My experience is that it's awesome to take on its own, not with meals. I too have noticed the waist shrinkage and a less inflammatory state. I started taking it as it was part of an anti hair-loss protocol. The guy recommended 3-6 tablespoons, though his given reason was to lower DHT. I really don't think this is the mechanism behind it being helpful. It is because saturated fat in general will increase the tumor supressor PTEN (unsaturated fat do the opposite), basically restricting abnormal growth such as seen in cancer and male hair loss (in this case it's the growth of blood vessels, bone structure and collagen I believe). For instance, you'll see that men with a disease involving defective PTEN have huge heads, are bald and die young. What makes coconut oil special is that contrarily to palmitate (butter), short-chain fatty acids do not promote inflammation in this kind of dose. I think this is one of the thing that improved my hair the most.
I don't think that's a good idea because that would greatly interfere with glucose absorption/disposal, promoting insulin resistance. Even just 8g of fat start to interfere as the glycemic index of full-fat milk is higher than that of skim milk. Peat himself recommends a teaspoon of coconut oil with meals but not more.
I started adding it in copious amounts to my potatoes about a week ago. Will see how it goes.
I don't think that's a good idea because that would greatly interfere with glucose absorption/disposal, promoting insulin resistance. Even just 8g of fat start to interfere as the glycemic index of full-fat milk is higher than that of skim milk. Peat himself recommends a teaspoon of coconut oil with meals but not more.