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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlcalaBob" data-source="post: 1684044" data-attributes="member: 30529"><p>Forgive me but I always feel the sceptic coming over me when I hear suggestions about various substances like olive oil, coconut oil, etc, affecting the metabolic process.  I'd have to question the concentrations required, the magnitude of the effect, the circumstances under which the measurements are taken and which ones are thought to be significant and why, and so on. Although I don't completely dismiss the anecdotal side of evidence, I do give it a lot less weight than controlled trials and good explanatory scientific mechanisms and as yet, I haven't seen anything that really strikes me as solid evidence that these things work, nor any plausible biochemical explanation of why they might work. I could try a whole host of possible substances on an ad hoc basis, including vinegar, cinnamon, etc which have also been suggested, and many people do, but unless there's some plausible scientific basis from properly controlled trials, I'm not going down that route because it wouldn't really tell me very much.  I'm going to stay focused on losing the rest of the weight. Having said that, if enough people report their own empirical evidence of efficacy of these approaches, then that should stimulate more detailed and controlled research. Maybe the ND will stimulate clinical scientists to start researching some of these important ancillary topics.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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