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Hi Wendy,
Researchers now know that weight loss associated with coconut oil is related to the length of the fatty acid chains contained in coconut oil. Coconut oil contains what are called medium chain fatty acids, or medium chain triglycerides (MCTs for short). These medium chain fatty acids are different from the common longer chain fatty acids found in other plant-based oils. Most vegetable oils are composed of longer chain fatty acids, or triglycerides (LCTs). LCTs are typically stored in the body as fat, while MCTs are burned for energy. MCTs burn up quickly in the body.
Coconut oil is nature’s richest source of MCTs that increase metabolic rates and lead to weight loss. MCTs promote what is called thermogenesis. Thermogenesis increases the body's metabolism, producing energy. Researchers in Japan have found that when you consume a food rich in MCTs such as coconut oil, the MCTs are absorbed and transported directly into the liver via the portal vein. They are metabolized rapidly by beta-oxidation, and they increase diet-induced thermogenesis.8 People in the animal feed business have known this truth for quite some time. If you feed animals vegetable oils, they put on weight and produce more fatty meat. If you feed them coconut oil, they will be very lean.
Source: http://www.Coconutoil.com
You can replace your vegetable oil with coconut oil, and replace some of your caloric intake with coconut oil.
http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/gluten_free_recipes.htm
Marianita
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Posted: 3/9/2012
By: Wendy
Hi there,
I am new to this so I am hoping there is someone who can help me.
I am 47 and hypothyroid due to radio active iodine treatment I was given for hyperthyroid.
I have given up on traditional doctors and am now being treated by a homeopath doctor. She has me on a candida detox diet which includes: no wheat, gluten, sugars, fermented foods, alcohol, fruit, dairy...basically leaving me with very limited options. I have lost 4 kilos in 6 weeks, not bad with a dud thyroid!! I asked her today about taking coconut oil.... she was not keen, she said it would make me GAIN weight due to its high fat % meanwhile almost all the sites I have looked at say the opposite.
I exercise 6 days a week most weeks.........any advise??
Wendy - Cape Town
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Hi there,
I am new to this so I am hoping there is someone who can help me.
I am 47 and hypothyroid due to radio active iodine treatment I was given for hyperthyroid.
I have given up on traditional doctors and am now being treated by a homeopath doctor. She has me on a candida detox diet which includes: no wheat, gluten, sugars, fermented foods, alcohol, fruit, dairy...basically leaving me with very limited options. I have lost 4 kilos in 6 weeks, not bad with a dud thyroid!! I asked her today about taking coconut oil.... she was not keen, she said it would make me GAIN weight due to its high fat % meanwhile almost all the sites I have looked at say the opposite.
I exercise 6 days a week most weeks.........any advise??
Wendy - Cape Town
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