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What are the real benefits of coconut oil? i have heard so many thins that is can be used for one important in is treating skin conditions?!
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Read critically: The stuff is a good skin moisturizer. The folks who study this sort of thing believe that dietary coconut oil is atherogenic. If you believed the other health claims, you'd be reading uncritically. Some of the island nations with limited natural resources promote coconut products for reasons that are, to be kind, "not evidence-based." get with a scientific holistic physician for guidance here.
Answered 6/7/2015
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