3rd day no CO

For many that read my posts, they know I have taken Coconut Oil faithfully everyday for many months.

I do not notice any change in my condition or my symptoms. Hmmm! What shall I do?

[NanCyclist]

I would recommend that you report your findings, which you have just done, and put your money somewhere more productive for your health or fun for you. Thanks for letting us know your results.

[Court]

After reading a lot of information about the beneficial properties of Coconut Oil, I decided to give it a try.

However, before I was really able to say that I found any difference in my condition, I had a routine blood test. When I saw my GP for the results he told me that my cholesterol levels were up. He asked me if I could think of any changes I had made in my diet. The only addition to my diet was Coconut Oil and he recommended that I stop taking it. Which I did. I am waiting for an appointment to have my bloods done again, Hopefully, this will confirm, or otherwise, whether the Coconut Oil caused my cholesterol levels to be raised.

[Hidden in reply to Court]

From what I have read and experienced, CO is not a chol problem.

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Nina Teicholz, author of “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet”

There’s a much finer understanding now of some of the biomarkers that are better predictors of risk, such as apolipoprotein, or ApoB, and non-HDL cholesterol, and they’re not worsened by saturated fat consumption. The heart disease marker field is penetrated by pharmaceutical money. The NIH and the American Heart Association are invested in certain markers and don’t want to reverse course. Nutritional recommendations have gotten mucked up over the years by numerous conflicting interests. We now know that saturated fats are the only foods known to raise HDL cholesterol, a more reliable predictor of heart attacks than LDL.

For breakfast, instead of oatmeal or cereal, it’s better to have bacon, eggs, sausage, whole fat yogurt – not low-fat yogurt.

For lunch, have chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad – that’s better than a sandwich or a bean salad with kale and cranberry, for example. In terms of snacks, rather than fruit, dried fruit, crackers, chips or hummus – it’s better to have cheese, nuts, and cold cuts, such as salami, for example. For dinner, at the center of your meal should be some animal food like red meat, chicken or fish. Balance that with low-carb vegetables. Of course, if you’re diabetic or obese or have heart disease, you’ll need even fewer carbs than other people.

These foods are delicious! They’re not going to make us sick or fat and they're not going to orphan your children. And stay away from sugar, white flour, and other refined carbohydrates: They're almost certainly the main drivers of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

[beauxreflets]

Hi RoyProp,

I gain little or no advantage beyond an ease in mobility with the occasional Teaspoon of CO (2-3 a week when I feel I need it). I think PD is case specific and not everyone will respond in the same way.

[Hidden in reply to beauxreflets]

I read and a doctor informed me that two tbsps. is the amount required to be useful

[beauxreflets in reply to Hidden]

I tried but found No advantage beyond 2 rounded / 3 Teaspoons per day and very little if no disadvantage just on 3 Teaspoons when I feel I need it. I have been using Coconut Oil for about 3 to 4 years now.

[Pete-1]

Money should only be spent on coconut oil if you enjoy eating the stuff.

[attyj]

I have been taking coconut oil in the "fuel for thought" formula for almost 2 years. I have noticed subtle changes in my PD. I was having a problem with saliva and swallowing but that has disappeared. The tremor in my right hand has lessened as noticed by my wife. My sense of balance is much better.

I have my cholesterol checked every 3 months and it has gone from 160 to 175 since I have been taking f4t. I also take 1 gram of ceylon cinnamon each day.

I am satisfied that my regimen of coconut oil has made some changes in my symptoms. What works for me may not work for another.

[zjillian]

I tried CO with my husband for several months but it was of no noticeable. I even took notes and gave him a couple of tests for movement and for cognition to see if I could message any changes. Nothing really changed and I lost faith..although at first it seemed helpful even if only placebo (I never put down placebos, if they don't cost too much.)

Jill

Costa Rica

[JohnPepper]

Hi RoyProp. I am not convinced that there is anything we can take orally that will affect the progression of Pd, including medication.

There is only one thing that has ever come out of research so far that has been proven to reverse the symptoms of Pd and that is FAST WALKING!

I don't want to bore anybody about this subject, as I have been waving it around on this website for a long time now. I am getting up everybody's nose telling the same old story, so I will just refer you all to my other posts on HU about walking, MAO-b inhibitors, GDNF, Stress, etc. In fact all my posts on HU are about reversing Pd.

Kind regards

John

[JeanieBeanie]

My husband has been taking zinc for a few years. The other day he decided to reduce it to half the amount and after two days he realised his meds weren't lasting as long. He is now back to two tabs a day and we are experimenting with which work the best, Valupak Zinc Gluconate, 99p for 60 at our local chemist or Chelated zinc which can be bought on Amazon. This is supposed to be absorbed easier. The reason he started taking zinc years ago is that he was tested for Wilsons Disease before he was diagnosed with PD and I read that zinc was good for it. We were on holiday abroad in June and he had forgotten his zinc. We couldn't get any in the Algarve and we thought he would be ok for a while without but he was so much better when he started taking it again.

Another thing he has tried, and does work, is Mucuna Pruriens. We buy it from Hybrid Herbs. It is natural dopamine from the Velvet Bean. The only downside to this is it makes him go to the toilet. Hybrid Herbs ran out of Mucuna for quite a while and the new kind we bought from them was harsher and more difficult to get the correct dose. I would recommend anyone to try it though.

[johntPM]

Coconut oil may benefit some people or it may even make matters worse. We don't know. And we never will know until someone measures it.

[Hidden in reply to johntPM]

Benefit may be so subtle as to be unnoticeable. Four days w/o CO and I suspect my tremors are slightly less in the evenings; still in the observation stage. Maybe more specific, after my annual physical this April. I will not start again on CO but allow more time w/o

[partypants]

How's it going Roy ? Still going without ?

[Hidden in reply to partypants]

Today my tremors are worse. Not ready or convinced to go back on CO or try cinnamon as suggested by 4000Nights

[Hidden]

Still going without . Can't say it was a bad decision.

[4000Nights]

Coconut Oil doesn't seem to be the magic bullet according to your comments.

Now I recently started taking Cinnamon capsules (Ceylon500 mg twice a day) and I have experienced an improvement in my symptoms (notably less tremors, my wife says I don't have the Parkinson's stare, and my energy is up).

Has anyone else here added Cinnamon to their regimen and seen any results?

PS New here! 1st post...

[Hidden in reply to 4000Nights]

Welcome to the group. Cinnamon will taste better. I will be watching to see what others experience.

[attyj in reply to 4000Nights]

Apparently there was a recent study where ceylon cinnamon reduced the impact of pd on mice/rats. I take it as you do, along with my coconut oil formula.

Let's face it, PD affects people differently. My symptoms are still rather mild and I take no PD meds at this time.

[Hidden in reply to attyj]

I have dx of typical Parkinson's. I further gather that it is the tremor dominant form and not the more serious PIGD form. PIGD definitely requires the patient to take meds.

I am not taking meds for the common reasons to include the high cost of Neupro patches.

I will wait until Neupro is offered in a generic and at a time meds are necessary for my quality of life. Currently my tremors are frustrating but not debilitating. The other symptoms are likewise not debilitating.

I essentially gave up on CO but admit it is a hard road as on occasion I will consume two tbsp. of the stuff. I had put a lot of faith and hope in CO.

[Hidden]

I consumed CO these last two days. No effect. Still going to go without . Can't say it is a bad decision.

[12stargate]

Stop taking it