Re: Start Talking about Coconut Oil Then

[Guest guest]

My main fat intake is gratefully derived from nature's only obligatory food for

mammals, milk. The cows that make my milk are grass fed. I cook mainly with

butter and bacon fat and I take cream AND coconut cream on my cranberry trail

mix or other nut and seed mix. I use only whipping cream in my coffee. My food

oil also includes extra virgin olive oil.

I started using coconut oil in 2002 before I met my second wife, following an

oils search precipitated by a wholesale salesman's enthusiasm for rice bran oil

over other cooking oils. I learned from my research that it's healthy to use

some coconut oil as part of your good fats but I'm not about to make it my main

oil over butter. My wife doesn't prefer the flavour and I have not got around to

trying flavourless MCT oil or RBD coconut oil in our food.

As to diet, we eat a lot of meat and veggies, and the reduced carb diet allows

us to cheat and binge periodically with a carb snack, commercial burger, bottle

of cider or some other junky starch- or sugar-rich food.

all good,

Duncan

> > > Obama is almost as far from being a communist /socialist/ Progressive

> > > as Ron is from being a Liberal.

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> > One really shouldn't speak about that of which they are ignorant.

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> > Ron is a pure liberal, in the classical/Jeffersonian sense.

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> > Obama is a pure, unadulterated communist/socialist, and if you disagree,

> > you're a moron.

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> > > Obama leans to the right

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> > Rotflmao!

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> > > and congress is forcing him even farther right.

> >

> > Because of the grass-roots/teaparty movement started by Ron (not

> > the now misappropriated/commandeered bogus movement that the talking

> > heads now refer to as the teaparty movement).

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

We're all different so I'm not sure that anything is a cure-all that will work

for everyone. For me coconut oil has helped with both low thyroid and weight

loss/maintenance. It does give me more energy and warmth. I don't seem to need a

HUGE amount, however. I cook with it, put a tsp. in my coffee and tea, and like

it drizzled over veggies. I also use it for skin care (great for removing

make-up) and it makes a great vaginal lubricant :-). I also use some coconut

cream in hot chocolate and have lately been using the SO-Delicious Coconut Milk

(the original with only 50 calories a cup and 0 sugars).

I also use VOO in salads and a little organic butter on the occasional piece of

rye bread. I pretty much adhere to a low carb diet, however, with lots of raw

cheese (I'm a cheeseaholic :-), sauerkraut, kiminchi, sour cream, yogurt, whey

protein (concentrate) shakes, eggs, chicken, tilapia, pork chops, wild Alaskan

canned salmon, and make a great chili with grass fed ground beef (can't afford

the steaks!) - plus lots of veggies and a little fruit. My son is in the

processes of planning a garden so we can grow our own veggies as I make a really

yummy gazpacho (cold soup w/tomatoes, cucumber, onions, garlic, etc. plus a

great cold beet borscht. Beets are SO good for you:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=49

And thanks for the tip on the Artisana Cacao Bliss! I'll have to try that.

Best,

Dee

>

> I have mixed the MCT oil with food.  You cannot taste it and as for me, I

didn't

> notice any great improvements taking coco oil [neither just cooking with it or

> taking by the spoonfull ] until I added the MCT.  I don't drink milk, lactose

> intolerant, but have no problem with cream/ in coffee and tea and the

occasional

> bowl of cereal.  Can't afford grass fed beef, but I do eat organic range free

> eggs.  Love coconut cream and if your a chocoholic, I recommend Artisana

Cacao

> Bliss [although you can make it from the coco cream and raw cacao yourself]. 

I

> get mine at iHerb.com.  Its awesome and low sugar if that is a concern to

you. 

> Artisanas coconut cream is my favorite so far. 

>

>

> Started with the CO about 4 years ago, wandering around the internet looking

for

> a diet that might help me feel better.  Moved to North Carolina 3 years ago

from

> a local vege desert [living in texas too close to the refineries, bad toxic]

>  and am totally enjoying locally grown fresh veggies and fruits in season. 

Tend

> to change the diet in the winter because the store bought veggies in winter

> taste awful. 

