SD_haze
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pure fat is the most energy dense foodstuff around, and ants are all about efficiency
Coconut Oil, Folks ( Highest Saturated Fat Content )
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bluesurfboy
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i will have to give this a try, been using butter forever and my friend uses EVOO, not coconut though, any reasonably priced sources?
SD_haze
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zymos
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Try mountainroseherbs.com- they have organic virgin unrefined coconut oil very reasonably priced.
A great place for all your (legal) herbal needs
Rastakolnikov
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Depending on the price of coconuts near you (and if you can be bothered), it might be worth just making your own. Youtube has some instructional videos and it's really easy to do.
bluesurfboy
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Thank you i never thought to make my own, ill have to look into it.
Polmol
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We need healthy fats, and organic virgin coconut oil is part of a healthy diet.
I for one LOVE LOVE LOVE coconut oil. I use it for so many things, like as the only skin moisturizer i will use, its good for open wounds of all sorts, its great for making your own toothpaste(mine consists of organic virgin coconut oil, premium aluminum free baking soda from the brand Bobs Red Mill, and himalayan pink salt. this works amazing as a toothpaste), and SO many other things. The health benefits are astounding as well!
Plus, and of course I made some canna coconut oilwhich I sometimes call my "green oil"
Its amazing stuff, not only is it great to eat(and doesnt upset my stomach like butter does), but it can be easily applied topically for pains!
Heres a little article with 160 different uses for coconut oil! http://www.riseearth.com/2012/06/160-uses-for-coconut-oil.html#.T_10G5lS-qY.facebook
You're cool
I make my own deodorant with coconut oil and it is by far the best deodorant I've ever used. 5 tablespoons organic coconut oil, 1/4 cup cornstarch, a bit less than 1/4 cup baking soda and add about 15 drops of your favorite essential oil, mix it all together and that's it.
the BEST, Jerry! the BEST!
SD_haze
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Just found out my go-to deodorant is the kind that uses aluminum particles to plug the sweat pores...You're cool
I make my own deodorant with coconut oil and it is by far the best deodorant I've ever used. 5 tablespoons organic coconut oil, 1/4 cup cornstarch, a bit less than 1/4 cup baking soda and add about 15 drops of your favorite essential oil, mix it all together and that's it.
the BEST, Jerry! the BEST!
Gonna look into homemade now. Or maybe just aluminum-free Tom's brand.
Polmol
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Just found out my go-to deodorant is the kind that uses aluminum particles to plug the sweat pores...
Gonna look into homemade now. Or maybe just aluminum-free Tom's brand.
Seriously though, nothing wrong with Tom's, but my deo costs me about 15$ a year
Nycdeisel
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Actually, something wrong with Toms. It was bought by Colgate Polmolive and the formula for everything has changed. A friedn of mine used a Toms fluoride free toothpaste recently after all the products change and she got blisters all over her mouth. My mother had a lot of allergic reactions to other Colgate-Polmolive products, and I have as well. Bad company, dont give them your money. Best just make your own things like this when its too hard tofind a packaged one that is good and pure and safe.
Thanks Polmol, you are pretty cool yourself.
And I second Mountainroseherbs.com! Great site, all sorts of good stuff including clays and essential oils.
You can usually find a very good coconut oil in a local health food store(or even a Whole Foods Market). The best I have found were Dr Bronners brand(the whole kernel with the brown label, not the white kernel with the white label) and Artisana brand makes great raw organic virgin coconut oil and organic raw coconut butter that is very good, best coconut butter IMO
And just be sure the oil you get is organic, virgin, unrefined coconut oil.
Thanks Polmol, you are pretty cool yourself.
And I second Mountainroseherbs.com! Great site, all sorts of good stuff including clays and essential oils.
You can usually find a very good coconut oil in a local health food store(or even a Whole Foods Market). The best I have found were Dr Bronners brand(the whole kernel with the brown label, not the white kernel with the white label) and Artisana brand makes great raw organic virgin coconut oil and organic raw coconut butter that is very good, best coconut butter IMO
And just be sure the oil you get is organic, virgin, unrefined coconut oil.
Polmol
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can I have your recipe?
oh and do you mean to say that there's aluminum in some brands of baking soda?? I didn't know that...
Nycdeisel
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Sure thing! Its super simple. I usually just eye out the measurements, I just throw the 3 items together and its always great.
