coconut oil uses

Coconut Oil Hacks for College Students

Being a college student can become extremely taxing on your wallet, especially if you’re in a program where you’re not able to work. I remember having to count every penny that I had when I was in college, making it difficult for me to spend extra cash on certain items or activities.In my last year of college, I discovered coconut oil and the MANY uses that one jar can provide. I can’t even tell you how much I fell in love with using coconut oil for just about everything and believe it or not, this solved some of my financial […]

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Top Coconut Oil Uses for 2015

Now that the year is coming to an end, I wanted to take a moment to recap our most viewed coconut oil uses for 2015. If you’re not familiar with this healthy fat then it’s definitely a must-try! Coconut oil is a plant based saturated fat, which is generally used as a replacement for butter or oil when cooking and baking. When using coconut oil in a recipe, you simply replace it in a 1:1 ratio. Example – ½ cup of butter would be substituted for ½ cup coconut oil. Coconut oil is also absorbed differently than butter or olive […]

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Eva Mendes Shares Beauty and Fitness Secrets

The list of celebrities using coconut oil is growing larger and larger by the moment. From Gwyneth Paltrow to Kourtney Kardashian, so many are now turning to coconut oil for both health and beauty uses. Among the many uses that coconut oil has, its primary purpose is to be used for cooking/baking in a 1:1 swap for butter or oil. The medium chain triglycerides which are found in coconut oil are used immediately for energy once consumed, instead of being stored in the body (this where my personal favorite use of consuming coconut oil before my workout comes into play).Now, […]

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