> I've read a lot about coconut lately, and apparently it has an
> adaptogenic property that increases metabolism (the body increases
> thyroid levels in response to anti-thyroid chemicals in the coconut).
> I'm not sure if this is good or bad- my mum has a failed thyroid and
> mine is slightly slow. Maybe it is over-taxing my thyroid. But I
> think I'm getting used to eating it- at first it made me incredibly
> gassy, but that's stopped now. Don't know if it's because I'm eating
> fresh coconut instead of the blocks or because I'm now producing some
> sort of coconut-ase enzyme to digest it.
Have you tried coconut oil?
Kristina