The Coconut Oil Experiences Thread

Brendalea69

barbheart wrote: »

coconut oil is also great for oil pulling your teeth, also great as a skin facial...it removes wrinkles yeah! quite nice with black coffee but I can manage my fasts without it

Yes I do oil pulling too

blambo61

So ran a pr 5k today (27:14) on a hilly course while fasted with the exception of 1-scoop of UCAN superstarch eaten about 45-min before the race and 1-tsp of coconut oil 35-min before the race. My cool down after the race was over a min/mile faster than normal also. I've ran a few 5ks recently with just the starch and felt I was still bonking about 2-miles into the race. I'm convinced the coconut oil was the difference. Ran well last year with just 1-tsp of coconut oil just before the race while having fasted up tell then (races are at 4:30 pm). This stuff is high octane fuel for when fasted!

vaughnche

I'm a keto person and I'm not entirely sold on it. I make my own fat bombs with coconut oil and eat one when I want to meet my fat macros, but I feel like straight up MCT oil would be better for weight loss. The lauric acid in coconut oil is an MCT but behaves like an LCT in the body, apparently. But you gotta admit the stuff is mighty tasty. And smells sooo good. I'll be doing some experimenting with coconut oil vs mct oil and let you know what happens. But I'll still be keeping coconut oil around for slathering on my skin.