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Hi, I previous asked about ghee and coconut oil. I wanted to incorporate more coconut oil in my diet. Besides using it as cooking oil how else do you incorporate it in your diet?

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I There's really only a few ways to use ANY oil...Some people put it in their coffee, but I don't need caffeine anymore so I just take a tablespoon of it in the morning by itself. I also take some before I'm going out for a night of drinking to lessen some of the oncoming liver damage.

You can use it for non-diet purposes as:

-Personal lubricant

-Guitar string/squeaky door hinge lubricant

-Face and body moisturizer

-Hair conditioner. Gets rid of dandruff and certain fungal infections. Natural alternative to ketoconazole.

-Use it on your pets to keep critters away

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It makes amazing lube. – raney Jul 11 at 2:48
keeps critters off of pets? Like fleas? And how? – Crabbycakes Jul 11 at 5:54
So I'll have a flea-free, greasy mutt on my carpet? – MathGirl72 Jul 11 at 15:41
Better than the flees migrating onto you and your family, in addition to your pet. – BoneBrothFast Jul 17 at 17:29
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Lots of ways.

  1. As a cooking oil (or for mixing in with cocoa powder, or in mayo)

  2. I mix it in with concentrated coconut cream to keep it fresh longer (the directions on the box say to mix it with water to make milk, but if you do, it goes bad in 2-3 days in the fridge.) I then use this in coffee.

  3. Mixed in with baking soda, it can be used as both a deodorant (use only a tiny bit), or as a tooth paste.

  4. oil pulls

  5. moisturizer.

  6. Not 100% sure, but it seems to act as a very mild sunscreen without the chemicals and carcinogenic free radicals that the commercial stuff has

  7. mosquitoes repellent when used on skin (not 100% sure, but so far it has worked)

  8. instead of using salt water with a neti pot, I recently used coconut oil to get rid of a sinus infection.

  9. as a source of ketones when doing IFs.

  10. an anti-bacterial/viral/fungal when sick.

  11. thermometer. :) If it's solid, it's under ~76F.

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+1 for the sunscreen. Moisturize with coconut oil and now the bugs don't bother me and I haven't burned once. – MathGirl72 Jul 11 at 15:42
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Coconut Oil Fudge, in smoothies/drinks, by the spoonfull, coconut bark. Check tropicaltraditions.com and nuttykitchen.com.

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thank you, I will definitely check them out – ughpleasehelp Jul 11 at 2:49
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I eat a spoonful in the morning or before I go to workout. I add it to my coffee, but I find that it just sits on top and makes every sip taste kind of greasy and I get oil all over my lips instead of in my mouth. Drinking it out of a travel mug with a lid fixes that issue.

The easiest way I think to add it to your diet is to just eat it by the spoonful. If you don't like the taste or texture just chase it with the drink of your choice.

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 or just get one of the inexpensive (few bucks) hand-held battery operated coffee blenders. Coconut oil and a bit of cream whipped into coffee....yummm! so much better than the oil-slick version – Holly Jul 11 at 13:06
I whir mine in the blender with coconut oil and butter; not greasy at all! – MathGirl72 Jul 11 at 15:44
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Eat actual coconuts? The pressor (non coconut flavoured) stuff can be used in homemade mayonaise with some light olive oil.

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Coconut is a good oil, but don't eat it to the exclusion of other healthy oils. Add it to a rotation of olive, animal fats, palm oils...

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