I'm not sure I'd cook with coconut oil, I prefer ghee...

as for my skin I make my own from a base of coconut, sesame and selected herbs - its kind of a hassle to cook it down, but worth it. This is something I don't usuallu do, but perhaps I should since I'm getting *old* and my poor skin got to spend too many years in deserts and/or the sun.

Falling away?

My appestat is activity driven; I do nothing - I eat (almost) nothing, I work hard - I chow down (at one point in life I had to eat ~5,000 calories a day just to maintain my weight - empty calories and healthy fat were my friends)...

so my body is somewhat sensitive to what I dump into it (or maybe aware would be a better word) especially on the lower end of the consumption spectrum - if I eat junk, I feel like junk...

however, when I'm really active it starts to matter less and less.

Go to your favorite earthy-crunchy grocers and get some wheat grass, put a bit in your mouth and chew slowly - BLECH! right? But *wait* keep it in there a little longer and its sweeter than sugar, and later on you don't feel like crap. I think our bodies are smarter than our brains are willing to give them credit for - so once you ge used to it, the ~craves~ are for kichari, roasted cauliflower with cashew sauce, peppermint tea, and so on. The last three or so years have been hell food-wise, but I just didn't have it in me to do otherwise (que scene from Little Big Man - Chief Dan George: "Am I dead yet?" Little Big Man: 'No.' Chief: "Damn.")

Please refresh my memory on candida - symptoms and treatment - if you don't mind. ( NO fruit !?! ack! )