Coco for Coconut oil??~

[KathyL]

All this talk about CO makes me want to add it back into my diet. I cut it almost completely when I started counting calories (except for when I need oil for cooking). I think I'll start adding it to my smoothies.

Cindy....my mother was British (war bride) and we were fortunate to be able to visit her family every few years as I was growing up. We'd go and stay for a month at a time. Loved it. Clotted cream, scones, lemon curd, crumpets, and Digestive Biscuits are just some of my favorite foods. Yum. I tried for years to make my own crumpets and could never get them right. I'd find them now and then at some import shops but not often. Then last year I found a local store carrying them (Trader Joe's if anyone is interested....they are authentic! LOL) and now my children are loving them. The digestive biscuits I have to hoard for myself though.....they are hard to come by. LOL

[Princessdmw33]

I use coconut strictly for my skin. I use it as a moisturizer, face wash and primer. I like to whip it and then add a little bit of essential oils to it for the bathroom when I shower. It is nice when it is whipped and so much easier to use when it is at room temperature.

I no longer use neosporin and use it strictly on cuts. It will clear up any redness within a few hours. I have my DD19 using it on her face and skin. It worked clear up her acne so much better than using Proactive.

I also tan when I am using it. My face gets a nice tan color not red like usual. My rosacea is under control since I use it. I no longer have blotchy skin. I am sure that has something to do with no sugar in my diet.

My dogs love it and if they hear me opening the container to it they come running.

I have a hard time eating it because the taste and consistency gags me. It was ok in coffee but I had a hard time with the oil slick on the top of the coffee. My lips, however, loved it.

[metqa]

Originally Posted by SoHappy

She's in Europe? I didn't know that.

neither did I! I WISH I were in Athens, Greece, but alas I'm only in Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.


Sister City!

[Kissa]

Wrong Athens.

[metqa]

Originally Posted by Princessdmw33

I use coconut strictly for my skin. I use it as a moisturizer, face wash and primer. I like to whip it and then add a little bit of essential oils to it for the bathroom when I shower. It is nice when it is whipped and so much easier to use when it is at room temperature.

Thanks for that tip. In the spring, summer and fall, I keep some with essential oil in a dispenser tip bottle cause it's liquid, but in winter it's a pain cause it's semi solid, soft but not liquid enough to get through the whole, and the jar I use in the winter is solid oil. I think if I whip it up before putting it into my winter jar, it might be easier to get out. Too late for this year but I hope I remember for next fall/winter.

[Kissa]

Metqa, I can get it over here, will get some! Thanks so much, but your posts will never seem quite as romantic to me from now on.

[metqa]

Originally Posted by Kissa

Metqa, I can get it over here, will get some! Thanks so much, but your posts will never seem quite as romantic to me from now on.

AWWWWWW!

[KeirasMom]

Originally Posted by Kissa

Metqa, I can get it over here, will get some! Thanks so much, but your posts will never seem quite as romantic to me from now on.

Athens, Georgia can be quite romantic with all the southern charm.

Of course, I find Athens, Greece to be quite dirty and the people very rude. Give me Santorini or even Olympia over Athens any day!

[OhioGuy]

KeirasMom,
how many calories do you do on DDs?

[Yam-Yam]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

KeirasMom,
how many calories do you do on DDs?

I'm a big fan of the Daily Weigh In thread. Here is a link:

JUDDD Daily Weigh-In Tracker -- March 2012

Dawn posts her calories every day! Hey Dawn! Hope it's ok if I did this. Thought you might be. right now.

[OhioGuy]

awesome, thanks

[Yam-Yam]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

awesome, thanks

You bet! I'm just trolling around the Forum before I snuggle in.

[laranda]

I like to use it for oil pulling too. My teeth have been feeling sensitive lately so thanks for the reminder!

I actually don't think I've ever cooked with it. Eggs and coconut sounds but that's because I wouldn't want eggs tainting the taste of the coconut. I love coconut and think it's really healthy, not just in oil form.

I do like CO for skin, but I tried it on my face one day and it seeped into my hair and I was greasy the whole day. too much maybe? It's great on cuticles!

I've also read very good things about red palm oil. It has lots of vitamin a and e (good for the skin). I've seen really good results with it. The only thing is, it's not as yummy as the coconut oil.

[gotsomeold]

Oh, but the magic of standing on the Acropolis wondering 'Who stood here so long ago? What words of wisdom or wit, words I grew up hearing, were first spoken right here where I am standing now?' My descendants may think the same things while standing in Bull Dog country, but I fear I am a Georgia Tech fan myself.

A strong fleshed fish, dusted with flour, salt, and pepper then quickly sauteed in EVCO tastes wonderful!

[adillenal]

I cook my eggs in coconut oil and have never noticed them tasting or smelling like coconut. Been doing that for years now.

[KeirasMom]

Originally Posted by Yam-Yam

I'm a big fan of the Daily Weigh In thread. Here is a link:

JUDDD Daily Weigh-In Tracker -- March 2012

Dawn posts her calories every day! Hey Dawn! Hope it's ok if I did this. Thought you might be. right now.

Thanks Yam! I was, in fact, sound asleep, as it was a DD and I was too cold to stay up.

Jamie, I go anywhere from zero calories (only once) up to 500, though I usually stick around 350-400. If you're on ************, send me a friend request and you can see my diaries. I can get a pretty good amount of food in for 350 calories!

[metqa]

unless I'm doing a facial, I get just the right amount of coconut oil for my face by spreading it on other parts of my body and what's left clinging to my hands/fingers is just enough for my face without being too much. I just rub my hands on my face at the end to put a nice fine layer on. up to half an hour later it's all soaked in.

