Re: Caprylic acid- VCO & Weight Loss

[Guest guest]

It's not necessarily the coconut oil that is causing your weight

loss. I have been on this diet for more than 2 weeks, and have lost

10 pounds. My wife has been on the diet for the same amount of time,

and usually eats 500 calories less per day than I do, yet she still

weighs EXACTLY the same as she did when she began. ???????????

I now weigh 141, and she still weighs 100 (at 5'2 " tall). I believe

if you stick to it long enough your body will balance out and your

weight will begin to migrate towards it's optimal number.

Why are you assuming it is the coconut oil causing your weight loss,

instead of simply not eating the higher amount of carbs you ate

before starting the diet, and your body trying to adjust to a new

fuel? I imagine the CO is important in the beginning more because of

it's ideal fat content instead of it's antifungal abilities.

Hang in there!

Doug

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> If I can't handle the other effects of coconut oil i.e weight loss,

> can caprylic acid supplements be used? I have limited body fat and

I

> have been used butter.

>

[Guest guest]

>Why are you assuming it is the coconut oil causing your weight loss,

>instead of simply not eating the higher amount of carbs you ate

>before starting the diet, and your body trying to adjust to a new

>fuel? I imagine the CO is important in the beginning more because of

>it's ideal fat content instead of it's antifungal abilities.

>Hang in there!

>Doug

Hi Doug,

One of the benefits often mentioned about coconut oil is that it aids in

weight loss because it increases your metabolism. It is also supposed to

help with a sluggish thyroid. If you do a search on " coconut oil weight

loss " on google you'll find tons of pages. J

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the correction. Maybe that's why I'm losing the

weight... but it's odd that my wife hasn't lost an ounce.

Doug

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[Guest guest]

It may be the fact that I was not consuming as much calories before that I used

to get from Carbs. I have read that CO speeds up metabolism and promotes weight

loss.

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[Guest guest]

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> It may be the fact that I was not consuming as much calories before

that I used to get from Carbs. I have read that CO speeds up metabolism

and promotes weight loss.

==>If you consume the ratios of protein to fat to carbs I recommend you

wouldn't be low on calories. I have no difficulty getting over 2,800

calories per day following my ratios.

Coconut oil does not speed up metabolism, it slows it down, which is

very beneficial. The body's digestive system is intended to be slow in

order for it to absorb all of the nutrients out of foods. And good

fats help absorb those nutrients. In fact coconut oil, which contains

lauric acid is reported to be very effective in reversing severe weight

loss in AIDS patients;

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

Until your body switches over from running on carbs to running on good

fats some people do lose weight because of the low-carb diet. It isn't

about the amount of calories either. But weight is the least of your

problem when you are unhealthy. It will normalize as you progress.

Bee