL cholesterol.
Opt for virgin, unrefined coconut oil, which contains more nutrients than refined, bleached, or deodorized varieties.
2. COMBATTING STRETCH MARKS
A natural, cost-effective treatment for stretch marks? Yes, please. Some massage therapists and pregnant women report that massaging coconut oil into the skin can help reduce and prevent stretch marks.
Rub coconut oil on affected areas two to three times daily.
3. GUARDING AGAINST DIAPER RASH
Coconut oil can also soothe babies’ diaper rashes. It possesses antibacterial and antifungal properties to help fight infections while calming skin irritation.
4. FIGHTING DRY CUTICLES
Massage coconut oil into your nail beds to combat dry, peeling cuticles. This gentle treatment can leave you with baby-soft hands.
Alternatively, you can soften toes and soles by slathering feet in coconut oil and covering with thick socks or wrapping in a towel for 30 minutes. Read more from Alive.
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