Coconut oil is one of Ray Peats favourite substances, it adorns the front page of his website. However reading the Ray Peat forum with regards to coconut oil is pretty disheartening, its mostly people complaining about side effects its giving them or how it did nothing for them except weight gain.
I've consumed zero coconut fat for the past couple of years, decided a few days ago to give coconut oil a try, consuming about an ounce per day divided in breakfast and dinner.
Holy ***t, in the first couple of days of trying this I totally got what Peat says about coconut oil working to disinhibit the thyroid in a fundamental way - for several hours after eating it my hypothyroid symptoms go away - I dont need to urinate all morning and my sunlight sensitivity goes away, my (normally poor) appetite is way up and all traces of fatigue go away as well.
Now on the fourth day I'm experiencing some gastric upset, which I'm hoping will go away with continued use. I'm guessing this might as well be an effect of increased thyroid function since gastric upset can also be caused initially with coffee or thyroid supplements.
Looking for other peoples experiences, how has coconut oil helped you?
I've consumed zero coconut fat for the past couple of years, decided a few days ago to give coconut oil a try, consuming about an ounce per day divided in breakfast and dinner.
Holy ***t, in the first couple of days of trying this I totally got what Peat says about coconut oil working to disinhibit the thyroid in a fundamental way - for several hours after eating it my hypothyroid symptoms go away - I dont need to urinate all morning and my sunlight sensitivity goes away, my (normally poor) appetite is way up and all traces of fatigue go away as well.
Now on the fourth day I'm experiencing some gastric upset, which I'm hoping will go away with continued use. I'm guessing this might as well be an effect of increased thyroid function since gastric upset can also be caused initially with coffee or thyroid supplements.
Looking for other peoples experiences, how has coconut oil helped you?