Health Benefits of Coconut Oil | Organic Coconut Oil

sureshrajan - suresh-i often have head ache

2010-03-10 17:20:55

My work is nightshift,i have head ache, my wife use to put me my hair with coconut oil whether it is good r not kindly reply me.
thanking you

Ian	2010-03-09 07:07:46

We keep our home made coconut oil in the fridge, and each day we cut off a chunk and give to our baby girl (now 10 months) She keeps the piece in her month as it melts and she wants more everyday. I should add she is very healthy - no doctors visits in 10 months.

tippy - blood clots

2010-03-07 19:12:09

i have had blood clots and on blood thinners.taking this wont make me get blood clots will it.

Mariana

2010-03-07 02:36:26

Why dont you just try it. No harm. I use coconut oil in my cooking and I have noticed a great difference in my wieght and a great difference in my children's health. They rarely get sick compared to before. I thinks its great and it feels good on the skin when you bath and pat dry.

Sara - Continous Braiding

2010-03-06 22:32:35

Coconut oil will help, but you need to provide the nutrient to help your body.

Nutritional yeast(NY) is a nature source of B complex - you can take addition biotin if you would like. Personally, I would use Fo-ti in additional to the NY.

Your hair also needs protein. I use Hemp, and occasionally, I purchase a product that has Hemp, pea, brown rice protein and few other ingredient from the health food store.

I, also use some products from India which all have Coconut oil as the main ingredient.

I purchase this one locally http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=nyle+hai r+oil&tag=googhydr-
20&index=aps&hvadid=4284698919&ref=pd_sl_74ppku8c3 q_b

http://www.herbalsalon.com/vacohaoilwih.html

If you cannot find the above products - Neem oil is good too, most health food store have it..the smell is not that great, but mix it with coconut oil.

I apply the oil before shampoo...most recommend leaving it on overnight. I do not, because I don't want the oil on my pillow.

BLESSING - Hair growth.

2010-03-06 10:32:56

Sara,

My front hair is gone due to contineous braiding.Can Coconut oil make my hair come back?. Please reply.

bell - skincare

2010-03-05 04:13:19

before i started using coconut oil as a moisterizer, i had pimples and dark spots on the cheek areas of my face. I used it daily and within a week, i noticed a difference in my skin. its been about 6 months now and i havent had any breakouts and my complextion is completely even and glowing!!! i love it and will never go back to using anything else

esther st.marie

2010-03-04 17:30:36

i have being taking coconut oil on a daily basis and i can see a positive result,after three weeks.

Sara - Dark Circle

2010-02-28 18:26:11

Dark circles around the eyes can be from a number of conditions: Iron deficiency, parasites, toxic liver kidney and colon.

Coconut oil & fresh lemon juice can be used when you have time to rest and stay close to a bathroom. It is a great colon cleanse.....psyillum husk, flax seed meal, hemp seed meal, etc are a must to scrub the colon wall.

Sara - Hair growth

2010-02-28 18:21:10

Coconut oil will help with hair growth, if your diet is supplying the body with enough good protein, minerals and vitamins. I use plant protein (hemp, pea, rice (no soy), spirulina, etc) and nutritional yeast (B), plus green powder (barley, wheat grass, chorella, etc).

Sara - hyporthyroidism

2010-02-28 18:17:41

Kelp is much better to me for thyroid issues. You cannot go wrong using both Kelp and Coconut.

Hopefully you have already changed your diet - no or few processed foods - limited junk food - more whole grains - fruit, vegetables, and nuts.

This not going to be an overnight issue to resolve....! I have been using Kelp for 2 years, I see the change - I now, have the white half moon on almost all my finger nails. When I began taking Kelp, after using only coconut oil, the half moon was only on my thumbs.

Herbal colon and liver detox will help as well.

cece	2010-02-28 14:48:36

need information about usage of coconut oil for tyroid

cece - using organic coconut oil for my hyporthyroidism

2010-02-28 14:47:05

after doing some intense research i found out that using 100% pure organic coconut oil will help me manage my tyroid problem and control my rapid weight gain. I'm on 125mg of Levothroxine. I want to get off the meds and try a natural product. Can someone tell me if this realy work. Thank for your reply

jessie - eltroxin 0.1mg

2010-03-02 21:28:15

how much organic cocnut oil i have to take to get off the meds.and loose some weight /im 72 years of age .

saby - alternative

2010-03-11 10:38:21

hi ! i am a hypothyroidism patient too, i wouldn't advise you to dump the medicine, i took levothroxine for a year , it's bad and it messed up my skin !now i take armour thyroid , i'm sure you can find it, i live in europe and i found it :D i also take thyromine ! and a sea kelp and iodine tincture called sea-adine. i know that if i stop taking pills , i will baloon up to god knows how many pounds and only be able to sleep all day ! now on armour i am losing weight and getting my body back, i love it! mary shomon has a good book, also dr ken blanchard, and there are many blogs on thyroid disease, like thyroid.about.com
good luck !
by the way, you need hormones, coconut oil doesn't have them ! yes the thyroid can normalize in a few years, but you need to treat it first ! i know oprah doesn't take pills, but damn, she looks sad and depressed , and overweight ! i want to be slim and happy, and some medicines, like armour, aren't that bad ! i also like acupuncture, and homeopathy can...

junior - coconut oil..