Yes, Arm&Hammer baking soda is tainted with Aluminum. Also when I tried to use it in this toothpaste recipe it stung my mouth, but the higher quality, aluminum free baking soda from Bobs Red Mill didnt do that though.
About a pinch of salt(about a dime sized amount of ground salt in your palm), a tablespoon of baking soda, and a tablespoon of coconut oil and just stir it up in a small condiment dish or bowl. oh and since the oil will melt to complete liquid when its in your mouth, take some more on the brush for each set of teeth(top+bottom). Enjoy
Yes, Arm&Hammer baking soda is tainted with Aluminum. Also when I tried to use it in this toothpaste recipe it stung my mouth, but the higher quality, aluminum free baking soda from Bobs Red Mill didnt do that though.
About a pinch of salt(about a dime sized amount of ground salt in your palm), a tablespoon of baking soda, and a tablespoon of coconut oil and just stir it up in a small condiment dish or bowl. oh and since the oil will melt to complete liquid when its in your mouth, take some more on the brush for each set of teeth(top+bottom). Enjoy
zymos
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Just because Bobs says their baking soda is aluminum free doesn't mean other brands DO have it.
At least that's what I found out on the internets
http://www.crunchybetty.com/the-great-baking-soda-anti-hoax
This link actually has a quote from Bob's on the issue
http://godfire.net/Health_Corner/baking_sodas_are_all_the_same.htm
At least that's what I found out on the internets
http://www.crunchybetty.com/the-great-baking-soda-anti-hoax
This link actually has a quote from Bob's on the issue
http://godfire.net/Health_Corner/baking_sodas_are_all_the_same.htm
Drxx
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Wanted to share my experience with using coconut oil to make some AVB brownies.
I came in using about 4g of AVB and grinded it down finely. I submerged that in 1 cup of liquid coconut oil (virgin and organic). I chose to try the cold infusion method since no one minded actually eating the AVB in the brownies.
Unfortunately, the oil managed to keep solidifying in my apt due to the AC unit simulating Alaskan climate conditions. I tried countering this by placing the container with the infusion in warm water for hours at a time.
After 3 days of infusion, the oil took a brown, tinted color and I figured it was near usage at this point. Now, the infusion wasn't a sludge since I used more oil than AVB. Maybe that was a fault? Either way I continued on and made the brownies using only half the brownie mix.
1/2 brownie mix package
1 cup infused oil
1/2 cup soy lecithin
1 egg
1/4 cup water
The brownies came out moist and tasted amazing.
Sadly, after eating about 1/3 of the batch, I only ended up with a slight light headed feeling and no real high.
My partner got high, but not couch locked. Hers was more of a buzz which I can probably account for because she's smaller than me.
Others there only had one brownie and they claimed to have gotten high, but I'm thinking the placebo effect kicked in.
Oh well! I think I'm combining cold
Infusion w/ maybe some low heating on a skillet next time around. I should also probably collect more AVB next time, as well.
I came in using about 4g of AVB and grinded it down finely. I submerged that in 1 cup of liquid coconut oil (virgin and organic). I chose to try the cold infusion method since no one minded actually eating the AVB in the brownies.
Unfortunately, the oil managed to keep solidifying in my apt due to the AC unit simulating Alaskan climate conditions. I tried countering this by placing the container with the infusion in warm water for hours at a time.
After 3 days of infusion, the oil took a brown, tinted color and I figured it was near usage at this point. Now, the infusion wasn't a sludge since I used more oil than AVB. Maybe that was a fault? Either way I continued on and made the brownies using only half the brownie mix.
1/2 brownie mix package
1 cup infused oil
1/2 cup soy lecithin
1 egg
1/4 cup water
The brownies came out moist and tasted amazing.
Sadly, after eating about 1/3 of the batch, I only ended up with a slight light headed feeling and no real high.
My partner got high, but not couch locked. Hers was more of a buzz which I can probably account for because she's smaller than me.
Others there only had one brownie and they claimed to have gotten high, but I'm thinking the placebo effect kicked in.
Oh well! I think I'm combining cold
Infusion w/ maybe some low heating on a skillet next time around. I should also probably collect more AVB next time, as well.
zymos
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GMO free soy lecithin is widely available, how do you know that's not what they used?
Drxx
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Yeah I figured it was too little.
I did use organic soy. Not sure what you got out of saying it was dumb when you had no idea if I did or not. Making assumptions and standing by them like it is fact is pretty dumb too.
FadingVapor
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how much would you need to add of abv to get a decent high?