| Why is coconut oil the best oil for your
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| | lotions, creams and lip balms. If you
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| skin?
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| | use a lotion, or cream with a refined oil
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| Coconut oil is great as a skin
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| | in it you are in fact causing your skin
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| moisturiser. A study shows that extra
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| | to age faster. The lotion, though it may
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| virgin coconut oil is as powerful and
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| | bring temporary improvement will actually
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| safe as mineral oil when used as a
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| | accelerate the aging of the skin and even
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| moisturiser, with absence of adverse
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| | develop skin cancer through the free
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| reactions.
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| | radicals that are readily formed from
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| The coconut oil will aid in removing the
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| | the refined vegetable oil.. The oil our
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| outer layer of dead skin cells, making
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| | bodies produce is called sebum. Sebum is
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| the skin smoother. The skin will become
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| | secreted by oil glands (sebaceous glands)
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| more evenly textured with a healthy
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| | located at the root of every hair as well
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| "shine". While doing this the coconut
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| | as other places. This oil is very
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| oil will penetrate into the deeper layers
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| | important to skin health. It softens and
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| of the skin and strengthen the underlying
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| | lubricates the skin and hair and prevents
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| tissues. Coconut Oil can help to keep
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| | the skin from drying and cracking. Sebum
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| the skin from developing liver spots, and
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| | also contains medium chain fatty acids,
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| other blemishes caused by aging and over
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| | in the form of medium chain
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| exposure to sunlight.
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| | triglycerides, that can be released to
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| Most commercial creams and lotions are
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| | fight harmful germs.
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| mainly water. Their moisture is quickly
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| | Pure virgin coconut oil is the best
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| absorbed into dry, wrinkled skin. As the
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| | natural ingredient for skin lotion
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| water enters the skin, it expands the
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| | available. It prevents destructive
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| tissues, like filling a balloon with
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| | free-radical formation and has protection
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| water, so that wrinkles fade away and the
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| | against them. It helps to keep
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| skin feels smoother. But this is only
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| | connective tissues tough and supple so
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| temporary. As soon as the water
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| | that the skin doesn't sag and wrinkle.
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| evaporates or is carried away by the
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| | In some cases it might even restore
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| blood stream, the dry, wrinkled skin
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| | damaged or diseased skin. The oil is
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| returns. No matter how hard you try
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| | absorbed into the skin and into the cell
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| people will never be able to permanently
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| | structure of the connective tissues,
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| cure dry, wrinkled skin with any
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| | limiting the damage excessive sun
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| commercial body lotion or body care
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| | exposure can cause. Coconut oil will not
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| merchandise. In addition to water, most
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| | only bring temporary relief to the skin,
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| lotions have an oil of some type. This
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| | but it will aid in healing and repairing.
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| oil is almost always a highly refined
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| | It will have lasting benefits, unlike
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| vegetable oil deficient of all natural
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| | most lotions. It can help bring back a
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| protective antioxidants. One product in
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| | youthful appearance.
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| our food supply and in body care products
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| | Coconut oil for your scalp and scalp
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| that leads to a great deal of free
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| | What coconut oil can do for your skin it
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| radicals is oxidized vegetable oils.
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| | can do for your hair.
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| Cocout Oil is not like other oils used
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| | In India and Sri Lanka, coconut oil is
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| to soften rough, dry skin. It will help
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| | commonly used for styling hair, and
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| to reduce chronic skin inflammation
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| | cooling or soothing the head and offer
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| within days and be soothing and healing
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| | stress relief.
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| to wounds, blood blisters, rashes, etc.
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| | It is wonderful to use as a hair
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| Our skin is made up of connective
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| | conditioner.
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| tissues. These tissues give our skin
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| | What coconut oil can do for your skin it
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| strength and elasticity. When we are
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| | can do for your hair.
