Coconut oil's popularity has increased in recent years, as a wonderful and useful taste at the same time, and celebrities, health food stores, and restaurants that seek to attract those trying to reduce their weight, and even vegetarians, have turned to because of its nutritional benefits for the body, skin and mind, so oil, butter, and flour appeared from it. And milk and entered into the manufacture of baked goods, and frying oil, and coffee provided to you in the largest cafes, because of its benefits and uses of coconut oil that can not be counted already.

1- In addition to the long life span of coconut oil in your closet, it helps extend the life span of your skin, to stay young if you apply it at night on your face, to benefit from the antioxidants it contains, to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles during sleep.

2- You can make a home deodorant by mixing coconut oil, cornstarch, and fragrant oil for a pleasant scent.

3- Coconut oil helps you treat eczema, calms it, and reduces the inflammation and itching resulting from it, when applied to the affected areas, and is more effective with it, perhaps more than mineral oils.

4- Coconut oil treats the most common and most difficult skin problems of stretching of the skin that afflicts a pregnant woman, and with weight loss or aging, deep white and red lines appear on the skin, with it all topical treatments usually fail; But now you can try coconut oil, which is very cheap compared to stretch marks.

5- You may need a little research to find out how to remove traces of pimples. But of course, after treating acne, black and white pimples on your skin, by applying two drops of coconut oil to your skin every night.

6- Coconut oil can be used to remove make-up, even waterproof mascara, just apply it to a cotton swab, and place it on the eye, to dissolve the strongest cosmetics in it, without the need to rub the eye and skin.

7- If you are looking for a strong and harmless teeth whitener, you should use coconut oil, as in addition to its ability to give you whiter teeth in minutes, rinsing for 20 minutes with an oil spoon will eliminate germs and bacteria in the mouth, strengthen the gums, and give you a fragrant breath.

8- For every mother who fails to treat lice on the head of her children with each new school year, you can wash the child's head with diluted apple cider vinegar, and once the hair dries, the entire head is rubbed with coconut oil for a period of 12 to 24 hours, after which the hair is rinsed with shampoo, Lay him off, and repeat the steps when needed.

Oily dandruff can be fought with coconut oil (German news agency)

9- The sweet smell of natural coconut oil and butter surpasses expensive body moisturizing creams that will never come out with the same result if you moisturize your body with it, as the fatty acids in the oil make it an effective, fast-absorbing moisturizer, and give you bright and smooth skin.

10- You would not imagine that with winter, frequent colds, headache, and sinus pain, you will be able to use a gentle remedy such as coconut oil, by mixing two tablespoons of oil, five drops of peppermint oil, and three drops of eucalyptus oil, then warm them up a little between your palms, Massage your chest, shoulders, nose, and lips, and rub your palms and even your feet, so you can feel better within minutes.

11- For people with dry skin and chapped lips that appear scales immediately after applying makeup, you can put a drop of coconut oil on your fingertips, massage your face and soften your skin, which gives you a smooth and shiny look after makeup.

12- If you do not want to try more eye creams that do not hide fatigue and do not give you the result that you want to hide eye lines, then you should try coconut oil by dabbing a little of it around your eyes before bed, and it will be absorbed quickly, unlike other oils that leak into the eyes.

13- Many people may not know that dandruff and the itching that it causes are accompanied by severe dryness of the scalp, in addition to the dull color of the hair similar to dry hair without dandruff, the two types can be treated in the same way, if your hair is oily and has dandruff, or dry and severely damaged, You can moisturize the roots directly with coconut oil at night, stimulate hair growth, and wash hair in the morning.

14- Coconut oil is a medicated topical balm to relieve itching, calm burns, insect bites, and relieve the pain of bruises.

Consuming coconut oil reduces hunger (Pixabay)

15- Coconut oil contains a high percentage of healthy saturated fats that have different effects than most other fats in your diet, and these fats can increase the burning of excess fats, provide the body and the brain with the rapid energy they need before exercising, and it also raises the level of HDL cholesterol in your blood, which has been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease.

16- Your intake of coconut oil will also reduce your feeling of hunger due to the effect of the fatty acids in it on your appetite, and thus your intake of fewer calories, which may help you lose weight in the long term.

17- One of the least popular uses of coconut oil is that it is a natural sunscreen. Where two drops of oil protect your skin from the sun's UV rays by 20%, and protect you from skin cancer, wrinkles and brown spots left by sunburn.

18- Coconut oil's high content of saturated fats makes it the best fat for high-temperature cooking, including frying; Saturated fats retain their composition when heated at high temperatures, unlike the unsaturated fatty acids found in vegetable oils such as olive oil, corn and saffron, which transform into toxic compounds once heated.

19- The wonderful taste of coconut oil helps us eat it on its own without the need to mix it with food, so sufferers of insomnia, tension and depression can try it before the night to cure insomnia, and if it does not work, you should resort to a psychiatrist for professional help.

20- Coconut oil can also be applied to light wounds that need to be cleansed and moisturized instead of topical creams.