Coconut oil has been a hot topic over the past few years and even more so since last month’s massive media attention debating whether it is healthy or not. In case you…
Quitting sugar is one of the most challenging diet changes, but also one of the most powerful and rewarding ones. I used to be pretty hooked on sugar and it took me…
Once in a while an article starts to circulate the internet stating that coconut oil is unhealthy and that you should not eat it. It’s nothing new really, this kind of news…
Have you ever taken dietary supplements and wondered why some of them need to be ingested with food and others not? This is because there are fat-soluble and water-soluble nutrients. Fat-soluble nutrients…
Last year around this time I spent a month in Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s many beautiful islands. Koh Samui is known as the coconut island and it truly does its name…
There are two natural coconut beverages; coconut water and coconut milk. They both have their own characteristics, nutritional value and uses. I’ve heard people say ‘’I opened a fresh coconut and drank the delicious…
Coconut oil is everywhere these days; as a healthy cooking oil, to boost your smoothies, as a miracle hair treatment, a skin moisturizer and a teeth-whitening detox superstar. Today I am going…
One of my best friends had a baby recently and she asked me about using coconut oil for babies. She was surprised to see how many baby products actually contain harmful chemicals…
Coconut sugar, also known as coconut palm sugar, coconut blossom sugar or coco flower sugar is a natural sweetener made from the flower buds of the coconut tree. It has been used for…
Understanding what makes a cooking oil (un)healthy can be confusing. There is a lot of misunderstanding about fats; one of them is that a healthy cooking oil should contain as little fat as…
Coconut oil is without a doubt the most versatile oil in the world. From food preparation to skin, hair, nail & oral care and chores around the house, the list of uses…
Coconut oil is a real multi-tasker. You can use it to prepare food with, for skin and hair treatments, for an Ayurvedic detox practice called oil pulling and for many other things.…
I am sure you have heard about coconut oil and chances are that you are already using it for one thing or another. Whether it is to prepare food, use it for your…
This is part two of the coconut oil guide on how to choose the best coconut oil. In the previous post I wrote about the differences between refined and virgin coconut oil. I…
Do you ever find all the coconut oil names and labels out there to be confusing? I know I did at first, that’s why I created this guide to help you choose the best coconut oil for…
Oil pulling with coconut oil has become quite the buzz. It’s all over the internet and especially on social media it seems like everyone is doing it. This ancient Ayurvedic practice of…
Hi from Bali and welcome to my coconut blog! I am so excited to introduce you to this project that is very dear to me. Coconuts are some of my favorite things in…
Hi, I am Erika. Coconut girl. Designer. Culinary fairy. Lover of all things fruit, beach and sun. Read more...
