Comments on: Q & A: Coconut Oil

By: curtis

curtis — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:45:51 +0000

on the bottle of Punjas, I found it said for external use only…

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:52:54 +0000

Hi!

I love your deodorant recipe. It works wonderfully and better than the other “natural” deodorants that I’ve purchased at Whole Foods. Thank you so much for posting it.

My son is 14 months old and until the past month, I had never used any lotions on him. For the last month, I started using coconut oil all over his body each night after his bath. He loves it and I want to continue, however, it seems as though his skin is drier than ever before. It occurs the day after I put the oil on him. I know it makes NO sense whatsoever. Have you heard of it doing this, other than from the previous post, who said she has heard it’s drying?

Thank so much!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:43:08 +0000

Indeed! It is a wonderful vaginal moisturizer. Been using it for that purpose for quite some time and love it better than any other massage cream, etc.

By: Marilyn Smith

Marilyn Smith — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:02:30 +0000

Can coconut oil be used as a vaginal moisturizer?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:46:55 +0000

Thank you! That is a really big help! =)

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:36:07 +0000

I use both EVOO and coconut oil in my house as they serve different needs. Coconut oil is definitely used more predominantly. If a recipe calls for vegetable oil/canola oil, than I melt coconut oil to the same consistency, but if it calls for shortening, butter, or lard, then I leave it in its solid state. I use it for sauteing when cooking foods that will go with the flavor, such as curries, stir-fries, etc. But I use butter when I prepare eggs, for example, because it will really effect the taste of the eggs. Some people like that, but I prefer the butter option. Hope that helps!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:54:33 +0000

Hi,

I have a few questions. I’m hoping someone can help me with this. We have a large family and use a lot of EVOO. After reading about the health benefits of coconut oil I would love to switch us. I’m a little unsure of how you use it though. When a recipe calls for oil…do you melt it? Do you use it in the place of butter or shortening in baking? Do you saute and fry with it? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:34 +0000

I am sorry to hear of your frustration with coconut oil. That would be disappointing to me as well. I am not familiar with that brand, but I have found some brands are just inferior to others. Can you not find any other brands? You may consider ordering online…

By: Bridie

Bridie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:51:40 +0000

Oh yay I finally found my post!!!!
Lindsay, I brought Punjas Premium Quality Coconut Oil 750ml with an expiry date of 03/2011. It says its 100% pure natural, refined for purity and made from Copra grown in Fiji. I’m in New Zealand so you may not recognise the brand :/ It says they’re an ISO 9001 certified company if that means anything to you?
It was the only coconut oil I could find after reading about the health benefits but I’m so disappointed with it. Theres no way we could use it again. We first tried it in toothpaste and I promptly threw up everywhere (totally set my morning sickness off!!) then tried frying with it and threw the food out then tried it in bread and again the taste of it permeated the bread to the extent we fed it to the chooks!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:10:22 +0000

I would call the company on that one. There is something wrong with your product. What brand did you buy?