Recent Posts Tagged With 'coconut oil'

• Delicious, Fat-Burning Salad Dressing Recipe

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 07:00 in recipes, coconut oil, healthy eating, natural sweeteners

  Last month I reported on a new study that found vinegar to be a natural fat fighter (at least in mice). Well, in case you are tired of dousing your salads with vinegar and oil, I thought I'd share a recipe for a delicious and healthy version of swee...

• Beauty Tip: De-Frizz Hair With Coconut Oil

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 15:06 in hair care, coconut oil

  My two pregnancies have taken their toll on my long locks. It wasn't long ago that I had really healthy, shiny, straight hair. Now I have dry, frizzy, wavy hair. I really don't have time to bother with my hair these days while chasing around wee on...

• Turn Up Your Body's Fat Burning Ability

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 13:47 in coconut oil

  Did you know that our bodies contain two kinds of fat? Yellow and brown fat. The yellow fat is the kind that clings to your bones, while the brown fat will actually help burn up the yellow fat, according to Ellen Kamni, author of An Alternative Medic...

• Deanne's Morning Beauty Smoothie

  Posted on Friday June 22nd, 2007 at 14:00 in antioxidants, coconut oil, probiotics, omega-3 fatty acids

  Fortunately, the most important meal of the day also happens to be my favorite. In fact, I eat two breakfasts every day -- one when I rise and one mid morning. My husband says I'm like the Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings, who eat numerous meals thro...

• Healthy, Beautifying, Decadent Dessert

  Posted on Tuesday June 19th, 2007 at 13:00 in Chocolate, coconut oil, dessert, natural sweeteners

  Baking is my passion. In fact, at every holiday party for friends or family, I am the designated baker. I began baking as a child when my grandma taught me how to bake peanut butter cookies, chocolate pudding, and rhubarb pies. Then, five years ago I...

• Coconut Oil: The Body Friendly Fat

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 13:39 in coconut oil

  Not very long ago coconut oil was wrongly demonized because of its high saturated fat content (and a bad study using partially-hydrogenated coconut oil -- not raw, virgin coconut oil), but this healthy, tropical oil is now making a come back and gett...