2010-02-28 05:18:45

gosh, its a shame how these pharmacuticuls get away with selling Docosanol topical is basically,Docosanol, also known as behenyl alcohol, is a saturated fatty alcohol[1] used traditionally as an emollient, emulsifier, and thickener in cosmetics[2][3][4], nutritional supplement (as an individual entity and also as a constituent of polyicosanol), and more recently, in an FDA-approved pharmaceutical, Abreva[5], approved for reducing the duration of "cold sores" caused by the herpes simplex virus (see antiviral agent). what a sham they pulled on us. im pissed off.

nicole - dark circles

2010-02-25 04:02:40

Make sure it is Organic , Extra Virgin coconut oil . Some skin care lines try to market a product such as eye cream as coconut oil, when in reality it's coconut extracts. It has drastically improved my dark circles. I get them really bad especially around my menstrual cycle. I use a small amount like eye cream.

num num - you think?

2010-02-21 02:24:15

you think that it would increase my hair growth

Westcoast - WHAT??

2010-02-20 18:33:19

I don't think it has to either be one way or the other when it comes to treating our health.
First off, you can't compare how one person lived for X amount of years without medicine, and the doc lived less because of whatever....That is based on genes amoung other things. That is why some people can smoke and drink and live to 100 and others can't.
There is medicine out there for a reason, as well as alternative treatments. I personally believe a combination of both is best. Life is never just one way or the other.

Faye - How to Use Coconut Oil?

2010-02-15 02:24:03

Can someone tell me how much coconut oil to take per day and how to store the oil. Is it better used as is, or used in cooking? Should it be refrigerated or left at room temperature, or does it matter?

Thank you.

Debee - Coconut Oil

2010-02-19 00:37:20

I was told from my doctor to put about teaspoon of coconut oil in hot water twice a day. You may also use coconut oil for cooking.. or spread it on bread instead of butter. If you plan on use instead of butter stock up because it is quite expensive. **Store in cool place (does not need to be refrigerated).

Corey - Coconut oil- daily usage

2010-02-21 05:05:22

I believe the daily recommended coconut oil intake is 3-4 tablespoons. Used as a cooking oil, its properties are not altered, and the oil does not ferment as it does when you heat other oils, like corn and vegetable oils. I use it in my baking, cooking, on my skin and hair. I love it. The only downfall is its price, but it's so worth it! You don't need to refrigerate it, as it solidifies at about 72 to 78*F. It will literally melt right in your hand, and it should keep for about a year. Hope that helps!

keri	2010-02-22 05:03:55

I agree with corey, I think it's about 3-4
tbsp. a day.

Dr. Tony - Dr. Tony - Western Doc Bashing

2010-02-11 22:33:57

Celiac sprue is diagnosed all the time!! It is on the USMLE and on specialty boards. The accepted treatment is dietary modification eliminating gluten (even in small amounts). A few patients don't respond to diet modification alone and require corticosteroid therapy as well. The non-flush niacin products are controversial at best, and probably do not lower LDL and raise HDL like the the regular formulations (slow-release does seem to work). However, the dosages required for treating dyslipidemia require monitoring of liver functions and you should be followed by a physician.

You guys have to stop buying into this conspiracy stuff. Western docs do recommend nutrition, exercise, sometimes herbs, when appropriate. Stress reduction through meditation, Yoga, etc. We docs get excited when we can take someone of meds because they have improved their health on their own!

One thing I totally disagree with is that obesity is not considered a psychiatric diagnosis according to DSMIV-TR, hop...

jason - Western Doc Bashing

2010-02-16 03:21:47

There are good and bad doctors out there.. unfortunately it seems most people have seen 5 or 10 bad for every 1 good one. I have seen doctors go from extremely nice to a complete angry jerk just from asking if there is anything natural to help my problem. Or asking if a certain herb would help. They don't know, they think its hocus-pocus. FDA and the drug companies have an iron grip on these doctors.

