Conflicting Benefits of Coconut Oil Use
As with many trends in health and wellness, many of them are debunked as time passes. Coconut oil looks to be just another one added to the list. New research is now showing that many of the health benefits that were associated with coconut oil use, to no longer be valid. So, what exactly does coconut oil do for you? Well, apparently not too much.
What WERE the benefits of coconut oil previously?
• Helps burn fat
• Helps with weight loss
• Helps improve cholesterol levels
• Helps you lose abdominal fat
• Helps prevent heart disease
• Helps prevent high blood pressure
• Helps with cancer prevention
• Helps boost the immune system
• Helps to improve type 2 diabetes
• Helps build muscle
Conflicting information
Coconut oil is made up of 92% saturated fat—the kind of fat the American Heart Association (AHA) and USDA recommends avoiding. Saturated fat can increase your LDL cholesterol levels (the bad cholesterol) which actually puts you at risk for heart disease. When asked why coconut oil has been deemed healthy and something people should consider supplementing with, a Harvard chairman of the department of nutrition said, “Got me. Some of its saturated fat is comprised of shorter molecules than saturated fat from dairy fat, and these do tend to raise HDL cholesterol more potently.”
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Will it help me lose weight?
Some people are taking coconut oil to the extreme and consuming an abundant amount daily. Being that coconut oil is a fat, it still contains 9 calories per gram. With over-consumption, one can add hundreds of calories to their diet on a daily basis. Multiply that over days, weeks, months, and you can find yourself packing on the pounds from this addition to your diet if you aren’t careful. People often think more is better and this isn’t necessarily the case. If you simply add it to you diet without making any other changes to your diet you are simply adding a caloric surplus to the nutritional plan or diet you are currently adhering to.
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