Coconut oil is great!

Ted_Hutchinson

Fathead the movie blog
One of the things I noticed watching the film is the number of times Tom mentions the depression causing effects of carbohydrates. Sure they make great comfort food but because they become addictive we keep repeating the pattern, Feel sorry for yourself, stuff carbs, get hungry, stuff more carbs get fat, get depressed, feel sorry for yourself stuff more carb ad infinitum.

Anyway this blog addresses the more positive side of low carb eating.
I have to say his experience matches mine. I was becoming reliant on regular red wine consumption and that was contributing to my weight problem and cutting out the carbs enabled me to stop drinking altogether for a while ( while I was actively losing weight) and now in maintenance I've not felt the NEED as opposed to the desire to drink. So I can limit it and don't feel too deprived if I miss a few days.

arunadasi

Another great use for coconut oil: paint remover! on your hands especially. Gets it off much quicker and better than paint remover, and leaves oyur hands nice and soft. Also stuff like glue on your hands.

Mercy

Hello lovers of coconut oil!

Had an email through and coconoil are celebrating vegetarian week with £1 off a 460g tub. I've posted on codes and vouchers board

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=21773701#post21773701

But thought readers of this thread would like a heads up.

Ordered mine As a serious user it's good to find it cheap! All their prices are real as delivered free. The code works on their already discounted bulk buys too

This offer is only available from now until Midday on 26th May 2009

Mx

jw8725

Coconut oil is great. I'm just about to have my morning omelette fried in it.

Ted_Hutchinson

Coconut oil supplementation found to have benefits for health.....Both groups lost weight, but only the group taking the coconut oil saw a significant reduction in their waist circumference. This is significant, in that waist circumference is a measure of ‘abdominal obesity’ (the form of obesity most associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes)........

grandma247

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

Coconut oil supplementation found to have benefits for health.....Both groups lost weight, but only the group taking the coconut oil saw a significant reduction in their waist circumference. This is significant, in that waist circumference is a measure of ‘abdominal obesity’ (the form of obesity most associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes)........

Thanks for this information. I have just had blood tests as part of an mot for heart health and although my "bad" cholesterol was 6 and higher than they would like, my "good" cholesterol was very high ( I did not get a figure) so my risk is very small. I have been thinking of trying coconut oil for cooking for a while so this has helped me make up my mind. We also use butter and I have no worries about that as we have a very healthy diet . I am also going to try coconut flour because the info on that points to it being very healthy so long as it is not bleached or otherwise mistreated.
Soya is not good for everyone, my daughter in law had serious problems when she took it during the menopause and when I did some investigating I discovered that it can cause the very problems she was trying to avoid.

Ted_Hutchinson

Cholesterol and heart attack survivalNow who thinks the lower your LDL the longer you will live?

I sometimes think the safest thing to do is to listen to all the official advice and then for utmost safety do the exact opposite.

pinkcandyflossprincess

i love coconut oil though admit im more a fan of the monoi oil as love the flower smell, i used to use it as a nit treatment on my daughters hair as it made it shiny and smelt lovely, plus easy to comb through waist length hair , when i lived in devon the school had a big problem so i had a bit of a cult following amongst moms as id tell them my secret formula to keep them at bay, basic coconut or olive oil work just as well but the monoi had the nice smell
oh is black so uses vaseline or baby oil on his skin but i prefer coconut or shea butter on babys skin as its more natural!
x

elisebutt65

Mercy wrote: »

Hello lovers of coconut oil!

Had an email through and coconoil are celebrating vegetarian week with £1 off a 460g tub. I've posted on codes and vouchers board

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=21773701#post21773701

But thought readers of this thread would like a heads up.

Ordered mine As a serious user it's good to find it cheap! All their prices are real as delivered free. The code works on their already discounted bulk buys too

This offer is only available from now until Midday on 26th May 2009

Mx

Thanks for that - I'm re-starting lo carbing on 5th June so just ordered a tub of this.
Elise

onewingedangel

How many times a day do you guys take a tablespoon of coconut oil? I take one 3 times a day at the moment (twice with flaxseed oil), but i have read online that a lot of people take it 4 time a day! just wondering what u think is best?
xx