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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 567452" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Coconut oil IS that thick white stuff. It is often used in lotions, potions, and creams because of the low melting point. You can easily melt coconut oil in your hand as long as you are using a small amount.</p><p></p><p>As for heart attack? Not sure on that one. Good heart health runs in both sides of his family. His dad did have a heart attack BUT given his age at the time and several other things, it is actually not as likely that husband will have a heart attack. this was a few years ago that we were told this. I was there and the explanation made sense, I just cannot remember all of it. husband does carry his weight in his torso, which isn't good. He is relatively active, physically. He has high blood pressure but is religious about his medications except for when we didn't have insurance. Then he would go off of them until I figured it out and had a tantrum. Even off blood pressure medications, he monitored it religiously and did what he could to lower it naturally. </p><p></p><p>Oddly, his doctor just this week gave hm the results of a whole bunch of tests. His cholesterol is in the higher half of the good range for all types. His triglycerides are not just normal, they are perfect. His doctor's words and she does NOT use that word lightly. He has had several stress tests over the years. Different docs in different states. Each doctor doing the testing ends up asking why they are doing the test. The things they are testing for all get better, sometimes much better, the more he walks. This was true even when he was not exercising. </p><p></p><p>Even given those things, I still think the study he read is pushing coconut oil the way snake oil was marketed (at one point they wanted about half the people I knew to take neurontin. not just for bipolar, which it doesn't work for but the company sold it for anyway, but for migraines, stomach cramps, chronic pain, and even for sprained ankles.</p><p></p><p>Lisa, I am astounded that your husband would allow you to limit his portions. husband would find some passive aggressive way to get me to stop if I did that. He would also wait until I went to bed or ran an errand to fix and eat them. husband would go and buy his own or he would nag and nag me and/or pay/bribe the kids to pester me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 567452, member: 1233"] Coconut oil IS that thick white stuff. It is often used in lotions, potions, and creams because of the low melting point. You can easily melt coconut oil in your hand as long as you are using a small amount. As for heart attack? Not sure on that one. Good heart health runs in both sides of his family. His dad did have a heart attack BUT given his age at the time and several other things, it is actually not as likely that husband will have a heart attack. this was a few years ago that we were told this. I was there and the explanation made sense, I just cannot remember all of it. husband does carry his weight in his torso, which isn't good. He is relatively active, physically. He has high blood pressure but is religious about his medications except for when we didn't have insurance. Then he would go off of them until I figured it out and had a tantrum. Even off blood pressure medications, he monitored it religiously and did what he could to lower it naturally. Oddly, his doctor just this week gave hm the results of a whole bunch of tests. His cholesterol is in the higher half of the good range for all types. His triglycerides are not just normal, they are perfect. His doctor's words and she does NOT use that word lightly. He has had several stress tests over the years. Different docs in different states. Each doctor doing the testing ends up asking why they are doing the test. The things they are testing for all get better, sometimes much better, the more he walks. This was true even when he was not exercising. Even given those things, I still think the study he read is pushing coconut oil the way snake oil was marketed (at one point they wanted about half the people I knew to take neurontin. not just for bipolar, which it doesn't work for but the company sold it for anyway, but for migraines, stomach cramps, chronic pain, and even for sprained ankles. Lisa, I am astounded that your husband would allow you to limit his portions. husband would find some passive aggressive way to get me to stop if I did that. He would also wait until I went to bed or ran an errand to fix and eat them. husband would go and buy his own or he would nag and nag me and/or pay/bribe the kids to pester me. [/QUOTE]
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