Before you read any further, let me ask you two questions.
Question #1 – What would you gain if you could eliminate your food cravings and reduce your appetite substantially?
Common benefits may include: weight loss, better sleep, looking better, higher self-esteem, etc, etc..
Question #2 – Would you be willing to do something rather nauseating every day to experience those benefits?
Now that we’ve got that covered…
Why swallowing liquid saturated fat may actually be a good idea
I’m going to describe something that I personally find rather disgusting.
It involves a neat trick that helps reduce appetite and cravings.
This was described in a book by Seth Roberts, a psychology PhD. I haven’t read the book, but I find the concept to be interesting.
Apparently it involves consuming bland and flavourless calories in between meals, to lead to a reduction in the “body fat setpoint”.
Those bland and flavourless calories should come in the form of some type of oil. I prefer coconut oil despite the fact that it has a very slight flavour.
The process goes something like this:
At least an hour after your last meal, and an hour before your next, consume 100-400 flavourless calories. The way I do it is to heat about 30 grams (270 calories) of coconut oil in a cup, until it melts.
Then I pinch my nose, swallow the oil in one shot, and wolf down a tall glass of water right away.
The results
I may feel slightly nauseated for a few minutes after doing this, sometimes up to an hour.
However, I don’t feel hungry and I don’t get cravings for the rest of the day, and I feel satiated after only a small amount of food.
I haven’t been able to stick to this for any length of time, but many users on the Seth’s forum have gotten incredible results.
My take is that this is something that could actually work for those who have tried different methods in the past, but been unsuccessful due to uncontrollable cravings and appetite.
If you have had problems giving up unhealthy food due to excessive cravings, then this might be something that works. You’re craving [insert junk food here], go melt some coconut oil in a cup, swallow it, and good chances are the cravings will disappear.
I’ve noticed that the amount of oil really makes a difference. I feel more nauseated after 30 grams than 20, so it may be a good idea to start slow.
If you prefer, extra light olive oil is recommended, but I prefer organic coconut oil because I believe it is healthier.
Hey Kris,
another good tip man, just what I do every day: I have coconut oil (organic) on a daily basis, I cook with it, bake with it, and I have it pure every day, throughout the day.
Like I said in an earlier comment, it is my personal opinion and I strongly suspect I’m right:
Coconut Butter/Oil is THE healthiest fat on the planet! :-)
Mark
I agree :D
Why melting it?
Just eat it cold and hard, it’s delicious. I have the Now foods JAR.
Cheers
I’ve done it but it wasn’t my thing :)
I find that melting it and swallowing, followed by a large glass of water, minimizes the repulsiveness. It’s not something I find pleasant, but I know a few people who like raw coconut oil.
Hi Kris, I can understand your recommending coconut oil. What about animal saturated fats? How is coconut oil processed and why is it different to olive oil?
What about rice bran oil is that a good oil? Why are companies allowed to put trans fat in oils that are ticked by the heart foundation?
Humans are not going to read every detail thats on products that they buy.
Animal saturated fats are great too. Coconut oil is vastly different from olive oil, and I don’t feel like getting into all that right now, olive oil is healthy as well (preferably extra-virgin).
I don’t know about rice bran oil, doesn’t sound very natural to me.
I’m assuming that the food companies are paying the heart foundation to put the stamp on their products. That is the only reasonable explanation in my opinion, as horrible as that may seem.
Hi kris,I brought the rice bran oil because its seemed like the only one that doesnt have trans fat added to it. would it be possible if you could let me know if you think its not a good alternative . Rice bran oil is supposed to be 100% rice bran oil no cholestol ,plant sterols, vitimin E. It says that it contains 5000 PPM ORYZANOL would you know what that is or means.The other day i was looking at butter which as you know is just whipped cream and salt. Not now it has trans fat in it . cheers margaret
Margaret, you should rather eat the butter than the Rice bran oil, it contains too much Linoleic Acid which is a polyunsaturated fatty acid that is very unnatural for humans to consume in such large amounts.
However, if you only use it sparingly, such as for cooking, then it may be okay.
Olive oil, coconut oil, butter, even animal fat, would be better options.
Does it say on the packaging of your butter that it contains trans fat? Some animal foods contain very tiny natural amounts of trans fats that are not at all harmful, it’s the factory-produced added trans fats you find in processed foods that are bad.
Kris , Yes it does say that trans fat is in the packaging of butter. I watch the drs and dr oz on their television shows and they all say that you should not eat anything that has trans fat added to it.I live in australia and just about everything you pick up to eat has trans fat in it. Except vegetables. Even icecream. I find it very confusing that goverments are complaining about the younger generations bad health yet the allow all these additives to be added to food thats causing all these health problems .
You must be sick of me annoying you but at last i have found someone that is talking sense..
You’re not annoying me at all, I appreciate the comments :)
Hi Kristjan!
Thank you for a very good blog!
What do you say about Rapeseed oil instead of Olive oil?
Rapeseed oil is more rich of Omega3 and a lot cheaper than Olive oil.
Hello Vidir, I definitely do not recommend that you consume Rapeseed oil (also called Canola oil).
It is a very unnatural oil that requires harsh processing methods to be extracted, which reduces the nutrients in it and may create toxic by-products due to the high heat required.
You should read this article here where everything you need to know about canola/rapeseed oil is explained: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-canola-oil/
Thank you for this information Kristjan!
I actually didn‘t know that Rapeseed oil was the same as Canola.
Having read Mark Sissons book “The Primal Blueprint”, I knew about Canola oil not beeing a good choice. I only have my own ignorance to blame for not knowing that this is the same thing.
I read a lot of LowCarb blogs and forums in Sweden and the swedes seem to think highly of their Rapeseed oil (Rapsolja). Some claiming it to be even more healthy than Olive oil, even calling it “The Nordic olive oil”.
Think I just stick to butter and lard :o)
Hi Kris, is grapeseed oil the same as rapeseed oil? If not, is grapeseed oil good or bad? Thanks.
I would avoid all seed oils if I were you.
Hey I just figured out WHY drinking fat helps losing weight:
It makes you feel friggin’ nauseous, LOL! :-D
But hey, whatever works, right?
:-)
Mark
Whoops I see you already mentioned that, but quite seriously:
feeling sick to the stomach might not be a nice sensation, but it sure will keep folks from eating!
Kinda like a pill you could take that –for a certain time frame– makes you feel nauseous when eating anything. That would work, for sure.
Might not make the most popular list though… probably wouldn’t sell, heehee….
Mark
It’s a fairly disgusting appetite suppressing trick. Some people like it, others don’t.
lol I just tried this with coconut oil.
I’m absolutely disgusted…..
Uhhm I’m sorta worried although it tasted awful in the moment its only been a minute since I tried and I don’t feel nauseauted at all…
Would it be better to use extra light oil instead?
It might be less disgusting with extra light olive oil.