>

>

> I may be fat intolerant as far as LCTs go and my health is such that the MCT

> oil, being more concentrated, helps better than sticking to coco oil and

butter.

> And the IBS symtoms have finally improved.   Also need to loose weight and

even

> Atkins didn't work for me, but the MCTs seem to be allowing weight loss.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Believe it or not I get it at Wallmart. They also have the kind with a bit more

sugar if you need it to be sweeter. However, I have been using the 0 sugar in my

whey protein shakes with 1/2 banana and some berries and it tastes yum. I also

add some greek yogurt to thicken it up a bit. My son (adult) also now uses it on

his cereal instead of milk so I'm very happy about that.

You seem to be doing very well with the MCT oil and what else you are doing

- and that's what really matters most. And I wish your nephew all the

best. It's not easy to change habits but I have found that making healthy foods

as tasty as possible and varying your meals instead of the same things day after

day is the key.

Oh, and I forgot to add that I also use the coconut oil for oil pulling. It

completely reversed a long standing gum disease.

Best,

Dee

> >

> > I have mixed the MCT oil with food.  You cannot taste it and as for me, I

> >didn't

> >

> > notice any great improvements taking coco oil [neither just cooking with it

or

>

> > taking by the spoonfull ] until I added the MCT.  I don't drink milk,

lactose

>

> > intolerant, but have no problem with cream/ in coffee and tea and the

> >occasional

> >

> > bowl of cereal.  Can't afford grass fed beef, but I do eat organic range

free

>

> > eggs.  Love coconut cream and if your a chocoholic, I recommend Artisana

Cacao

> >

> > Bliss [although you can make it from the coco cream and raw cacao

yourself]. 

> >I

> >

> > get mine at iHerb.com.  Its awesome and low sugar if that is a concern to

> >you. 

> >

> > Artisanas coconut cream is my favorite so far. 

> >

> >

> > Started with the CO about 4 years ago, wandering around the internet looking

> >for

> >

> > a diet that might help me feel better.  Moved to North Carolina 3 years

ago

> >from

> >

> > a local vege desert [living in texas too close to the refineries, bad

toxic]

> >  and am totally enjoying locally grown fresh veggies and fruits in

season. 

> >Tend

> >

> > to change the diet in the winter because the store bought veggies in winter

> > taste awful. 

> >

> >

> > I may be fat intolerant as far as LCTs go and my health is such that the MCT

> > oil, being more concentrated, helps better than sticking to coco oil and

> >butter.

> >

> > And the IBS symtoms have finally improved.   Also need to loose weight

and

> >even

> >

> > Atkins didn't work for me, but the MCTs seem to be allowing weight loss.

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Talking about coconut, has anyone heard from Alobar recently?

[Guest guest]

Tim & ,

I've been wondering the same thing and am a bit concerned. A check of his blog

at http://alobar.livejournal.com/ shows that he hasn't posted anything since

June 9. At first I thought he was probably busy reading taro cards in the French

Quarter, but now I'm not so sure.

Dee

>

> Talking about coconut, has anyone heard from Alobar recently?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hope he's ok, seems odd not having seen him in the forum for a while.

[Guest guest]

Dee, I am wondering if you could expand a bit on that. Our dentist wants to do

some expanded cleaning procedure on my husband because of gun disease and I'm

not sure about what we should do.

Thanks,

>

>

> Oh, and I forgot to add that I also use the coconut oil for oil pulling. It

completely reversed a long standing gum disease.

>

> Best,

> Dee

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

It's a long story and I told it once before so you can find it if you search for

message #33556 - and the method is in message #34554. You should be able to find

these easily but if not let me know and I'll copy and paste them for you.

All the best,

Dee

>

> Dee, I am wondering if you could expand a bit on that. Our dentist wants to do

some expanded cleaning procedure on my husband because of gun disease and I'm

not sure about what we should do.

>

> Thanks,

>

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> > Oh, and I forgot to add that I also use the coconut oil for oil pulling. It

completely reversed a long standing gum disease.

> >

> > Best,

> > Dee

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