Virgin coconut oil is proven to have beneficial contents for human health and this conclusion emerges from both clinical tests and studies on the fields. Not only valuable in improving your stamina, but virgin coconut oil is also confirmed to be very positive for your skin health. One of many researches on this matter is a randomized double-blind controlled trial occurred in the year 2004, comparing extra virgin coconut oil with mineral oil as a moisturizer for mild to moderate xerosis. Xerosis is a familiar skin disease caused by a defect in skin barrier. Xerosis patients usually have dry, rough, scaly, and itchy skin. A very effective treatment for them is by moisturizing their skin. Though virgin coconut oil has been recently revealed to have antiseptic effects, but the effectiveness and safety of this miracle oil as a skin moisturizer has not been studied clinically before. The only supporting fact is that the people who lives in tropical countries have been using virgin coconut oil as a traditional moisturizer and this went on for centuries. This clinical study was carried out on 34 patients with mild to moderate xerosis. They were randomized to apply either mineral oil or virgin coconut oil on their legs twice a day for two consecutive weeks. The results? Virgin coconut oil is as effective and safe as mineral oil when applied as a skin moisturizer. This of course added up to the long list of virgin coconut oil health benefits...(visit http://www.all-about-virgin-coconut-oil.com/benefits.html for more info) |