[Princessdmw33]

You can also use it as a face wash in the shower before you wash your hair so if any gets in your hair it gets washed out. If you use it as a face wash it works really nice to get makeup off and once you are done you can splash your face with some cold water to close the pores.

[Beeb]

Originally Posted by metqa

When I was doing P3 after HCG I was told the 1st 4T of coconut oil don't count toward calories cause the lauric acid was used up by the immune system, but that didn't make sense to me so I had to go look it up. Even if all the lauric acid were use as immune building instead of used as fuel, that leaves 50% of coconut oil, the non lauric acid componenets, to be used as fuel, so at best one could claim only half the calories... or one might say only claim 33% of them since that's the amount that is LCFA....

OK, so am I understanding that I can use coconut oil and only count 22% of the calories from it? If so I'm very about this because I love this in my coffee and have been avoiding it because of the calorie usage. Also, will 1 teaspoon still give us the benefit of coconut oil or do we need to use at least 1 TBS, as I have read? Thanks for the info!

[sterlinggirl]

Well i bought some and tryed it inmy Coffe.. Wow did it smellll good.. and wow what an oil slick! My lips sure felt soft afterwards too lol

[oropendola]

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Well i bought some and tryed it inmy Coffe.. Wow did it smellll good.. and wow what an oil slick! My lips sure felt soft afterwards too lol

It takes coffee and tea to a whole new level of yumminess.

[Yam-Yam]

Originally Posted by Beeb

OK, so am I understanding that I can use coconut oil and only count 22% of the calories from it? If so I'm very about this because I love this in my coffee and have been avoiding it because of the calorie usage. Also, will 1 teaspoon still give us the benefit of coconut oil or do we need to use at least 1 TBS, as I have read? Thanks for the info!

I use 1 teaspoon every day in my SF, FF hot chocolate/mocha capuccino concoction. I FEEL the benefits.

It is beneficial whether you choose to use 1 tsp or 3 TBLSP.

Dr. Dukan would call that a 78% SDA, by the way. In Dukan's book, he lists the Specific Dynamic Action of different food groups. For instance, lean protein has an SDA of 30%. What that means in, protein is such a high energy producer and sustainer and it is so complicated for the body to process and extract all the nutrients from it, that for every 100 calories of lean protein you eat it "costs" your body 30 calories to process it.

That's why I think protein is such a great buy food wise.

I count the calories! All of them! But I know when I'm choosing something like fat free, plain Greek yogurt, I have an automatic calorie deficit of 30% built right in. !! Wooooo-Hooooo!

Dr. Oz says that if you have up to 3 TBLSP of EVCO in a day, all of it will be used as energy and none of it will be stored as fat. Yes, it has calories. But because of how quickly it is sent right to the liver and the fact that it raises energy levels within the body and then rushes through the blood stream to get to the brain and other organs for nourishment, those calories get used up very quickly.

I still count the calories! And, there are not that many in only 1 teaspoon. There are 120 in a tablespoon. There are 3 teaspoons in a Tablsp. So, 40 calories for a good healthy fat (oh, and some of it is sent to the intestines to assist in keeping them clean and shiny!)

Then, if you want to consider that it has an SDA of 78%, well, not many left to count!

[sterlinggirl]

oooooooooohh i like shiny intestines :hystr:

[Luna Loca]

I started oil pulling with coconut oil this morning. My teeth did feel cleaner! I'll try doing this for a while and see if it agrees with me.

<---me and my shiny teeth

[OhioGuy]

Originally Posted by KeirasMom

Thanks Yam! I was, in fact, sound asleep, as it was a DD and I was too cold to stay up.

Jamie, I go anywhere from zero calories (only once) up to 500, though I usually stick around 350-400. If you're on ************, send me a friend request and you can see my diaries. I can get a pretty good amount of food in for 350 calories!

thanks.
im going to try to shoot for one or two TRUE zero days a week
and i got low carb slim fast shakes that are 380 for 2. that will be my max to get me down to zero. but i want to use the treadmill, so im not sure how it will all work out. sometimes when you "workout" your appetite vanishes. i guess i will see!

[SoHappy]

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Well i bought some and tryed it inmy Coffe.. Wow did it smellll good.. and wow what an oil slick! My lips sure felt soft afterwards too lol

That's the exact reason why I can't stomach it in coffee! That oil slick just makes me have to work hard not to gak.

But, I can scoop some out of the jar with a spoon and eat it. I'm too weird to be allowed out on my own.

[gotitnow]

Pat.....ANOTHER great sense of humor around here!!

Phyl

[thomasina838]

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Kind of I keep reading about this Coconut oil ya all cook with or put in your coffee.. What are the bennifts of injesting this? Has any one really seen a posative use for this or is it just one of those things ya decided to use due to its a healthy oil for cooking? Kind of Thanks for any help ya give in reguards to this item

if you want to know then you have to do your research. westonaprice.org is the best place to start.

[dawnyama]

I just did the oil pulling for the first time today. I lasted all of 20 mins!!! I am so happy and it was sooo easy. I can do this. My gums are receeding pretty badly, so this should help with the sensitivity. I used my expeller pressed coconut oil--hope that doesn't make a difference in how it works. Still has the benefits of the virgin coconut oil.

[sterlinggirl]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

I just did the oil pulling for the first time today. I lasted all of 20 mins!!! I am so happy and it was sooo easy. I can do this. My gums are receeding pretty badly, so this should help with the sensitivity. I used my expeller pressed coconut oil--hope that doesn't make a difference in how it works. Still has the benefits of the virgin coconut oil.

i also have bad reseeding gums,, it would nice to think it will help with that.. i just may have to try it my self and see what happens