Anyone take coconut oil as a supplement?

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leojsivad
leojsivad Posts: 124 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What are your experiences with taking Coconut Oil daily?

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,020 Member
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    I use it as a food, which it is. Coconut oil has a unique lipid (fat) profile called lauric acid which is a medium chain fatty acid which gets metabolized differently from other fatty acids.....basically this fat is not stored in fat cells like other dietary fat when consumed but is diverted and metabolized throught the liver and processed much like a carbohydrate and used as immediate energy (atp) and also contain anti-microbial, anti-viral properties due to the latitute of this product. Consuming this will displace other less desirable oils in your diet like refined veg oils, which is much healthier. You want virgin coconut oil, not refined.

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