Coconut Oil Anyone?

Hi all,

Has anyone discovered any benefits from taking coconut oil? My brother has done some reading on it, and it seems like it may have health advantages. Thanks!

Mike

Post Edited (MichaelR) : 11/8/2010 10:47:07 AM (GMT-7)

i dont know if it helps with crohn's per se, but it is a good fat every one should be using (and butter too). saturated fat is GOOD for you, so eat up. you get fat and become unhealthy on low/non/reduced - fat diets. use of saturated fat went down, instances of heart disease went up. hmm...wasnt it supposed to be the other way around??? 50 years of evidence (and the truth) show that saturated fat is good for you and does NOT cause heart disease. you have to do your own research cos you doctor just wants to give you pills....

But do your farts smell like macaroons ???

I read things about it, but have never used it. I really prefer to use extra virgen olive oil myself. Hugs!

the stats show that since the lipid hypothesis grabbed the public by storm, like 50 years ago, society has been eating less saturated fat (ie fat from animals - meat, butter, dairy, etc) and more refined oils and trans fat. the "theory", incorrectly, through purposeful manipulation of the data to show a connection that was not there, showed that a diet high in dietary fat (ie saturated/animal fat) raised cholesterol levels and thus was an important contribution to heart disease. so the intake of saturated fat dramatically dropped. in that time, we came up with replacement fats - trans fat (margarine) and canola oil (yes, this is GMO) and we also saw the introduction of a lot of polyunsaturated oils (these created an imbalance of the omega 3 to 6 ratio). so supposedly we are eating healthy now, but low and behold the rates of heart disease sky rocketed. oops. another thing the so called experts got wrong. do the research and you'll see.

yes, coconut oil is a saturated fat (perhaps i did not make that clear enough in my previous post). anyhoo, coconut oil and palm oil are plant based fats that are high in saturated fat and they are GOOD for you. if the rate of saturated fat has increased, and that would only be recently, then that is good and is perhaps because the word is finally getting out, but it is not to the levels of when our parents were children (or say 50-60 years ago), so over all it is still low.

i purposely eat high saturated fat and my cholesterol levels, which were tested recently, are excellent and envied by the doctor. of course, individual genetics does play a role.

but your brain and heart and cell walls need saturated fat. you need fat to survive. the key is to focus on quality of fat, not quantity of fat, nor do you want to avoid one type and preference another. like food, when you break down the macronutrients, you need to eat the spectrum to be healthy. it was made that way for a reason.

I use coconut oil. I used to use it more often. It doesn't seem to help with my inflammation.

I use coconut oil, butter and extra virgin olive oil. The coconut oil must be extra virgin also. I don't believe it directly affects crohn's but is an excellent choice to anyone who is interested in overall health. It is more to the point to discontinue all fried foods and highly processed food. If they are harmful to healthy people, can you imagine what they do to us?

I love love love coconut oil. I use it for my psoriasis as a lotion and i used unrefined for a lot of my cooking. If you want more information on healthy fats and how margarine and the war on fats have ruined people's health look up Weston A Price Foundation's research. I can't stomach the extra virgin stuff, something about eating straight fat makes me nervous but it's great topically and if you can find something to put it in! I heard adding it to hot chocolate or tea is a good way