Coconut Oil Questions?

dxtra30 · January 2018

Anybody use this at all? If so what was the outcome like? Recommended or Not Recommended? Any opinions or suggestions are also welcome.

nvmomketo · January 2018

MCTs can beneficial for someone who wants ketones as an alternative fuel, mainly for the brain. In that, it can be quite good.

For taste, it is generally fairly flavorless which can be good or bad depending on what you use it for.

For weight loss, be careful with it. It is a concentrated source of calories, like all oils, and some find it easy to eat too many calories with added fats. Those on LCHF diets seem to use MCTs more often since their diets have room for more fats than average.

Coconut oil, and mct oil, can cause temporary gastrointestinal issues, mainly the runs, if you have too much too fast. If you want to include it in your diet, it may be wise to proceed slowly.

Sp1tfire · January 2018

the bottle makes me think hair product for some reason

Trina2040 · January 2018

Coconut oil makes a great skin moisturizer and/or hair conditioner. I add Vitamin E to mine and use it everyday in the shower. As for eating it/drinking it in coffee, shakes, etc., no, no , no for me. It's a saturated fat so it's a pass in my diet.

Edited for typo.

callsitlikeiseeit · January 2018

i use it for hair and skin.

not to eat.

it wont make you lose weight, its an oil. a fat. it has calories. not that we dont all need those things, but too many people come in thinking its some sort of miracle weight loss potion, and its far from that.

AnvilHead · January 2018

What specific kind of "outcome" are you looking for from it?

fatvegan88 · January 2018

I eat it sometimes . I melt it down and use it in cakes. Frying with it makes food taste like coconut lol But remember any fat that turns solid when it’s cold isn’t that good for you.

nvmomketo · January 2018

fatvegan88 wrote: »

I eat it sometimes . I melt it down and use it in cakes. Frying with it makes food taste like coconut lol But remember any fat that turns solid when it’s cold isn’t that good for you.

This is more of a myth from the 80s and 90s. Solid fats can be very healthy, and do not clog arteries like the old infomercials showed.

If you don't like the taste of coconut, refined coconut oil, or mcts, are almost flavorless.

dxtra30 · January 2018

Sorry I wasn't specific in my post. I was going to use in it coffee hoping it keeps me full at times. I know it's no "magic" weight loss but if it assists or helps that would be good. After looking on Amazon reviews it looks like people use mostly for Keto diets or for health benefits unless I'm wrong?

whitpauly · January 2018

I put it in coffee sometimes,,it doesn't keep me full though,I only use it cuz it does seem to clear up my "brain fog" I sometimes get but then it could be placebo

AnvilHead · January 2018

I've never tried it because the idea of greasy, sludgy coffee is an abomination to me. But my first thought is that instead of wasting three or four hundred calories on fat in my coffee, I could have six egg whites (or three eggs) and a slice of toast for the same number of calories, which would probably keep me much more satisfied than a few tablespoons of oil in a cup of coffee.

nvmomketo · January 2018

dxtra30 wrote: »

Sorry I wasn't specific in my post. I was going to use in it coffee hoping it keeps me full at times. I know it's no "magic" weight loss but if it assists or helps that would be good. After looking on Amazon reviews it looks like people use mostly for Keto diets or for health benefits unless I'm wrong?

Sounds about right.

I use it in my coffee with a bit of protein powder. It's a lower calorie breakfast for me that helps keep me full until about 1-2pm.

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