Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my recipe--
1 cup unsweetened full fat coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup blackberries
1/4 cup chia seeds
In a blender, puree coconut milk and vanilla until it starts to thicken (about a minute). Add blackberries and puree another minute. Fold in chia seeds with a spatula. Let set overnight. You can add sweetener.

Wowsers, that’s 57g of saturated fat.

I got on the coconut milk bandwagon and went for a physical and my LDL cholesterol was the through the roof. So much so that I had to see a nutritionist and make a food diary. She identified the coconut milk, I cut it out, cholesterol went back to normal (as it had been my entire life) and I lost 5lbs I had packed on.

I now only use it very sparingly for when I cook creamy dishes that call for cream I sub it out. Even then that’s only maybe 2xs a month.

Agree coconut milk/oil is pretty terrible for you. Unfortunately, it is in a LOT of marketed heath and vegan food products.

Disagree. Fat is not the problem. It’s usually your diet overall that has issues, or genetics. I cook with it daily, and I have perfect cholesterol- actually perfect numbers across the board.

Well noted, little miss smug. Meanwhile, I have a gene called familial hypercholesteremia which gives me sky high triglycerides and ldl. Despite a near amazing diet of wholesome homemade food, whole grains, vegetables, legumes, organic this and that, whole fruits, no sugar or junk food. I have a close.friend who is a dietician who says my diet is the best she's seen. She laughs bc she said I'm the only person she's met that eats better than her. I've always had a great diet but it does nothing when you've got FH.

So pat yourself on the back, good job that you won the genetic lottery for cholesterol!

Next time you hear of someone talking about their cholesterol, don't tell them to skip the McDonald's drive through. Bc guess what, they probably already know to avoid junk food.

I'm a huge yogurt fan here. Whole milk plain is the best. I don't think I'd call it healthy with a tsp of sugar. Although it's not bad it's still refined sugar. If you absolutely have to have something sweet, add a small drizzle of honey. It spikes insulin much less and you get other nutritional benefits. Skyr or whole milk greek yogurt is also really nice spread on crackers, with radishes, dill, salt, pepper. Whole milk yoghurt etc is very satiating.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's my recipe--
1 cup unsweetened full fat coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup blackberries
1/4 cup chia seeds
In a blender, puree coconut milk and vanilla until it starts to thicken (about a minute). Add blackberries and puree another minute. Fold in chia seeds with a spatula. Let set overnight. You can add sweetener.

Wowsers, that’s 57g of saturated fat.

I got on the coconut milk bandwagon and went for a physical and my LDL cholesterol was the through the roof. So much so that I had to see a nutritionist and make a food diary. She identified the coconut milk, I cut it out, cholesterol went back to normal (as it had been my entire life) and I lost 5lbs I had packed on.

I now only use it very sparingly for when I cook creamy dishes that call for cream I sub it out. Even then that’s only maybe 2xs a month.

Agree coconut milk/oil is pretty terrible for you. Unfortunately, it is in a LOT of marketed heath and vegan food products.

Disagree. Fat is not the problem. It’s usually your diet overall that has issues, or genetics. I cook with it daily, and I have perfect cholesterol- actually perfect numbers across the board.

Maybe your genetics are the root of your perfect cholesterol. My nutritionist observes the link between coconut oil and high cholesterol in many of her clients.