Most people think I'm from Scotland. HEH. Yeah, I was born and raised here, and I love it. Richmond is lovely.

As for WHEN to take coconut oil, I think that if it doesn't agree with you, then it's best not to take it at all, I think was my point. If it's making you nauseous and giving you heart palpitations, I'm not sure it's a healthy choice for your body type. I was in total denial about the effects coconut oil was having on my body, but I'm over that, especially after doing my last flush and seeing all those obvious NEW stones that had formed.

Have you considered doing some liverflushing and detoxing? Many times your thyroid function will improve drastically once your liver is detoxed. Liver function/thyroid function/blood Sugar levels are all interrelated.

My blood Sugar levels and thyroid levels were insane Sept. 2004. Once I started liverflushing, they became normal. My thyroid glands were so burdened they were swelling whenever I ate.

My whole body was breaking down....everything I was eating, I was having allergic reactions to. It was really bad.

But anyway, it's hard for me to comment directly on when you should take coconut oil if at all. I used to take it on an empty stomach between meals and had no ill effects in terms of nausea or anything like that. I just used to have terrible pain in my stomach, especially if I took 3 tablespoons a day, and it happened when I would eat a coconut milk rich soup I made.

The stuff just didn't agree with me, and I have no idea why.

Hi Coconuttree,

I had a bad experience with using CO on my face, it gave me acne, when I had barely ever had a pimple before that in my life, AND dried my skin out so badly that my formerly wrinkle-free face became a mass of very visible and very painful tight fine wrinkles (yes dry skin AND pimples!!!), I perservered for 3 or 4 months to see if the effects were just detox, but eventually I stopped, thank God! I could barely smile properly my skin was so tight and it hurt to yawn, smile, eat a big mouthful etc.. My skin is now back to normal, wrinkle-free again and feeling good, but still a little drier than it used to be. I had bad thyroid problems too, which is why I started the CO, but I have found eating 100% raw foods to be the best thing for my thyroid and my whole body. I have gone off my thyroid extract pills and feel much better than before. I am currently doing an OJ fast which is making me feel even better, though I am a little tired these last two days.
LIke MidlothianGirl said, Liver Flushing will be a huge help to any thyroid probs and I count it as one of the most important things I have done for myself.
Anyway, I know this is of little help to you, but I just thought I would back up MidlothianGirl's point that CO is not for everyone. When my mum started taking it, she put on a lot of weight, and stopped a few months later. But I think if it agrees with you, there is no problem taking it as salad dressing as you said, you don't have to take it separatly as far as I am aware. I used to have it in smoothies too, and cook with it (when I was eating a bit of cooked food).

I am also in Australia! Where abouts are you?

Peace

I think lots of people put the oil in their food, for example a popular one is in brown rice. I myself LOVE it in oatmeal. Or melted over vegetables, etc. You don't have to take it straight, that's just how some people prefer to do it, they enjoy the taste and obviously it doesn't make them nausiated.