I have bought some coconut oil and the jar is almost gone. I would say that only 1/4 remains. I started to use the coconut oil for my hair. Then when we ran out of lotion, I started using coconut oil for my skin. It absorbs quick enough and melts easily in my hand. I also wanted to add some coconut oil to my conditioner. Have you experimented with coconut oil?
I only use coconut oil for the so called hot oil treatment. The oil is heated and with the use of a dispenser, it is applied directly onto the scalp. And then the scalp is massaged for about 30 minutes. And another 30 minutes of resting before the hair is shampooed. For an easier hot oil treatment, just apply the oil on your scalp and use the hair dryer to heat the oil on the scalp. That is very effective in controlling dandruff.
Apparently, there are a million and one ways to use coconut oil. I've yet to try it, but I hear about it all the time. Our chiropractor just suggesting taking one teaspoon of coconut oil a day to help with joint pain.
I use coconut oil in a multitude of different ways, currently. But even with all of the ways that I am currently using it, there are a million other ways to use it that I haven't even begun to scratch the surface on yet. Right now, I am mostly cooking with it. I use it instead of butter, and that is to cook with and to use to spread on toast. It acts just like butter. Many people use it for their skin, and some people even use it to get healthier teeth.
I use it in cooking, but only if necessary. Which is rare. I get my fats from whole sources, I don't believe oils are healthy, but to each their own. It won't kill me to use it once in a while lol, but now that I'm used to not using it, when I do, I don't like what it does to the food. I will also occasionally use the tiniest amount to smooth out my hair.. anymore and it dries it out. But that's about it. For most of the things people swear by it for, a healthy diet does a far better job.
We currently don't have one at home, but I would like to try it for my hair. If I'm satisfied with the results then I will use it regularly instead of my usual conditioner.
I've tried it for cooking but wasn't particularly impressed with it. For one thing, the cost of coconut oil has skyrocketed with it's recent popularity. A jar or even a small spray can of it cost nearly $7 where I live, which is nuts, because I could buy several bottles/cans of Canola oil or Canola spray oil for that much. Supposedly one benefit of it is the higher cooking temperature it can sustain, but depending on what variety you buy, some of them can impart a rather strong coconut flavor which doesn't go well with many dishes. For example, I could definitely taste the coconut when using it to scramble or fry eggs and the flavors didn't pair well. I suppose if you were making Thai or Indian dishes, it would be more fitting.
We have a bottle of coconut oil in the kitchen which I have been using as a moisterizer for my hands when I wash the dishes. I would not know what to use if for in cooking. It works ok on my dry hands but I am not that impressed with the coconut oil.
Like most of you I do use coconut oil for cooking adding it to my other oils to make my food crispier. I don't use coconut oil for my hair at all. A nurse recommended it to my Mother who suffers from dry skin. This treatment of rubbing coconut oil the organic and virgin type of oil only on skin did help my Mother. Then I watched Dr. Oz who had a skin specialist who recommended olive oil for very dry skin. Both helps my Mother a lot. Mom was not a lotion person. On the other hand I'm a lotion person and so was my Aunt who passed and she was older than my Mother by 2 years and had very soft young looking skin. My Aunt used baby lotion all her life. We drink coconut oil daily for therapeutic purposes to avoid diabetes 2 and it's working. It works so much with coconut oil consumption and changing our diet and exercising that my Mother's doctor stop her meds for diabetes 2 completely! Check with your doctor first before trying anything new though. We like coconut oil for cooking, remedies and stopping diabetes 2.
I use it to cook and I also use it on my elbows and on my hands. It is a great moisturizer and I wish more people would use it instead of lotion. Lotion has so many chemicals in it.
So far, I've used it on my very dry feet, as an eye cream when I feel my eyes need it, on my hands, my body, my hair, my face and cuticles. It seems to well wonders and sinks right in, leaving no residue or tacky feeling whatsoever. I love it, but get very lazy, so I haven't been using it as regularly as I should.
