Make Your Own Natural Deodorant with Coconut Oil Using this Simple Recipe

(Image Source: W.P. Armstrong)
by Barbra

Leslie over at Pixiepine recently shared a natural deodorant recipe that was easy and even fun to make.  I’ve been chatting up this pit concoction to other hoopers and friends so I thought I’d share the recipe and my experience with it.

5-6 Tbsp Coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder […]

How to do a Coconut Oil Hair Mask

by HEALBALANCELIVE

I wrote in this post about how great it felt to be 1 year Gluten Free and what a life changing experience it was for me. One of the scarier issues was losing about 1/3 of my hair in just a few weeks. It was so bad I was afraid to comb it or […]

Homemade Dog Coat Conditioner Recipe With Coconut Oil

Give your dog a shiny, healthy coat with a homemade conditioning rinse.
by Susan Paretts
To moisturize your dog’s skin and remove tangles from its coat after bathing, use a conditioner specially made for dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Since coconut oil not only has moisturizing and healing properties for irritated […]

Low-Protein Leanness, Melanesians, and Hara Hachi Bu: Coconut Oil in Low Protein Weight Loss Program

by Perfect Health Diet

Gunther gatherer raised an interesting issue in a comment to Tuesday’s post.  Protein may be satiating in the short run; but what about the long run?

[H]igh protein keeps you full at first. But no one really knows for how long. Eventually it stops working and you find you’re eating a lot ON […]

Coconut Oil and Constipation

by RL Johnson

Are you suffering from constipation? If you are, you have probably tried numerous ways to find constipation relief. Constipation can be caused by numerous reasons including not eating enough fiber, not drinking enough liquids, a lack of exercise, certain medications, changes in lifestyle or routine, ignoring the urge to move your bowels, abusing […]

Children need organic meat, fish, poultry, eggs, butter, whole organic milk, and coconut oil to develop healthy brains

by Judy Katz
Health Expert and Author Nancy Deville urges parents to pay attention to the disturbing results and stop feeding their children factory-produced food products.
Santa Monica, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 27, 2011

“Would you continue to lounge on your deck chair reading a medical journal while children were being tossed overboard into shark infested waters?” asks […]

Coconut Oil Super Powers, Dr. Oz Show

Dr. Oz reveals the 3 most powerful health benefits of this tropical oil. Learn how it can help you lose weight, treat skin conditions and ulcers. Video:

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/coconut-oil-super-powers-pt-1

Coconut oil exports highest since 1979 in Philippines – Local demand for coconuts from biodiesel mandate. Shortage ahead?

by Commodity Online

MANILA (Commodity Online) : World’s largest coconut producer and exporter Philippines said total exports of coconut products will likely reach $1.57 billion this year, up 78 percent from $884 million in 2009.

According to Philippine Coconut Authority, the volume of coconut exports will reach 2.356 million metric tons this year from 1.515 million MT last […]

The Health Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil

by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News
Marianita Shilhavy’s Story
I grew up in the Philippines during the 1960s and 1970s. My family lived in a small rural community of about 100 families. We lived on the side of a mountain, and everybody in our community earned their living from agriculture, primarily coconuts.
My father was a farmer, and […]

New awareness about fats

by Cherie Calbom

Culinate editor’s note: This article was originally published in Sound Consumer, a publication of PCC Natural Markets.

We’ve survived the era of low-fat diets and learned about the health problems they create, but the media still attempts to guide our thinking that fats can make us fat and cholesterol causes heart disease.

The truth is that fats play […]

Virgin Coconut Oil for Type 1 Diabetes – A Testimony of Reducing Dependency on Humalog

by The Coconut Diet Forums

Of virgin coconut oil.
From a skeptic’s point of view!

I first learned about virgin coconut oil when I was reading a book about giving massages. The author recommended VCO as a very good massage oil, so I went out and purchased some.

On the label of the VCO container medicinal uses were […]

Athletic Performance Properties of Coconut Oil

by Maddy

In the past, coconut oil has been dismissed due to its saturated fat content. However, it’s gaining a new reputation as a way to prevent both heart and weight problems, as well as to boost athletic performance. Coconut oil, extracted from the “white meat” of matured coconut, is essentially the same as coconut […]

Making Natural Sunscreen – How to Make Organic Sunblock at Home

by Natural Remedies World

You can use a natural sunscreen to protect your skin from dangerous UV rays. Anything you put on your skin will be absorbed into the body. If you’re sunblock contains toxic chemicals, they will be absorbed into your body. To prevent this from happening make your own organic sunblock at home […]

Weight Loss Testimonials from Those Using Coconut Oil in Their Diet

Yesterday we presented some of the science around why coconut oil can lead to weight loss. Today, we give you some of the more dramatic weight loss testimonies we have received over the years from people who have lost weight after adding coconut oil into their diet, starting with the story of Kelly Inglet […]

Starting the New Year Right: How Coconut Oil in Your Diet can Control Your Weight

Intro

This week we are going to focus on the weight loss characteristics of coconut oil to start off the New Year. Our first blog entry this week deals with the science behind this weight loss aspect of coconut oil, which is the length of the fatty acid chains in coconut […]