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Posted 5/3/2012 8:11 AM (GMT -5)
Remember years ago some people claimed they were helped by Coconut Macaroons.

Old Mike

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19126671

Posted 5/3/2012 8:15 AM (GMT -5)
Hmm, about ten years ago I tried cooking Liberally with coconut oil and it definiteky fkared me... Its a very "rich" oil. Maybe I just overdid it. Probably worth experimenting, albeit very cautiously at first, again. Thanks for all your research on fats. Conconut oil reads extremely well in the modern literature, I agree.
Posted 5/3/2012 8:20 AM (GMT -5)
Hey Pro: I am now eating a few tablespoons a day,right out of the jar.
Old Mike
Posted 5/3/2012 8:22 AM (GMT -5)
Naughty!!!
Posted 5/3/2012 8:26 AM (GMT -5)
We eat a ton of EV coconut oil. I do not use any veggie oils anymore. We use ghee, EV coconut oil and some unheated olive oil mostly. And my whole family supplements with fish oil.
Posted 5/3/2012 8:46 AM (GMT -5)
Yes I'm a coconut oil believer along with olive oil, fish oil. Really helps with constipation, moving things along in an orderly fashion lol. Also keeps skin and hair looking good from the inside out although I also use coconut oil on my hair ends and skin too.

Macaroons? Would love to but too much fiber for me right now. Maybe in days to come.
Posted 5/3/2012 9:57 AM (GMT -5)
Ah, the good old macaroon diet days! haven't read that for a long while..
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Posted 5/3/2012 10:16 AM (GMT -5)
we use coconut oil. I even had my daughter much on a ton of those little lauridicin (sp?) pellets for months. Poor thing. Did nothing. Does taste good though and I do use it on their hair and skin. Also use ghee. Never did use any veggie oils (other than olive).
Posted 5/3/2012 10:33 AM (GMT -5)
I use it too, but haven't noticed any difference whtsoever in my UC. Thing is, things have been sort of trending upwards for me over the past year, very slowly.... I still have VERY bad days, but overall, things are alright. So, maybe the kefir, coconut oil, meds, etc. are making a difference. Who knows.... I can't bother trying to keep track of it anymore, whatever happens, happens. Yeah, I'm doing alright now, but I never discount the fact that suddenly I could wind up in a horrible flare.

Posted 5/3/2012 10:53 AM (GMT -5)
Pretty much any coconut products seem to have a soothing effect on the GI tract and never seem to do any harm.
Lately, I've been drinking coconut water, it's great stuff, it hydrates and counter-acts alot of symptoms while in a flare.
yay coconut!
Posted 5/3/2012 3:42 PM (GMT -5)
Nice find Old Mike!
Posted 5/3/2012 10:24 PM (GMT -5)
Yay, I love coconut oil!
Posted 5/4/2012 1:43 AM (GMT -5)
Hmm it was eating it by the spoonfull a bit that may have flared me years back... Like I said, will re-experiment with it in moderation. I swear that I react with inflammation to about 80% of the therapies that are supposed to be anti-inflammatory. Boswellia and alove vera juice are examples. Still, coconut oil may be one of those things that can be well tolerated up to a certain individual threshold.

Not that it is therapeutic (poultry oil is not) but duck oil flares me big time- have had severe flares start twice when I eat the tasty duck skin of roast duck... So certain fats can hit me like a freight train. But on paper, coconut oil is fantastic even though dense and rich.
Posted 5/4/2012 7:43 AM (GMT -5)
Pro: Coconut oil doesent even really get digested in the normal sense, it is absorbed I believe directly into the blood stream.
Duck worse than red meat. 99mg/100g
Old Mike
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9590632

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 5/4/2012 7:21:53 AM GMT

Posted 5/4/2012 11:08 AM (GMT -5)
I am now a major supporter of coconut oil ... I use it as a moisturizer on my skin. I was starting to suffer from scalp psoriasis as well as psoriasis/eczema on my face, particularly under my eyes and on my eyebrows ... within 2 weeks of applying the coconut oil on my skin twice a day, all that went away and has not come back!

I have also noticed that after several months of applying it on my skin, I don't get bags under my eyes, the dark circles are greatly diminished, my skin looks more radiant with virtually no breakouts, even during those hormonal times ... I don't use lotions and potions on my face any more, only the coconut oil. Any wrinkles I did have are virtually undetectable at the moment!

Once I started ingesting some every morning, I have noticed that my gut stabilized (not helping with my proctitis though), I have more pep and just have a general feeling of greater well being ...
Posted 5/4/2012 1:09 PM (GMT -5)
I don't eat it, but I use it every day as a moisturizer. It makes me smell so delicious.
Posted 5/18/2015 12:07 PM (GMT -5)
You're NEVER suppose to cook with coconut oil. It's smoke point - I used to be a pastry chef - is 140 degrees. It will make you sick.

Lots of any oil will also make you sick. Moderation.

It's only suppose to be used cold on salads or veggies or 1-3 teaspoons a day as a supplement. I take a teaspoon a day along with aloe vera juice and probiotics. Only one flare up in 8 years.
Posted 5/18/2015 12:25 PM (GMT -5)

imagardener2 said...
Yes I'm a coconut oil believer along with olive oil, fish oil. Really helps with constipation, moving things along in an orderly fashion lol. Also keeps skin and hair looking good from the inside out although I also use coconut oil on my hair ends and skin too.


The above experiment was comparing coconut with sunflower oil. Omega-6 oils like sunflower oil can encourage inflammation if not balanced with other kinds of oil.

Yes I use coconut oil. And the same anti-inflammatory benefits can be found when olive oil salad dressing is included in the diet. Here is another study saying that supplementing with fish oil can decrease inflammation compared to soybean oil (omega-6) alone.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25434577
Posted 5/18/2015 6:25 PM (GMT -5)
Anna Marie, you can cook with coconut oil but you have to use the right type. Refined coconut oil is for high heat cooking , 360 degree temps and unrefined for those 260 degrees, saute veggies etc . For those who are eating coconut oil, the unrefined is best.
Posted 10/24/2015 4:46 PM (GMT -5)
I've been eating, essentially, the same thing every day for dinner. Two sweet potatoes, baked until nice and crispy, SLATHERED with two or three tablespoons of coconut oil, then topped with a few dollops of plain unsweetened multi-strain (7+) greek yogurt.

My flare has nearly completely subsided after 2 weeks of this. The sweet potatoes are high antioxidant low(er) glycemic index than regular starchy potatoes. The coconut oil's lauric acid is a potent anti-inflammatory and the medium chain fatty acids reduce ghrelin (appetite hormone) levels and, somehow, reduce obesity, especially in the "stress fat" waist area, where corticosteroids are known to hit us hard.

Learning further, about the anti-obesity and Alzheimer's preventative aspects of coconut oil only makes me that much more enthusiastic about these rich and seemingly indulgent dinners. (Of course, seeing those two belt sizes I've left behind makes me feel even MORE enthused about sticking with these foods even after the flare has subsided.)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19126671
Posted 4/15/2019 5:40 AM (GMT -5)
Hello Old Mike,

I know it's an OLD thread, but was just wondering if your opinion is the same about coconut oil?
Hope, you are still having success with olive leaf btw. I myself am hesitant to try as have a low blood pressure... Thanks
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110099
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