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Totally New Paleo Diet - Moved to the caribbean!

Hi! I'm currently (as of last week) attending veterinary school in the caribbean. I will be here for about 2.5 years at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. There are …
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Feeling sick from eating Coconut Butter?

About two days ago,I bough Nutiva's Coconut Manna and it taste great. Usually when I eat it though I do feel a little sick or get a headache. What could be the cause of this reacti …
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Eating too much coconut butter?

Yesterday I bought a jar of Nutiva's Coconut Manna and today the jar is less than half. I eat it with Ezekiel raisin bread. This morning I had 5 slices of bread with coconut butter …
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Best food processor for making coconut/nut butters.

I cannot for the life of me get coconut butter made. I've left my processor running for TWENTY MINUTES, scraping the sides every 5 mins. What am I doing wrong? I am starting to thi …
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Coconut oil saturated fat

I've heard that coconut oil contains just as much LDL causing saturated fat as it's medium chain fatty acids. What does this mean for cholesterol levels and how much should you re …
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Paleo for 3 months, now gaining weight. Too much coconut?

Ok, so I'm fifteen, and I started eating paleo back in June after I lost 15 pounds over 6 months from being low-carb high fat. Fathead anyone? Then I came across the paleo diet, an …
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Coconut butter — what’s the catch?

I'm reading a lot of folks talk about eating a tablespoon of coconut oil here and there throughout the day to keep them going. I can't get myself to do that, the taste and texture …
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Coconut products and heartburn

I feel almost silly asking this...but does anyone else have trouble with heartburn after consuming coconut products? I keep trying to use coconut oil and/or coconut butter--I'm no …
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Coconut butter- Not All Created Equal?

So I asked a question earlier about my dog who is always starving and will eat anything. I concluded that maybe he needs more fat in his diet. I started offering him a heaping tabl …
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Variations on homemade coconut butter

I have a bag of coconut flakes that I'm SUPER excited to turn into a jar of coconut butter. I've found a recipe by The Clothes Make the Girl that includes salt and vanilla or almo …
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OMG! Have you tried Artisana Food’s Coconut Butter?

This stuff is unreal! Super good and look at these specs:
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Coconut Oil Fast

Just wondering if anyone has gone a day or two eating just coconut oil and water? What effects could it have on your body/metabolism? Would it be worth a try to kick-start fat burn …
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Help! Craving Dairy…and Coconut Butter

Ok, so I'm not sure exactly what I need other than relief from compulsive eating of fatty foods that I crave: especially coconut butter (or anything coconut actually other than the …
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Coconut butter: what is it?

Does it count as a fat? A nut? A fruit? I am confused. I try to avoid lots of fruit (FODMAPs) and nuts/nut butters/seeds, but I stil Eat copious amounts of coconut butter, thinkin …
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Such a thing as too much coconut?

I just discovered coconut butter at Whole Foods and it has rocked my world. It was $14/jar, but I realized that I can by a package of unsweetened raw coconut at Whole Foods, throw …

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