barquentine, your tinnitis is very similar to mine. I have that same popping in time with my pulse and I can hear the noise over top of everything going on around me. I've always had tinnitis, but it's gotten really bad over the past year and I can't figure out why.
I would love to try the coconut oil in my cooking but I rarely cook with oil at all so it won't so me any good to sub coconut for other oils. when I bake, I use applesauce or pumpkin puree instead of oil.
AriaGirl, thanks for that link!