Hi cmlyon, no I don't stick to the ratios really, I just eat what I feel comfortable eating. Something about tablespoons of coconut oil all day long doesn't sound quite natural to me....just doesn't sound right. Though I like the dietry advice, I am just not ok with gobbling down loads of fat so I can reach the quota.

I try and have enough butter and I eat fat with the meat and do ok like that and add olive oil to salads etc, and have fish oil sometimes, but that's all I do.

I also do not have the money to do what is suggested anyway and going through piles of butter isn't fair on the person I live with. Dairy food has gone up to almost double here, so though I am liberal with it, I'm not totally excessive.

But yes I am still eating a high fat diet and I have no doubts it's been helpful. Before I did this, I was thinner and even sicker. I did not absorb nutrients as well, my skin was drier and you could just tell something was missing in my diet.

Since I upped protein and fats, my weight normalised more, I actually start to feel normal hunger and no doubt other things have happened too. But for me the diet is not a cure because I have a permanent type of condition from a serious bacteria/viral infection. No amount of doing anything cures it, but I "can" reacha point where I can feel better and control symptoms a little more. however, one wrong move and it falls apart very easily....so no I don't get cured and even when I'm at my best, I"m still far from really well. It's one of those things and has afflicted me for 5 years now.

It just stays in the system (at least for me it has).