Coconut Oil Diet Review

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Review of the coconut oil diet.

Coconut oil is a medium-chain Triglyceride (MCT). Many doctors are advising the usage of about three tablespoons of natural coconut oil, which is either virgin or processed daily. Patients use it in place of polyunsaturated fats for stir-frying and salad dressings and also add it to other food items, or take it straight. The fat is also available in canned coconut milk, which may be substituted for milk in many recipes. Fresh coconut can be eaten as snack too.

This came from the study that revealed that coconut oil in the diet actually promotes weight loss. Some people do not notice a drop in weight, which often means that they are only eating too much. But how does it happen? "I think the real key to coconut oil and weight loss", contends another researcher, "is the fact that it decreases one's appetite while one is eating the meal and afterwards”. Studies show that when these fats are added, people are satisfied sooner or later and eat less. And at the next meal, they do not make up for it by eating more.

Doctors also suggest that the type of oil present in coconut oil stimulates metabolism. It promotes Thermogenesis (burning of calories to produce heat). Then there are those people with low thyroid function who report that they feel warm and their body temperature actually rises after consumption of coconut oil.

A very important question has piqued researchers for quite some time – can a saturated fat be good for human consumption? Several years ago, doctors would have agreed that all saturated fats raise serum cholesterol which may lead to heart disease. They thus advocated a low-fat diet for their patients who were trying to lose weight.

But then the breakthrough research on coconut oil came out and doctors started to investigate its the health benefits. Coconut oil is used in IV solutions in hospitals and even in infant formulas today.

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