Tag Archives: coconut

Make Your Own Coconut Oil Bug Repellent

Some useful info for the holidays …

From thecoconutmama.com

For decades, the insect repellent DEET has been the “gold standard” when it comes to deterring mosquitoes. Parents slather themselves and their children alike with unknown chemical compounds that soak into the skin and cause potentially irreversible health complications such as seizures, disorientation, and skin conditions. But if that’s the only option it’s surely better than contracting the West Nile, or Zika virus carried by mosquitoes, right? Well, recent research suggests there may be a more effective natural alternative available in the form of coconut oil.

READ AT THE LINK

https://thecoconutmama.com/coconut-oil-bug-repellent/

Photo: pixabay.com

Coconut Oil’s History in Destroying Viruses

Comments by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

People living in the Philippines, a country of islands not very far off the coast of China, remember all too well the last time a deadly coronavirus epidemic broke out in China.

It was 2003 when the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus broke out in China. It infected over 7000 people in China with over 600 recorded deaths.

Even with its close proximity to China and large Chinese population in the Philippine nation of about 80 million people, only 14 cases of SARS was reported with two recorded deaths.

READ MORE

https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/coconut-oils-history-in-destroying-viruses-including-coronaviruses/

Image by moho01 from Pixabay