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Hey L

how much coconut oil would you recommend per day. I am taking red clover right now. Would you think it's beneficial to take it only in follicular phase or better the whole cycle?

Hi Peggy,

1-3 tablespoons. Although start slow for the beginners (to coconut oil). I haven't seen anything to state either way, only that it supports hormone balance. The effects of it (coconut oil) going straight to the liver means it's direct path does in fact support the hormones. A few brave souls are trying a sublingual method of coconut oil, red clover, and PM extract.

Plus, I have palmitic (Palm, aka coconut) as being the part of the structure of estrogen receptors.



Avoid High Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fats

The human body is about 97% saturated and monounsaturated fat, with only 3% Polyunsaturated fats. Half of that three percent is Omega-3 fats, and that balance needs to be there. Vegetable oils contain very high levels of polyunsaturated fats, and these oils have replaced many of the saturated fats in our diets since the 1950s.

The body needs fats for rebuilding cells and hormone production, but it has to use the building blocks we give it. When we give it a high concentration of polyunsaturated fats instead of the ratios it needs, it has no choice but to incorporate these fats into our cells during cell repair and creation.

The problem is that polyunsaturated fats are highly unstable and oxidize easily in the body (if they haven’t already oxidized during processing or by light exposure while sitting on the grocery store shelf). These oxidized fats cause inflammation and mutation in cells.

In arterial cells, these mutations cause inflammation that can clog arteries. When these fats are incorporated into skin cells, their mutation causes skin cancer. (This is why people often get the most dangerous forms of skin cancer in places where they are never exposed to the sun, but that is a topic for another day!)

When these oils are incorporated into cells in reproductive tissue, some evidence suggests that this can spur problems like endometriosis and PCOS. In short, the body is made up of saturated and monounsaturated fats, and it needs these for optimal health.

http://wellnessmama.com/5425/balance-hormones/