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Coconut Oil has many different uses, from cooking to hair treatments! Read on to discover 34 ways to use coconut oil. Did you know of all them?
34 Uses For Coconut Oil
I have been using coconut oil for cooking for quite some time now and I love it! And I knew that there were many more uses for coconut oil, but I didn’t realize just how many. I recently made Powerfoods Snack Bars and the recipe called for coconut oil, then I had a friend tell me that she puts coconut oil in her smoothies, and then I had another friend that she uses coconut oil around her eyes to help prevent wrinkles! So, I decided it was time to share a list that highlighted some fabulous ways and benefits of using coconut oil.
Benefits and Uses for Coconut Oil
- For Cooking – use it to replace olive oil and butter. I especially love it in my seafood recipes and stir-fry
- Use as a salad dressing – melted
- Add to your coffee for flavor – this is an easy way to add more coconut oil to your daily diet
- Use in healthy powerfood snacks like Superfood Power Bars
- Add coconut oil into your smoothies and instantly make it a Power Smoothie
- Use it as an anti-aging facial moisturizer – I use a very small amount around my eyes, as all over my face tends to leave me a bit greasy
- Apply it directly to your body as a lotion – it will take a few to soak int your skin fully, so I don’t recommend getting dressed immediately
- Rub directly on age spots to help lighten
- Rub directly on skin to help prevent stretch marks during pregnancy
- Coconut Oil can be used as a mild sunscreen, it has a SPF 4
- Use coconut oil in homemade lotions, body butter (use with shea butter for the ultimate body butter!) soap, deodorant, shampoo, vapor rub, sugar scrubs, salt scrubs, natural bug repellent and chapstick recipes
- Use as a natural makeup remover
- Shave Oil – it will leave your skin silky smooth
- Massage oil
- Rub coconut oil directly on lips as a natural chapstick
- Rub into dry hair, put a shower cap on and leave for several hours and you have an intensive conditioner for your hair
- A very small amount rubbed on your hands and then through hair will help get rid of frizz
- Rub it on your cuticles to help nails grow
- Use it on your hands to help with dry skin
- Use it regularly on skin to help get rid of cellulite
- Rub onto elbows to help alleviate dry elbows
- Oil pulling with coconut oil helps improve gum health and can whiten teeth
- Add a tablespoon to hot tea to help speed up your recovery from cold and flu and to help soothe a sore throat
- Coconut Oil is an immediate source of energy
- It can boost hormone production when ingested daily
- Coconut oil can help boost circulation
- Coconut Oil has anti-inflammatory properties which can help lessen arthritis
- Coconut Oil has a high Lauric acid and MCFA content which helps boost metabolism
- When taken regularly, coconut oil can help with weight loss
- Use a small amount to help reduce the itch of mosquito bites
- Taking coconut oil daily may help with allergy symptoms
- Ingesting daily can increase mental alertness
- Some evidence even shows that the beneficial fats in coconut oil can help with depression and anxiety
- There is some evidence that regular ingestion of coconut oil can help prevent or reverse Alzheimers
Did you know there were so many uses for coconut oil? What do/will you use coconut oil for?
Where to buy:
- Look for Better Body Foods products, including Coconut Oil, at your favorite retailers such as Walmart, Kroger and more, find a full list of retailers here
- Online
- Amazon.com
Be sure to check out my Superfood Power Bars Recipe that is made with Coconut Oil.
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It is really amazing all the uses for coconut oil. Some I didn’t even know to try. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve always enjoyed the use of coconut oil in cooking and skincare, but I didn’t know its aid in weight reduction and helping sore throats. Thank you!
I love my coconut oil, its amazing how many uses you can get out of this oil, I know for myself I am still learning so much about this oil and loving it.
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I do use coconut oil as well as sunflower seed oil and olive oil!
I had no idea there were so many uses! I used it once to get rid of an inflammation that I was battling for 2 weeks on my arm and after using coconut oil, it was gone in 3 days! I am going to pass this along to my daughter.
We use coconut oil all the time for cooking! But I’d really like to try it as an intensive conditioner for my hair! And oil pulling sounds crazy but I’ve heard such good things about it that I have to try it. Thanks for the ideas!
I’ve been using coconut oil for awhile, but you gave me some new ideas. I never thought to put it in a smoothie, I was afraid the cold would thicken it up too much and it would become solid….but I’ll give it a try.
I love coconut oil. I haven’t tried putting it in my coffee yet. It is a great overnight moisturizer.
I never imagined all these uses for coconut oil. The anti-inflammatory properties really interest me.
I have read before about some of these uses of Coconut Oil and have actually tried a few of them. A couple of my favorite uses is cooking of course, on my dry skin and as chap stick. Some of the ones on this list I haven’t not heard about and will be trying it.
We use coconut oil for many things but you’ve given me some new ideas!
I have a friend who owns a company called Original Living Coconut and I was amazed at how good coconut is good for you and they make a healthy ice cream made out of coconut. http://www.originallivingcoconut.com. Maybe you can check it out.
the conut oil i use it o the dog for dry
Thank you! Very informative article.
This was really interesting. I’ve never seen it on sale in Ireland, but then I do live in the middle of nowhere! Does it taste really oily though? I can’t bear oil on/in food, or butter, dairy spreads etc. It’s the texture, just turns my stomach! I can’t even watch cookery programmes, much as I love them as they drizzle oil over everything – ew!
I didn’t know there was so many different uses for coconut oil
Coconut is so amazing.
Who’d have thought you could do all these things with one simple product
Thank you for the info.I love using it in baking.
Such a healthy product.
Guess what? I found some! It’s just being stocked in one of the supermarkets in town – yay!
I have never use coconut oil.
I am so glad you made this list up for us. I am bookmarking this for fute reference and can’t wait to start on some of the uses to get in better health shape.
Thanks for the list! Never knew that there were so many uses for it. I especially like the one for removing makeup!
I’ve actually never tried coconut oil but I’ve heard it has a looot of benefits, most you wouldn’t even expect! Thank you for this list, I’m going to try a few
I love coconut oil! I use it for my hair, skin, teeth, and give it to my dog and cat.
I certainly didn’t know or ever heard of coconut oil ,so I printed this out and I’m going to get me some and try it ! Much healthier than butter or reg oil
So many great ways to use coconut oil that I didn’t know about. We also use it on our birds that are pluckers and don’t have a lot of feathers to help moisturize their skin.
Hey Tracy,
I have been using the Cold Pressed Coconut Oil for Oil pulling as it is known for its antibacterial properties and I have seen tremendous benefits, it has really improved my gum health.
Thank you for sharing the information, I got to know a lot of uses of coconut oil today!