Shanny

Okay, now that we've got that out of our system, there'll be no more baiting. Don, you don't know sic 'em about coconut oil except what you've read online. Many if not most of the people here are actually using it and discovering amazing benefits.

There is no coconut oil in our arteries - in fact, what's clogging your arteries is no doubt the carbs you've eaten your whole life. Our bodies manufacture 85% of the cholesterol we need, and dietary fat supplies energy, not plaque in our arteries.

Thanks for explaining about the MCT, Salim - saved me the trouble.

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smorgan

You don't know "sic 'em"? LOL. You really have a way with words! That's one I hadn't heard.

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DX: 9/2009 A1C=10.7
A1C 2/2010: 6.7 (DX + 4 months)
A1C 5/2010: 6.0 (DX + 8 months)
A1C 8/2010: 5.7 (DX + 11 months)
A1C 11/2010: 5.1 (DX + 14 months)
Diet: Approximately C:10;P:15;F:75 (as % calories)
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Exercise: 24 minute bike ride 5 days/wk
NO MEDS, No Highs, No Lows
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Shanny

You mean you've never heard of a dog that "doesn't know sic 'em from come here"?

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lia

I like that. I'm glad you explained it, because I've never heard it before.

When I was growing up, if someone was singing the person might get the comment "sounds like the mating call of a stomach pump." I assumed that one was so good, it was known around the world, but I've never heard it outside that little community.

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jasonsandeman

I store mine in the spice cupboard above the stove. I'm sure that's a faux pas, but hey - it's how I roll. In the real hot summer months, it was liquid. In the winter it is almost like candle wax.

There is nothing on the bottle to indicate that it needs refrigeration, so by all means, keep it in the cupboard, unless you have a large bottle. If that's the case, then only keep a small jar out and refrigerate the rest so you won't get any oxidization.

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Carolina

so the jist of this is to have /eat/use CO instead of butter? Or Olive oil . Or bacon Fat. I use those 3 .

CO is very expensive JMO. $8. not so big jar either. I may have to pass on it.

fgummett

I wouldn't use coconut oil instead of butter... I'd use it instead of margarine or industrially-manufactured vegetable oils


I also use butter and bacon fat... and the best olive oil ain't exactly cheap neither!

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Carolina

LOL oh good then.. I know I try to buy the best OO I can . I am not a food snob

wdmama

I use it in conjunction with olive oil, butter, bacon grease and lard.

Considering I continue to lose weight and my cholesterol continues to go down, I guess I'll continue believe that natural saturated fats are what the human body was meant to consume... not oils made up in a laboratory.

And to answer the original question - set it out and leave it out - it will be fine Mine stays on my counter and is liquid all summer. It firms up in the winter though b/c it gets cold in the kitchen.

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Hypothyroidism @10
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Low Carb / Primal / Whole Foods
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A1C
June 2010 ~ 9.2
Aug 2010 ~ 7.1
Nov 2010 ~ 6.0
July 2011 ~ 5.2

Our baby boy arrived 4/15 ~ 8lbs 10oz

fgummett

Yes I have been eating LCHF for over 3 years now and all my health markers (BG, BP, cholesterol etc...) are excellent... including a recent Stress ECG where they pushed the treadmill up to the limit they are allowed on the test, and I still passed with flying colours.

Thing about saturated fat is that is the way we store fat in our own bodies -- as Saturated Animal Fat -- almost identical to pig fat AKA lard So it seems to me that: if saturated fat really is the killer we are told, then there must have been a major blunder in either our evolution or our creation (take your pick)


As for "coconut oil in our arteries" I'm trying to remember if if was Dr Oz or Dr Barnard who came up with the "logic" that as saturated fat is solid at room temperature then it would be solid inside our arteries too! In either case they need to go back and relearn basic physiology to remember that arteries are maintained well above room temperature and what we put in out mouths rarely (with the exception of glucose for example) goes unaltered into our blood stream.

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52, Metabolic Syndrome (Type 2) Diagnosed March 2003 - MDI then Pump(ed) 5+ years
Real whole food diet, including natural fats; avoiding starches, grains and most fruit -- physically active -- 8u Levemir each night