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luckyclover wrote:

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BellinaJessica wrote:

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Just to add to this, a couple other things that I have discovered are absolutely wonderful for the skin are:

Organic Virgin Coconut oil - Wonderful for the skin and hair, taken internally or applied to the skin. Amazingly something in coconut oil reacts with the bacteria in break outs and helps get rid of them! I've had some break outs on my forehead recently and putting some coconut oil on them before bed had helped so much! (Bonus is that coconut oil taken internally stimulates the thyroid and almost always results in weight loss.)

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Any side effects to taking it internally?

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Coconut oil kills off candida (candida is bad for you, causes yeast infections, etc) when you take it internally. This is a good thing but it can result in what is called "die off" symptoms, which are what happens if you kill the candida off too quickly. This can range anywhere from feeling sick to feeling like you have a bad yeast infection. etc. I personally never experienced this from coconut oil but I don't take anymore than 2 tbs a day. If you do experience die off, it's not bad for you, it's actually very good for you, just uncomfortable. I doubt you'll have die off if you stay around 2 tbs a day though.

Just do some research on line. Coconut oil has amazing health benefits when taken internally. It has no bad side effects of the harmful sort, just possibly the detox/die off as your body rids itself of bad things. Again, not harmful, just uncomfortable.

Well worth it though. I'm not very good at remembering to take it daily, I do it more in spurts and everytime I start doing it I drop a pant size with in the first few weeks, and the weight stays off! :) I also feel better in general, more energy, sleep better, skin is better, etc.

-- Edited by BellinaJessica at 18:14, 2008-07-05