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Don't Eat Your Coconut Oil, Use It For This Stuff Instead

Word on the street is the coconut oil is bad for you. Once  thought to be a “fat burning fat”  that was good to incorporate into your diet, now the advice is “You can put it on your body, but don’t put it in your body.” Turns out,  the research behind the oil being good for you  was a bit flawed. It was looking at all the good stuff in “designer oil,” which isn’t what most of us are picking up at Trader Joe’s. If you have a bunch of coconut oil in your pantry, you don’t have to throw it out. While you should at least limit the amount you consume (as you should with all fats, really), there are a ton of great uses, some of which we’ve written about before, for the oil that are worth giving a try: ADVERTISEMENT Condition Your Hair You may not want to line your stomach with fat, but fat can be a good thing for your hair. Coconut oil is thought to be a great conditioner. Putting it on your locks can help smooth down overlapping layers of protein, and will repel water so your hair kee