J.R.	2010-02-18 21:51:06

Whatever you do, do not use corticosterioids for anything. I was prescribed them for sinusitis and developed perioral dermatitis, I was then given topical coriticosterioids which my skin became addicted to contributing to the rash area growing larger and larger. When I stopped the steroid creme it caused a terrible rash covering 75% of my face. The only thing that worked to begin clearing it is Apple Cider Vinegar 2x day plus doxycycline. The antibiotic caused a yeast infection, as it always does, and now I am also taking dyflucan. The doctors and the drug companies are in bed together to make money. Medicine has become big business and is not necessarily about good health care, beware!

TSN - To J.R.

2010-02-24 23:15:45

Take warm baths nightly for a while. Make sure the tub is nice and clean of course, then add about a cup of white vinegar to your bath water. I recently spent several weeks on major antibiotics for a resistant ear infection. The steroid/antibiotic ear drops were pushed for too long and the infection went fungal. I've had severe pain since the beginning of the year which is only finally mostly gone. I got a pimple-like rash all over my torso and upper arms / legs. I started adding the vinegar to my bath water nightly to begin, and now a couple of times a week and the yeast infection that was starting cleared right up on its own and the rash is almost gone. I have a few new spots, but there all on my fore-arms -- which were above-water to hold a book I was reading, LOL. I HATE steroids - they have an awful effect on my body. but sometimes they're better than the alternative (like impending doom :P)

Julie - Western Doctor Bashing

2010-02-11 21:52:02

... their sugar levels, pain levels, mental illness and other symptoms diminish within 2 months and yet their doctors tell them that they are not gluten intolerant.
Look at your Medical books and your PDR. Who are they sponsored by? Who is on your states medical board? Who helps write the USMLE. The pharmaceutical companies might not be directly "teaching" the doctors but they definitely have a say in what is being taught.
Do your own research. Try alternative products on your patients like chromium for high LDL and high blood sugar levels and see what happens. There are very few side effects for chromium and the results are incredible.
I don't believe that we should bash doctors but I do believe that is important to make all of the information including natural health options available to all doctors. In the state of FL, if a doctor offers an alternative option to a patient, they can loose their license for prescribing an "untested herb" even if that herb ...

Julie - Western Doctor Bashing

2010-02-11 21:53:31

...has helped the patient. Because of that, many doctors are unwilling to even look into alternative options- can you blame them?
For the non-doctors, like Sara said, it is extremely important to become your own advocate. I have a client who was in and out of the hospital and had several tests done over a 32 year period; became so sick from liver issues that she almost died and the many doctors that she went to determined that her issues were in her head until she was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It turns out, she has many grain intolerances and heavy medal toxicity. After going grain free, having heavy medal cleanses and getting off of fluoride and antiperspirants, she is doing dramatically better.

Sara - Regulation

2010-02-11 20:45:09

People will still have access to coconut oil, herbs and other plant base treatments, because we can grow them ourselves. It is quite silly actually for one human to try to keep another human from using medicines that God, the creator has given to the people freely. This is not about safety, it is about $$ and we all know it.

My grandmother lived to be 91, but her cardiologist of over 20 years died probably 5 or 10 years before she did, and he was much younger. This goes to show that doctor, who follow their own advice are dying long before their patients. Unfortunately, I was too young at the time to help my Grandmother by introducing fish oil, flax oil, and a number of other things that would have helped her, instead of having her chest cracked open for bi-pass surgery. That last only 10 years, because the root of her problem was not corrected, an expensive band-aide in the form of open heart surgery was used. A change in her diet plus plant base herbs could have cleanse her ...

Dr. Tony - Dr. Tony - Regulation

2010-02-11 21:16:23

Sara, living to 91 after CABG surgery 10 years earlier is pretty good.

As far as her cardiologist- Docs are human like everyone else. They have trouble with lifestyle issues too. This is not about following their own advise and getting sick, it is more likely not following their own advise. Do as I say, not as I do, is far to common. Cardiologist, and other specialties, DO recommend healthy eating including so-called good fats (olive, fish, flax seed, etc.). Inexpensive vitamins, like niacin (people just don't like the "flushing" side effects), etc. What we don't recommend is unproven remedies; if you have a cure for X disease, prove it! Fund a study, you don't think those supplement companies have tons of $$$? Government/pharmaceutical/University conspiracies blocking the research?? Fund it yourself. You don't think private foundations fund scientific studies all the time?? They do.

Julie - Regulations

2010-02-11 22:00:38

Do your research....supplement companies do fund their own research however, the FDA will not acknowledge the research as valid because it was not done by an approved lab.
Not all niacin has flushing by the way. Their are non-flushing forms which are affordable.

Sara - Know Thy Self

2010-02-11 20:17:16

I think, people need to start using common sense about their health and the choices they make.

