Coconut Oil
Health Benefits

Coconut Oil Benefits, Side Effects and Reviews

Warnings

1 User Review
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Posted by Velvet (Mountain Home, Arkansas) on 12/30/2007
★☆☆☆☆

WARNING!

Coconut Oil. I have been using CO for a year now and I have no outstanding reports to make on it, but today I tried the CO bath. Now I am disabled and I have a handicap hand rail and I use the non skid mat in my tub and I never gave it a thought that when I went to get out I could not. I used my wash cloth and a towel for more traction but I was not strong enough to overcome the oily tub and mat. I struggled for a long while and it took awhile for me to get turned over on my side so I could use my painful knees, but I finally made it up and out. This is just to let others who are disabled in their legs, knees, etc be careful and know that you are going to be very slippery. I am laughing now, but it wasn't funny at the time. For the record I have used CO on my face for a year now and I cook everything in CO and I take it 1 tsp at a time in my protein drinks. I do not do the TB amount. so far I have no bad re-actions. I just hope it is doing something good inside.


Warts

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Posted by Ashley (Baltimore, MD) on 05/10/2007
★★★★★

Virgin coconut oil cured my plantar warts. I had some plantar warts on my foot for about a year, then I started rubbing coconut oil on my feet to help soften the skin and make walking more comfortable. After about 2 months of this, I was just starting to think of going to the doctor to have them removed (with much dread) when I noticed that the warts had shrunk. Then about 1-2 weeks later, the dead skin just peeled off like a callous, revealing soft healthy skin underneath. It wasn't an overnight cure, but the time was a small price to pay for not having them dug out! I know they were warts because they had the little black spots in them, they hurt or bled if scraped, and a couple of small ones had appeared elsewhere on my foot. I also use coconut oil in food preparation on a regular basis, as well as topically on all areas of the skin.


Warts
Posted by Charlene (Seattle, WA) on 02/24/2006
★★★★★

I got a strange looking thing-ee on my hand between my thumb and index finger. I thought it was a boil, but my doctor thought it was a wart and suggested putting salicycic acid on it. I did but it burned like crazy after a few hours and looked only slightly better after 2 days. I was supposed to give the acid 10 days, but decided that was not the right cure. Instead I rubbed I coconut oil into the strange growth a few times a day. It disappeared after only 3 days. I wonder if it would work for moles too?


Weight Loss

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Posted by Ysanna (Road Town, Tortola, BVI) on 08/05/2012
★★★★★

Great info. I have been using coconut oil in all kinds of ways and it is very helpful. It moisturizes my skin, is great for my hair and helps me to lose weight. It is one super food. Thanks.


Where to Buy: India

Posted by Sreejit (Calcutta, West Bengal) on 02/16/2013

I want to buy extra virgin organic coconut oil with short and medium chain.


Where to Buy: NH

Posted by Donna (New Hampshire, US) on 12/02/2014

I would like to know where to purchase pure coconut oil, other than Middle Earth, where a small 4 oz. bottle is like $7.00. I live in New Hampshire, any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Donna

Replied by Liz
(Boston, Ma)
12/02/2014

Donna, you can get it at Trader Joe's. A very good sized jar goes for around $6.00.

Replied by Molly
(Orlando, FL)
12/17/2014
Replied by Connie
(Chattanooga, Tn)
10/17/2015

Walmart carries a "Carrington Farms" brand that is 100% organic, extra virgin, pure, unrefined, cold pressed coconut oil. 12 oz is between $6-$7. I bought two, one for me, and one for my bichon frise dog. It does a great job killing and preventing fleas on my dog and also quickly cleared up any skin problems that were there from his scratching. In doing this, I stumbled upon another great use for it: it works like Angel Eyes on white dogs and is a whole lot cheaper. Don't get it too close to their eyes, yet it will still clear up all the dark area under the eyes. He likes to lick it off his hair, but it doesn't hurt him to ingest that little amount. But what I applied to the skin is still there. I'm not sure if applying it to his skin or the amount he licks off his hair is what worked the miracle like Angel Eyes....maybe both. But fleas are gone and he sleeps peacefully at night instead of scratching. Note: The LouAnne brand or whatever it's called is not the same ingredients and did not work on my dog. The Carrington Farms shows on the bottom of the container it has "lauric acid" 6.02g in it and some of the others do not have that.


Where to Buy: Nigeria

Posted by Vivienne (Lagos, Nigeria) on 11/04/2014

Where can I get Organic Coconut Oil?

Replied by Ray Oduntan Kwadje
(Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria)
11/14/2017

I know where you can get organic coconut oil at shop 4, Nigeria French Language Village.Badagry.


Wounds

1 User Review
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Posted by Sandy (Bangalore, India) on 03/05/2008
★★★★★

For overnight miraculous healing of wounds, apply coconut oil to it. This will also ensure that no scar is left behind.


Wrinkles

Posted by Jenni (Western Australia) on 02/10/2009

I am curious as to what results people have achieved using coconut oil for reducing facial lines?

Replied by Tina
(River John, Nova Scotia)
02/11/2009

It is a lovely moisturizer, but if you want a line minimize, treat your lines with castor oil every night before bed. Be sure to pat off the excess oil with tissue and use a pillowcase you do not care about in case of transfer.


Yeast

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Posted by AC (West Midlands, England) on 04/21/2008
★★★★★

I read about Coconut oil on this site and went to my local health store to ask if they had any. They said no, but they suggested I take caprylic acid, which is in coconut oil and helps cure yeast overgrowth. I purchased it to help cure my athlete's foot and stomach discomfort.

I purchased it and I took one 350MG tablet daily as per directions. It did not cure my athlete's foot like I wanted, but I felt less hungry, less tired, and my stomach felt better. I also lost weight without serious effort. I've been taking it for two months now.

Warning: I experienced two things while taking this: stomach discomfort and a slightly yeasty odor coming from my body for a week or two.

The yeasty smell rubbed off on my washcloth and towels. I discovered by accident that putting a capful of hydrogen peroxide (the regular kind from the pharmacy, not the food grade kind) in my bathwater stopped this. It stopped me from emitting the yeasty smell and from transferring it to my wash cloth and towels.

Replied by Madeline
(Central, Nj)
02/03/2012

For the athlete foot try apple cider vinegar. Wash you feet and use equal parts of the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide and after you moisturizer whith coconut oil. You have to be consistent and patient.