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| young and healthy the skin is smooth,
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| | The protective environment of the skin
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| elastic and supple. This is the effect
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| | and how coconut oil helps
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| of tough connective fibers. As we age
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| | Our skin is home to many tiny organisms,
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| their fibers are continually subjected to
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| | most of which are harmless; some are
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| free-radical attack which breaks them
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| | beneficial. At least one variety of
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| down. As a result, connective tissues
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| | bacterium is essential to the healthy
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| become hardened and lose both elasticity
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| | environment on our skin. It feeds on the
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| and strength. The skin loses its
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| | sebum, breaking down the tryglycerides
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| capability to hold itself together and
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| | into free fatty acids. The bacteria
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| begins to sag and become wrinkled. Once
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| | actually feed on the glycerol part of the
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| young, soft and smooth the skin turns dry
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| | triglyceride. This leaves fatty acids
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| and leathery.
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| | which are now "freed" from the glycerol
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| The ideal lotion is one that is made from
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| | unit that held them together. Medium
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| an oil that not only softens the skin,
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| | chain fatty acids which are bound to the
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| but protects it against damage, promotes
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| | glycerol unit as they are in coconut oil
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| healing and gives it a more youthful,
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| | have no antimicrobial properties.
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| healthy appearance. Coconut oil fits
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| | However, when they are broken apart into
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| that description.
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| | free fatty acids, they become tough
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| Once a free-radical reaction is started
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| | antimicrobials.
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| it can cause a chain reaction which
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| | So these bacteria convert the medium
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| produces more free radicals, which
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| | chain triglycerides (in the sebum or on
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| ultimately damages thousands of
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| | the skin) into free fatty acids that can
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| molecules. The only way our body has to
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| | kill disease-causing bacteria, viruses,
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| fight them is with antioxidants. When a
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| | and fungi. The combination of the
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| free radical comes into contact with an
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| | slightly acid pH and medium chain fatty
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| antioxidant, the chain reaction is
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| | acids has a protective chemical layer on
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| stopped. For this reason, it is good to
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| | the skin that prevents infection from
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| have plenty of antioxidants in our cells
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| | disease-causing organisms. Due primarily
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| and tissues to protect us. The number of
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| | to the action of bacteria, the oil on the
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| antioxidants we have in our tissues is
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| | surface of your skin and hair is composed
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| determined to a large extent by the
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| | of between 40 and 60 percent free fatty
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| nutrients in our diet. Having
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| | acids. The medium chain fatty acids in
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| anti-oxidants in skin care products is
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| | the sebum offer the protective layer on
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| important, too. Dr. Ray Peat, a
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| | the skin that kills harmful germs.
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| biochemist who has written about the
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| | Coconut oil is nature's richest source of
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| antioxidant properties of coconut oil,
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| | medium chain fatty acids.
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| states "It is well established that
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| | When coconut oil is put on the skin it
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| dietary coconut oil reduces our need for
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| | doesn't have any immediate antimicrobial
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| vitamin E, but I think its antioxidant
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| | action. However, when bacteria which are
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| role is more general than that, and that
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| | always present on the skin turn these
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| it has both direct and indirect
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| | triglycerides into free fatty acids, just
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| antioxidant activities." Virgin Coconut
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| | as it does with sebum, the result is an
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| Oil is especially useful in fighting
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| | increase in the number of antimicrobial
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| free-radicals, as it is unrefined and
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| | fatty acids on the skin and protection
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| hasn't been extracted of any of its
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| | from infection. The free fatty acids
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| natural components through the refining
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| | also help to contribute to the acid
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| process.
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| | environment on the skin which repels
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| Conventional body care goods that are
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| | disease causing germs. Coconut Oil is
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| made with refined vegetable oils which
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| | an brilliant ingredient to use in healing
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| have all the antioxidants extracted from
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| | salves and ointments. People have used a
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| them are highly prone to free-radical
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| | coconut oil/crushed garlic mixture at
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| generation both in and outside the body.
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| | night to eliminate plantar warts and
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| That is why eating processed vegetable
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| | athlete's foot with brilliant results.
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| oils can cause a deficiency in vitamin E
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| | In the making of soaps, the soap does not
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| and other antioxidants. The antioxidants
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| | have a tallow smell nor the smell of a
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| are used up fighting off free radicals
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| | vegetable oil. Instead, it has a nice
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| causing permanent damage to connective
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| | fresh smell and yields a nice fluffy
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| tissues. This is also the reason why you
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| | lather. Coconut oil is one of the most
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| should be careful about the type of oils
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| | popular oils used in soap making.
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| you use on your skin, and in your
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