A current search in the PubMed online database of peer-reviewed studies from the NIH National Library of Medicine continues to show many studies continue to be published on coconut oil and its topical use to treat a wide variety of skin conditions, as well as periodontal health when used with "oil pulling" to clean one's mouth and teeth. Coconut oil’s ability to nourish and heal the skin has been known in the tropics for hundreds of years. Even when the anti-saturated fat campaign waged in ...
