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Posted 4/6/2013 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Ive been reading lately about the health benefits of coconut and how it (when pure of course) works very well with healing the body (including UC and other digestive issues). I have recently ordered myself a tub of pure unrefined extra virgin coconut oil because of not only th benefits it comes with in regards to UC, but for my overall health as well. It's only been a couple of weeks since starting on it, and so far Ive noticed abit of a difference.

Does anybody have any experience with coconut? (oil, water, milk etc.)?
Posted 4/6/2013 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
yes yes yes!! i am a coconut addict.

i eat at least 3 tablespoons of coconut oil a day and then a jar of homemade coconut yogurt. i also use coconut amino acids to flavor my savory dishes.

have you heard of nikki's coconut butter? it's like a dessert coconut butter.

i actually just made some "fudge" last night mixing the benefits of the oh so talked about sunflower seeds with coconut oil.
Posted 4/6/2013 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
ooh homemade coconut yogourt?! so its dairy free? care to share your recipe?? :) I am actually reading up on how to make homemade coconut kefir, have u heard of it? I definitely am going to get myself started on it as soon as I can get my hands on some kefir grains.

I havent heard of nikkis coconut butter, where do you get yours from?

The fudge sounds awesome, I am in the middle of testing what foods are good/bad for me, but have been sooooo craving something chocolatey. I have been keeping track of yummy sounding healthy recipes but havent been able to get to baking any yet, but will have to soon hehe.

So have you noticed any difference with using using coconut?

Have u heard of/done the coconut cleanse? (detoxing your body using coconut oil) From what Ive read, it is supposed to be very beneficial for UCers

Post Edited (Maria2007) : 4/5/2013 7:25:39 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/6/2013 1:38 AM (GMT 0)
i use a yogurt maker for the yogurt since i've tried the oven method and had little success. i think the oven light method works better for dairy.

for the yogurt:

42 oz coconut cream
1/2 tsp yogurt starter (i use yogourmet which is dairy, but the bacteria eat the lactose in the starter)
1 tbsp honey

bring coconut cream to 180 F in a large pot and stir in honey. take off the heat and let cool down to 100-110 F. once it's cool, pour a little of the cream into a cup with the yogurt starter. stir around and then pour this back into the large pot. i use a big pot because my cream has boiled over TOO many times to count. stir the yogurt starter mixture really well with the rest of the cream. once incorporated, pour into yogurt jars for yogurt maker and turn on yogurt maker for 24 hours.

i've been wanting to make kefir! i've seen the yogourmet starter kit at the health food store but haven't gotten around to making it yet. i guess i just wanted to master the yogurt first.

here's the coconut butter website. i've never seen it in stores before.

http://www.nikkiscoconutbutter.com/

the fudge is actually not really "fudge" since i don't eat chocolate. i just used 1 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup coconut oil, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp coconut flour and blended it in the food processor. i poured this into a pan lined with plastic wrap and dotted the top with raisins and himalayan sea salt. i actually really enjoyed this although it could've used more honey- probably 2 tbsp. if you do eat chocolate, you could just mix some cacao powder in there. i think it would be awesome.

i've been eating more coconut oil lately for fungus overgrowth. my naturopathic doc. says i have yeast problems so i read that coconut oil kills candida albicans.

is the cleanse just eating coconut oil and nothing else?

i don't know if i've noticed a difference just from coconut oil. i think i've seen improvemet following the paleo diet in general and that just includes tons of coconut oil- at least for me. i definitely don't limit myself though. i used to be so fat phobic and now i just eat this stuff off a spoon.
Posted 4/6/2013 2:29 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you! I will definitely have to try out the yogourt recipe and the "fudge". Ive never made yogourt, but I plan to to learn soon. Ive cut out dairy, but have been missing soooooo many things that I used to eat everyday (such as yogourt). Ive read some pretty awesome stuff about kefir and the benefits it has for UC, so it is definitely something I will get started on soon.

My sister actually had a pretty bad candida overgrowth and antibiotics couldnt get rid of it! It just kept on coming back, so after learning about coconut oil, I believe she did the detox, Im not sure, but since then, the candida hasn't come back! Antibiotics couldnt kill the candida, the coconut oil did. With my first order online of coconut oil, I included a book called coconut cures, and its where I read the instructions for how to do the cleanse. I should ask my sister if this is the one she did (if she did do the detox). The overall of it is that you basically eat nothing but coconut oil (about 12 tbsp a day, I know seems like a lot) and there is a type of lemony water drink that you can make to substitute for lots nutrients to get you through the days. It says that you can either do a 3 day cleanse that will most likely more than just the one cleanse (like u can do one per month until u feel that its healed you), or a 7 day one. You shoudl be able to find it online if you're interested in reading about it. I scanned through it but from what I understood is that when you eliminate everything else during the cleanse, you starve the bad bacteria while the coconut oil does the healing/repairing of the colon. Sounds pretty awesome to me,but I would still like to read more on it before going ahead with it. :)
Posted 4/6/2013 3:56 AM (GMT 0)
Beware those who have had gallbladder removed
Posted 4/6/2013 5:06 AM (GMT 0)
What is wrong with coconut oil for a removed gallbladder? I bought some to try but haven't tried it yet. I had my gallbladder out in 2000.
Posted 4/6/2013 12:05 PM (GMT 0)
Ive had mine removed also, I was so hoping I wouldn't have digestive problems with coconut oil because I wanted to reap the benefits. I had a teaspoon to start out slow incase, it upset my stomach for days. The only high fat foods I seem to tolerate that don't upset things is avocado. It worsened my reflux and that means bloating, gurgling, burping.. Just use caution everyone is different. I've never really had dumping after my surgery because I simply don't eat high fat food, but after eating the coconut oil I would describe it as something similar.
Posted 4/6/2013 1:37 PM (GMT 0)

Petah said...
Beware those who have had gallbladder removed

ooh ok, I had no idea coconut oil could affect those who have had their gull bladder removed, thanks for the info.
Posted 4/6/2013 2:49 PM (GMT 0)
Just to add my two cents, my experience, to this: coconut, for me, is basically a laxative. And I don't need one. I ate coconut yogurt for a month, and went from 1-2 bms/day to 4. Stopped coconut yogurt, got back to 1-2. Coconut oil does the same thing. :-(
Posted 4/6/2013 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
I use coconut oil daily....I even eat it by the spoonful at times. Doesn't ever hurt me at all.
I also make my own coconut milk by soaking shreds of unsweetened organic coconut in hot water for 2 hours and then putting it in my blender with cinnamon and stevia and blending for 1 minute. I drain into a container and then chill. It's amazing! :o)
Posted 4/6/2013 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
They say it is tolerated for ppl without gallbladder but I beg to differ. Those with a gallbladder might get a laxative effect and those without would get dumping syndrome. Maybe not everyone but it certainly upset my stomach for days. I noticed within hours of eating it. I tried the yogurt and could taste the oil so I wasn't going to risk that either. Most definitely had trouble digesting the oil.
Posted 4/6/2013 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
It's common for oils of whatever kind to be difficult to digest/breakdown if one doesn't have a gallbladder.

Even as we age, it's more difficult to digest them, healthy oils or not. I asked my GI about that and he said...welcome to aging. lol. He also mentioned that women are more inclined in that group than men.

One would have to find the balance, I would think smaller increments throughout the day with a meal would be better...

And A digestive enzyme...one specific to needs.

I hate the taste of coconut oil...there is one without flavour/odour, but I've read it's not good to use that one. can't remember why...maybe because of what's used to remove the taste. To me, have it as it should be or not at all.

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