Because they're used for so many purposes beyond simple nutrition, coconuts are known as functional foods.
Here are just a few specific purposes that coconut oil has traditionally been used for:
- Hair conditioning
- Skin moisturising
- Rubbing on babies to ensure good health and strong bones
- Heartburn
- Ulcers
- Reducing Fevers
- Wound healing
- Maintaining a healthy heart
- Healthy bones
- Sunscreen
- Scar avoidance
- Cognitive function
- Adding delicious flavors to foods
- Crispy pastry crusts
- Source of nutrition
- Perfume
- Soap
- Base for cosmentics, both rudimentary and modern
- Treating skin conditions such a scabies,ringworm,and dermatitis
- Dental Health
- Natural deodarant
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