Tips for health and beauty with coconut oil

Coconut oil has been used traditionally in many cultures for health reasons both aesthetic issues, and increasingly is becoming more fashionable thanks to its numerous benefits.
In this article you will learn all that you can do with coconut oil and how you can help to moisturize your skin and your hair, take care of your teeth, weight loss, cooking healthy and original way, cleanse the body of toxins, among others.

1- One of the best oils for cooking:

Together with olive oil, coconut oil is one of the best oils for high temperatures, unlike the majority of vegetable oils, that with the heat generate substances toxic to our body. Coconut oil is even more beneficial than the olive if you want to use it for frying or baking. In addition, its flavor sweet and exotic will allow us to test new flavors with recipes always.
We recommend always using extra virgin coconut, the best quality oil. If maintain you a cold temperature it will solidify, but with the heat it will return to its liquid state.

2- A healthy fat:

Many people believe diet should eliminate fats from the diet, but nothing is further from reality. We have to do is to choose healthy fats, i.e., natural fats that have not been processed (oil vegetables first pressure in cold, dry fruits, avocado, butter, etc.) and reduce the consumption of those that are harmful (fried, industrial pastries, junk food, etc.). In this case, coconut oil not only non-fattening us but it helps us burn fat deposits that we accumulate in the hips, buttocks, calves, arms, abdomen, etc.

3- Ideal for normal, mixed and oily skins:

Coconut oil has a creamy, but not overly fat, texture that penetrates very well on our skin without leaving shines, so it is ideal for normal, mixed skins (with dry and oily areas) and fats. In addition, if we use it daily, coconut oil will be regulating the sebum of our skin and balancing it, to make our skin more homogeneous, large and luminous.
In the unique skins, that is not recommended is that are too dry. Not because it is harmful, but because it won't possibly be enough I fatty. You can use this oil not only in the skin of the face, but also in the entire body. Thanks to its soft and delicious aroma, and that is a natural food, we can have total confidence in this product as a daily moisturizing lotion.

4- An excellent massage oil:

As we have said, coconut oil can also be used on the skin of the whole body. Not being overly fatty allows us to massage the body without getting dirty or greased us too well, and also penetrates easily into the skin.
In addition, we can combine it with a few drops of essential oils to achieve specific effects:
To relax: with lavender essential oil
To improve circulation: with Rosemary essential oil
To improve mood: with orange essential oil

5- Purify the body easily:

In this article we explain how can perform a cleansing of the body doing some daily rinses in fasting with sunflower oil, while we remember also this article because we can also use extra virgin coconut oil. In this way we can prevent and combat all kinds of mouth problems (caries, gingivitis, tartar, sores etc.) and also eliminate toxins through the mucous membrane of the mouth.

6- A homemade toothpaste:

Do you know with coconut oil you can prepare your own homemade toothpaste and only with natural ingredients? You can simply mix 50 ml. of coconut oil with the following ingredients:
10 g of pure stevia powder.
10 g powdered cinnamon of Ceylon.
3 drops of tea tree essential oil
3 drops of peppermint essential oil
Mix well the ingredients with a spatula and keep it in a small glass jar.
Try these easy and useful homemade tips.your comments will highly appreciated.