Cleansing & Anti-aging ways to use coconut oil

Beautify With Coconut Oil

It may surprise you that coconut has been used as a medicine for centuries. Coconuts and coconut oil have proven to fight viruses and bacteria, help strengthen bones and teeth (for a pretty smile), and reduce the chances of heart disease.

Coconut oil, which is derived from the flesh of the coconut, also has proven healing qualities when used on the hair and skin.

Beautifying Nutrition

Though coconut oil is high in saturated fats, its fat is healthy according to Bruce Fife, CN, ND, director of the Coconut Research Center.

Coconuts hail much nutrition. They contain protein, calcium, folic acid, iron, and vitamins B1, B6, C, and E. The meat also contains 9 grams of fiber in a 1 cup serving. Imagine giving your body all this nutrition found in one simple food. It can only make you look better than any junk food would. But there's more! (read on)

The coconut's oil provides many unique benefits due to the compounds it contains. These compounds are lauric acid and caprylic acid. Both of these are sold as supplements, but the coconut oil itself is more beneficial as a direct source. Lauric acid kills harmful viruses and bacteria both internally and externally. Many mothers use the oil by applying it to their kids' skin to relieve symptoms of rosacea. Caprylic acid is antifungal.

Coconut oil also contains a surprising fat burner. This type of fat does not get stored in the body. Instead, it is the type of fat that produces energy which in turn stimulates and boosts metabolism. It is found in the oil's medium-chain triglycerides.

Beauty for Skin and Hair

The number of benefits are amazing for your skin. Coconut oil prevents acne and blemishes. It also helps treat rashes, eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea (as mentioned). Overall, coconut oil reduces inflammatory conditions of the skin; thus letting you treat the problem instead of suppressing it with pharmaceutical drugs that push the problems and symptoms (toxins) back into deeper layers of the body.

Coconut oil also helps your hair look vibrant by protecting it. It maintains the hair's protein as it gets absorbed into the hair shaft. For deep conditioning massage 2 to 3 tablespoons of coconut oil into hair and scalp. Leave in on overnight.

Beautify yourself with nature's gift of coconut and coconut oil with no additives or chemical preservatives.

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Study of Aromatherapy

The term 'Aromatherapy' was first used in the 1920's, by the French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse. It is recorded, that after his arm caught fire in his laboratory, he plunged it into the nearest container of cold liquid, which just so happened to contain lavender oil. Amazingly the burn completely healed, without scarring. Thereafter, he devoted his life to the study of aromatherapy, which defines the uses of essential oils, (EO's) and other aromatic compounds from plants, to beneficially affect the mind and body.

From such early beginnings, aromatherapy has become internationally well known, as the science and art of using essential oils for natural healing, protection, and relaxation. Because it is both a science and an art, with wide reaching health implications, aromatherapy practitioners must be properly qualified. That is to say that they should undergo initial and continuous training in the requirements of the aromatherapy profession.

Fortunately there are many excellent training establishments and resources available, to enable aromatherapy students to reach the necessary high standard. It is vital that those who aspire to qualify are fully aware of the complexity of the subject, particularly with regard to the safety and well being of those being treated.

There is no substitute for education and experience in the quest to train as an aromatherapist. As with any intensive study, there are no easy short cuts, but there are many excellent facilities available, to assist with becoming qualified, in this most naturally interesting and rewarding of careers. Ideally aromatherapy students should progress towards a recognised diploma or degree in the subject. First class resources include:

College courses up to and including Associate Degree Level.

Training Schools

Home Study Courses

Online Training

It must be emphasized that aromatherapy is a broad subject, requiring in depth study to qualify, with ongoing development from appropriate resource training or professional body. Therefore, becoming qualified, as an aromatherapist, requires hard work on the part of the student, who should empathize with those seeking treatment. It offers a most satisfying career to people of a caring nature, who wish to assist others towards natural health. Upon qualifying the endeavour required will be matched by the sweet smell of success.

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