You can’t go to grocery store shelves or social media these days without running across it. Coconut oil is a tropical oil extracted from the meat of coconuts. In stores, you can find both refined and virgin coconut oils. The type identified on the product’s label. Virgin coconut oils are the version that is processed less than refined ones, preserving its sweet and tropical flavour. Refined coconut oils go through more processing, which leads to a more neutral flavour and smell. Since it doesn’t have that tropical taste, you can use it as the main cooking oil for a variety of recipes. Furthermore, it has various medical benefits, for assurance, it is effective against Demodex mite.
Possibe Benefits
The unique mixture of fatty acids in coconut oils may positively affect your health, by boosting fat burning, improving brain function, and increasing heart health. Although more research is needed, some of the benefits of this oil are as follows:
Reduce Stress
Based on some research, it appeared to reduce stress resulting from exercise. Researchers also revealed that virgin coconut oils can help treat some kinds of depression.
Brighter Hair
Some people apply coconut oils to hair to protect it from damage and increase the brightness of their hair. It may penetrate the scalp better than mineral oils.
Yet, one research showed no difference in the hair condition between those who used this oil and those who did not.
Dental Health
A 2017 trusted review discusses the importance of oil pulling for dental health. Oil pulling is a traditional oral treatment. It involves swishing oil around the oral cavity in a comparable way to the modern mouthwash.
Studies have discovered coconut oils pulling to protect against cavities, influence the oral bacterial balance and improve gingivitis (inflammation of the gums).
Healthy Fatty Acids
Coconut oil is high in some saturated fatty acids, which has different effects on the body in comparison with most other dietary fats.
The fatty acids of this oils can encourage your body to burn fat, and they provide quick energy to your body and brain. They also raise HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) in your blood, which may help decrease heart disease risk.
Most dietary fats are categorized as LCTs (long-chain triglycerides), while this oil contains MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides), shorter fatty acid chains.
When you consume MCTs, they will go straight to your liver. Your body uses them as an immediate source of energy or turns them into ketones.
Ketones have notable profits for your brain, and researchers are studying ketones as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and other conditions.
Preventing Liver Disease
In some research in 2017, rats with liver disease ate a high glucose diet either without or with coconut oil. Those who were fed with these oils had a better liver profile after spending four weeks comparing those who did not. These results suggest that some compounds in this oil may helps protect the liver.
Coconut oil and Beauty Routine
You may use coconut oil on your hair as an in-shower mask to add a boost of moisture or smooth on dry hair to tame frizz. On the skin, it can be used as a body moisturizer or as a lip balm. Extra-virgin coconut oil is the most suitable choice when you are using it for your body or hair.
A double-blind study comparing virgin olive oil and coconut oil about the ability to moisturize skin in people suffering from atopic dermatitis or eczema found that coconut oil reduced symptoms better than olive. Besides, suggesting that tropical oil has antifungal and antiviral properties.
In terms of those antifungal abilities, in a study in the journal Neonatology, using coconut oil on the skin of preterm infants improved the skin condition of the neonates better than routine care.
Coconut Oil and Demodex Mites
Coconut oil has anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and anti-viral properties due to its richness in lauric acid. These features make the this oil efficient against the Demodex mites’ infestation. Other advantage of this oil is that it is one of the few oils that Demodex mites cannot feed on. Besides medical uses, it makes your skin smooth, soft, and supple as well.
Diagnosis of Demodex mites
Your health provider may take a sample of your hair or skin and send it to a lab for closer inspection by examining the sample under a microscope.
But there is an easier way! Our Demodex test takes only three or four minutes. Besides, the results are reliable and based on lab research.
PROCUTiN and Coconut Oil
As we mentioned above, Coconut oil contains some valuable fatty acids, such as lauric acid, that can help to treat Demodex mites. PROCUTiN of OZiDEX is a specialized product for helping you to treat Demodex mites. One of the effective components contained in PROCUTiN is Coconut oil. Also, we added other natural materials such as Tea tree oil and Glycerin for maximum efficiency and effectiveness against these tiny eight-leg parasites.
4 thoughts on “Coconut oil, The Worst Demodex Mite’s Nightmare”
This is a great article. I found a lot of useful information here. Thank you for your works
Thanks Jade for your kind comment.
Thank u for this article! We have a terrible infestation of mites and are looking for a homemade treatment. We just so happen to have coconut oil in bulk. We are going to make a homemade concoction containing coconut oil and tea tree oil to get rid of these pesky buggers !
I will update in 2 to 3 days
Hi Ashley.
Any update on how this has gone for you? Been battling with mites infestation all over my body for months now. Did this combo work?