HIV Support Group
HIV (also known as human immunodeficiency virus, and formerly known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus) is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the human immune system which can lead the syndrome known as AIDS. Many of the problems faced by people infected with HIV result from failure of the immune system to protect from opportunistic...
I have been reading that coconut oil can reduce your viral load , has anyone tried pure coconut oil or is it just a myth, I have just bought a tub at holland & barrett health store and taken my first spoon full, it were disgusting, but if it does something i would put up with the taste, i were adviced to take a spoon full a day instead of buying capsuals, as there is more in a spoon full of raw oil. ugh what a taste though,
Other than that it can't realy hurt, unless you go nuts and down bottles of it at a time.
There is a story, supposedly true about a man who was on his deathbed, unable to afford hiv meds, he started using coconut oil. He ate 6 tablespoons a day plus ended up putting some in the tub and basically bathing in it. It completely turned his health around. On the contrary, ive also read that to get any anti-viral benefit out of coconut oil you need to be consuming massive quantities of it. Like, enough to make you sick (way more than 6 tablespoons).
Anyway, the people who say you have to eat massive amounts are the only ones who have done studies on it. Conveniently they also sell a product of their own called monolaurin? I think? That is supposed to be what dissolves the envolope on the virus.
Despite the conflicting stories, I say if you think its going to help you, then try it out. With something like coconut oil there are few, if any consequences.
Ive also experimented with different ways to take your coconut oil (even though now I only cook with it). But, you can even put some in a hot beverage; it carries no taste and you wont even know its there.