Laura said:dugdeep said:Great news Gertrudes!
Gertrudes said:I'm curious now on what will happen when I re test coconut oil, something to which I had a strong reaction in August.
Keep in mind that some people just don't react well to coconut oil (myself included). I tried testing it a little while ago and after two days of cooking with it I started having this really stiff and painful muscle tension in my neck. I stopped the oil and it disappeared. Sore muscles seems to be my reaction to foods I'm not tolerating, as that's what happens if I eat nightshades too often. I can have potatoes one day, but if I eat them again soon after I get quite painful muscle soreness. I've just discovered this recently.
I have exactly the same thing... only it's joints and muscles. I do NOT do well with coconut oil. I don't even like the taste of it though many people swear by it.
Interesting.....really saw muscles and fatigue and joint pain was what I was getting when I first introduced a lot of fat into my diet (in the form of olive oil/ghee) when cooking buckwheat pancakes....
This all went away when I switched to coconut oil...how odd.
My tolerance seemed to then go up of the other things, which I put down to having a sluggish liver.
I haven't tried olive oil/ghee for cooking since though, as I now use lard or beef tallow....and goose/duck fat when I can find it.
I'll have to try coconut oil again and see how I react I think.
Some things to consider perhaps.....how is the oil made? Is it bleached? The other thing I can think of is the concentration of caprylic acid....when I first noticed a die off reaction when having live probiotics, I decided to try caprylic acid to kill off the candida.....this led to muscle pain and quite bad joint pain in a few places.....which then subsided after a week or two. I put this down to the death of low level systematic candida.
I'd be curious to know if those that have tried things that kill systematic candida (that is inside the body as well as in the intestines) have the same pain as when eating coconut oil?? I may have to test coconut oil again and see how I react.