You don't believe oils are healthy? I use coconut oils to cook everything these days, but I am still transitioning into this healthy eating lifestyle thing, so it is not perfect yet. But I am using coconut oil for butter and to cook fish and for everything else more or less. What other healthy sources do you get your fats from. Fish and stuff?
No, I'm vegan.. nothing with a mother lol. Or any other product made from them (milk, eggs, cheese etc).. it's all inhumane. Actually, especially fish.. since y'know, they can't scream or anything. Humans are awful :/ Most recipes that call for oil don't need any at all. I'm actually much preferring it without these days. It gives me a whole new appreciation for my food. My fat sources are all plant based (the whole food.. your fat is best absorbed with the rest of the nutrients it was grown with.. but instead we extract just the fat and poor it all over our food lol). And no, I don't think oils are healthy, but you'll find science to back up both sides; you'd just have to decide what you think makes the most sense to you. I personally believe the further from whole we get, the unhealthier it gets. You'd just have to look at the studies on the effects of certain foods on the body.. especially the heart and digestive system, of which there are plenty. This is where science lets us all down.. both sides of everything is so compelling, so just do your best, don't worry and do what works for you. As long as you're trying and eating real food the majority of the time, you're doing well
Much as using extra virgin coconut oil is currently an extremely popular trend - I haven't tried it or even been tempted to either. Mainly because - not only can the oils I already use - extra virgin olive oil for cooking and extra virgin argan oil for all my hair and beauty needs - do everything and more that coconut oil is said to do for a fraction of the cost - but more importantly - I'm not particularly keen on the idea of using an oil either on my skin or for cooking - that is known to be high in saturated fat.
I have yet to try coconut oil for cooking, and to be honest, I don't think I will be either. I've always used Extra virgin Olive oil, and I really like it. So I don't see any reason to change that. I will continue experimenting with coconut oil for cosmetic purposes and nothing more than that.
Oh ok. I learn something new about you every day lol. I have been cooking and eating more or less nothing but fish and vegetables over the last couple of weeks, even though they say that you should only only have a certain amount of portions of fish a week :/ Thank you so much for this information My body seems to respond very well to the coconut oil that I have been using in most of my recipes. I did have some Pizza the other night though, and I had terrible diarrhea. So no more pizza for me Lol. I am trying to eat real food most of the time, and thank you for your reassurance
Yikes.. do you think it was the cheese? And you're welcome We all react differently to foods. At least immediately.. it's always good to know long term effects on the human body though. But like I said, it's not going to kill anyone to use it.. I use both olive and coconut when I find it easier or beneficial to the recipe.. I just don't use it often (or even "in moderation" lol). There are some people that absolutely shouldn't use it though (I'm thinking at this point, that's most people) because of certain conditions due to the western diet,.. but otherwise healthy people; go for it. Now that you know I'm vegan, are you ready to write me off? lmao.. apparently we're all crazy, militant, red paint throwers
I have no idea what it was. I noticed this a while back. I purchased a Hawaiian style pizza months back now, and it caused me to have diarrhea then too. That was the first time that pizza had done that, and it has been doing it ever since. It is crazy. Never used to happen before. There was olive oil here, but I will not use it. I use the coconut oils instead because of the health benefits that are associated with it. I'd written you off a long time ago, so you being Vegan does not change anything lol.
I personally witnessed my mother and grandmother used coconut oil as an alternative foot spa treatment for their feet. It seems like a weekend beauty ritual for both of them. I've noticed that their skin is so smooth and rejuvenated, I can't even tell the difference from those that receive spa treatment on expensive spa centers. Other than that, my dad would always prefer coconut oil whenever he wanted to have a back rub, and there are hundreds of medically related studies about the healing wonders of coconut oil.
LOL nice! Crap.. where's my red paint now?? I'd put money on the cheese, but who knows.. it started effecting me like that too, when I had eaten it regularly until then without issue. It's not a good food in my opinion.
