The Benefits of Coconut Oil

The Benefits of Coconut Oil

The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism and a lot more.

Hair Care: 

Coconut oil is one of the best natural nutrition for hair. It helps in healthy growth of hair providing them a shiny complexion. Coconut oil is used in the Indian Culture for hair care. Most of the people in these countries apply coconut oil on their hair daily after bath. It is an excellent conditioner and helps in the re-growth of damaged hair. It also provides the essential proteins required for nourishing damaged hair. 

It’s also really good applying coconut oil when going to the pool or to the beach. 

                                                                                                            

Skin Care:

Coconut oil is excellent massage oil for the skin as well. It acts as an effective moisturizer on all types of skins including dry skin. It prevents wrinkles and sagging of skin which means Coconut it helps in preventing premature aging and degenerative diseases due to its antioxidant properties.

Role of Coconut Oil in Acne treatment: So, what is role of coconut oil in Acne treatment? Coconut Oil is the source of two of the most powerful anti-microbial agents found in any food substances. These are Capric Acid and Lauric Acid. They are the same acids that are found in mother’s milk and keep the baby protected from infections. When these are applied on skin, some microbes (good ones) present on skin convert these acids into Monocaprin and Monolaurin respectively, thereby replacing the protective acid layer on the skin. So, no microbial infection and no Acne.

By Patricia Viriato !!!!!