Coconut: the good oil?

It’s easy to assume that coconut oil is well-established as a ‘healthy’ oil, these days, so entrenched is it in the advice of wellness gurus on social media; in popular recipe books, and in ‘healthy’ recipes everywhere you look. It’s a great feat of marketing that coconut oil has achieved this status. I’ve seen claims (usually from people selling coconut oil) that it is anti-cancer; a great weight-loss tool and will encourage a healthy prostate. You name it – coconut oil will, apparently, fix it. It’s par for the course…

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Castor oil, a common cure

Castor oil, a common cure (Getty Images) From eons, Castor Oil has been used worldwide to treat a variety of health conditions. A common cure for many ailments, grandmothers would reach out for it whenever needed to naturally speed up the healing. Castor Oil is produced by cold-pressing the castor seeds of the castor bean plant, it is then clarified by heating the oil. It has traces of dense, concentrated source of ricinoleic acid which has many healing abilities. This rare compound – Ricinoleic acid is not found in any…

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Extra virgin olive oil best for frying fish

Fish fried in extra virgin olive oil and prepared in microwave is the healthiest option, suggested a study. According to the study, published in the journal Food Research International, the frying techniques, the nature of the oil used and the fish species have shown to influence the changes that take place while frying fish. “The choice of cooking oil is hugely important owing to its impact on the lipid profile in the fish and on the possible generation of toxic compounds in the oil during frying, which can influence food…

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Oil Pulling to naturally Whiten enamel, Detox and enhance pores and skin

let me begin by way of telling you that phrases like ‘herbal’ and ‘home remedy’ continually seize my attention. This makes my fascination for Ayurveda perfectly comprehensible. The Ayurvedic science of drugs dates again to 5000 years with roots in India and is primarily based at the concept of holistic recuperation. And so, whilst a person suggested oil pulling for whiter teeth, detoxing and curing bloodless, I wasn’t amazed but eager to understand more. For those surprising with oil pulling, it involves swishing a kind of fit to be eaten…

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government keen On Joint improvement Of Oil, gasoline Blocks In Qatar

Doha: The Indian authorities on Sunday evinced hobby in joint exploration of latest oil and fuel fields as well improvement of located property in electricity rich Qatar. It additionally invited the Gulf nation to invest in the usa’s exploration and production region through bidding for the blocks beneath the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing coverage and participate in disinvestment of Indian public area undertakings (PSUs). besides, a memorandum of knowledge (MoU) became signed with Qatar funding Authority for facilitating Qatari funding inside the Rs 40,000-crore country wide investment and Infrastructure…

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Cairn India On Course to Roll Out Enhanced Oil Recovery Plan

New Delhi: Cairn India is set to launch the world’s largest enhanced oil recovery programme, investing about $760 million in the site where its first oil was discovered in the Thar desert of Rajasthan. As part of the plan, the company will complete 100 exploration and appraisal wells and 350 development wells in 2016, Cairn India chief executive Mayank Ashar told PTI. The EOR (enhanced oil recovery) spending spans over Mangala and Bhagyam oil fields in the Rajasthan block to help arrest the natural decline and maintain production. Almost two…

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