Humans have survived for countless thousand of years before western medicine and they will survive after western medicine.

Recently, a relative was told to say away from coconut oil because of the high fat contents, never mind that it is good fat, just like olive oil.

I a few years coconut oil, just like flax seeds & oil, fish oil and psyllium husk will be recommended by doctors.

At the end of the day, we are responsible for our bodies and not the government or anyone else. It seems strange to try to keep someone from remain healthy by trying to remove natural foods and push unhealthy man made products. Like corn and wheat products. Americans are getting fatter because of the grains and chemical that are feed to animal and sprayed on produce. I grew up on a farm, and I have never seen a chick become a full grown chicken in 6 weeks. The size of chicken legs and breast nowadays a...

Sara - Western Diet Diseases....toxic foods and meds

2010-02-11 17:35:07

Human have been using herbs, plant oils, and other none western treatments for thousands of years.

If the herbs and plant oils do not work the pharmaceutical would spend $$ billions trying to find the active ingredients. So they can patent it, since patents are not allowed on plants.

Your medicine treats the symptoms and does not cure the root imbalance. Most people, who take high blood pressure, heart, diabetes medicine do so for the rest of their lives. Which leads to livers problems and many other toxic related diseases.

Dr. Tony - A Docs opinion

2010-02-11 16:55:52

I am a M.D. going into my residency and I just want to weigh in on some of the western doctor bashing. It is simply not true that we don't learn about nutrition and we are in it for the $$. In fact, it is some of the alternative medicine people who refuse to test their products under proper scientific conditions.

When we see a new patient, we always try to get them to do "lifestyle" changes before we put them on meds. Of course it has to be a disease that responds to these lifestyle changes. E.g. Diabetes type 2, hypertension, cholesterol, other coronary issues, back & joint pain, etc. The reality is many patients have difficulty with the lifestyle changes and we have to put them on meds. Believe me, we docs are excited if we can take a patient off meds!

The other issue, is that so-called alternative medicine just doesn't work. When subjected to scientific rigor, most fail. The one's that work, terrific!! (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186176,00.htm l)

Bottom line,...

Julie - Western Doctor Bashing

2010-02-11 18:35:12

I don't think the bashing was being focused on the doctors, I think it was actually being focused on the pharmaceutical companies and big business. Regarding alternative medicine, why is it that herbs (the most basic of all medicinals) cannot be completely "evaluated" by the FDA while synthetics (man made products)can? Why isn't more research done in the areas of alternative medicine. I have seen individuals cured of diabetes 2, high cholesterol and cancer by using alternative methods, not by using western medicine. Why is it that a basic disease like Celiac (a real root issue not a symptom) is not easily diagnosed and yet, something like fibromyalgia is easily diagnosed even though there is no medical proof that such a disease exists.
The reason is because if money cannot be made off of a disease or a cure, the pharmaceutical companies will do every thing they can to teach the doctors to focus on what can make them money- synthetic medicines which are taxing on both the...

Dr. Tony - Dr. Tony - Western Med Bashing

2010-02-11 20:15:09

"Why is it that the FDA doesn't regulate X" Because, so far, the supplement industry has lobbied effectively. The FDA has been considering regulating that industry for a long time.
Celiac is diagnosed all the time, not sure what you are talking about. Fibromyalgia is a weird one, once thought to be totally psychological. In order to make that diagnosis, you need to have pain in 11 of 18 specific points; not arbitrary at all. Pharmaceutical companies don't "teach" doctors anything, and we don't get paid more to use their products. This is conspiratorial nonsense. We docs are just like you; concerned with our own health and the health of family, friends, and yes our patients.

Julie - Western Doctor Bashing

2010-02-11 21:50:21

The FDA does not need to regulate the supplement industry in order to do their own research on herbs. Do real testing on herbs including blind tests on humans and see what happens. The supplement industry and advocates for alternative medicine are not lobbying against that. What most supplement companies are lobbying against is having crooked corporations controlling them and making more money by being crooked.
Celiac is not diagnosed all the time. Most of the time Celiac's symptoms are diagnosed and then people are given medication for the symptoms. Celiac is a major cause for many medical conditions including Fibromyalgia. Take a Fibromyalgia patient off of gluten and see what happens to their depression, pains and fibro-related symptoms. The day that the vaccine and/or the drug for Celiac and gluten intolerance become available will be the day that a major % of Americans will be diagnosed. I work with individuals all of the time who as soon as they go on a gluten free diet...

Sara - Consuming VCO

2010-02-11 08:14:21

I take a tablespoon in the morning or at night of organic virgin coconut oil, unheated, but can place the jar in hot water for a bit to melt.
I do not do it all the time, because I use hemp and flax seed everyday, which are high in oils as well.

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