The coconut oil craze: why everyone's going loco for the coco!

Coconut oil really is a miracle food. It is incredible nourishing, healing, protective and delicious. If you're not already on board the coconut oil band wagon, we'd like to remind you why you should be! 

The health benefits of this wonderfood include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism control, high blood pressure, natural remedy for HIV and cancer. These benefits can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid, and caprylic acid, as well as its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, soothing etc. Coconut oil is simply amazing. 

And it's so easy to add this oil into your diet. Replace vegetable oil, butter or margarine with coconut oil. Replace your fancy moisturizers with coconut oil. Replace your morning cup of tea with hot water and coconut oil. Get it in there. It is delicious and uber healthy! 

Featuring: my three favourite coconut oils, Artisana (RRP $15.00), Tropical Traditions (RRP $20.00) , and Nutiva (RRP $19.00) 

Health benefits of coconut oil include the following:

Hair Care: It helps in healthy growth of hair providing a shinny complexion. Regular massage of the head with coconut oil ensures that your scalp is free of dandruff, even if your scalp is dry. It is an excellent conditioner and helps in the re-growth and nourishing of damaged hair.

Stress Relief: Coconut oil is very soothing and hence it helps in removing stress. Applying coconut oil to the head followed with a gentle massage helps in removing mental fatigue.

Skin Care: It acts as an effective moisturizer on all types of skins. Coconut oil is a safe solution for preventing dryness and flaking of skin. It also delays wrinkles, and sagging of skin which normally become prominent with age. Coconut oil helps in treating various skin problems including psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections.

Weight Loss: Coconut oil is very useful in reducing weight. It contains short and medium-chain fatty acids that help in taking off excessive weight. It is also easy to digest and it helps in healthy functioning of the thyroid and enzymes systems. Further, it increases the body metabolism by removing stress on pancreases, thereby burning out more energy.

Healing/Infections: When applied on infections, it forms a chemical layer which protects the infected body part from external dust, air, fungi, bacteria and virus. Coconut oil is most effective on bruises as it speeds up the healing process by repairing damaged tissues.

So go on - go loco for the coco! xx