Coconut oil for weight loss?

Olive oil is great for salads and low heat, while coconut oil is better for cooking at high heat temperatures.

"Coconut oil is very different from most other cooking oils and contains a unique composition of fatty acids.

The fatty acids are about 90% saturated.

This makes coconut oil highly resistant to oxidation at high heats. For this reason, it is the perfect oil for high-heat cooking methods like frying (6).

Additionally, coconut oil consists almost entirely of Medium Chain Triglycerides (7).

These fatty acids go straight from the digestive tract to the liver, where they are likely to be turned into ketone bodies and provide a quick source of energy."


AND, it's also heart healthy, even though it's 90% saturated fat :

"Unrefined coconut oil actually improves blood lipid profiles.

In two separate rat studies, virgin coconut oil was compared against copra oil (refined coconut oil) and corn oil.

The virgin coconut oil significantly reduced Total and LDL cholesterol, oxidized LDL, triglycerides and increased HDL (the good) cholesterol (12).

It also had favorable effects on blood coagulation factors and antioxidant status (13).

In a study of women with abdominal obesity, coconut oil increased HDL and lowered the LDL:HDL ratio, while soybean oil increased Total and LDL cholesterol and decreased HDL (14).

Medium chain triglycerides (the fats in coconut oil) have also been shown to reduce blood triglycerides compared to long chain fats (15).

Coconut oil may be protective against heart disease, not the other way around."



source here http://authoritynutrition.com/why-is-coconut-oil-good-for-you/

Tried this and I liked it, didn't notice any significant weight loss, but my advice is to just be sure what you plan on cooking it in!

I tried putting it in my veggies instead of olive oil and it did NOT turn out!
I read online coconut oil is mainly only a good oil substitute for baking!

I use it to make fat-bombs, have used it in my pumpkin curry soup and I put a tablespoon of it in my coffee every morning, along with a tablespoon of butter. YUM!

Cool sarcastic contribution dbmata.You just feel really great now. And I'm super impressed. but obviously I'm not asking out of the blue, there's studies suggesting that adding two tbsp a day to your plan, although its high in cals, can help attack belly fat.

Coconut oil is metabolized bu the body differently from other oils because of the high medium chain triglyceride content. The body basically oxidizes MCT's as immediate ATP (energy) and doesn't get stored, which is what happens when we consume most fats. The effect is real, just not applicable in real life for reducing belly fat.

I use it to make fat-bombs, have used it in my pumpkin curry soup and I put a tablespoon of it in my coffee every morning, along with a tablespoon of butter. YUM!

I don;t know what fat bombs are and I'm afraid to find out.... BUT GOOD LORD you put a whole tbsp of butter AND coconut oil in your coffee? I'm not a picky eater and I'm open to experimentation but the idea of buttery oily coffee in the morning is enough to make me gag haha. One or the other is bad enough but both!? I guess in a way adding dairy to your coffee is sort of like that except it also has protein and... it's not as salty as butter...Anyway, to each their own I suppose just never heard of that before!

I think it's SO funny that people talk about eating at basically starvation level and eating everything low-fat and then stuff like this comes along. Classic.

Thing is, dietary fat doesn't make you gain fat. Carbs do that (you still need carbs). So, you could have coconut oil. Or olive oil. Grapeseed oil. Peanut oil. Corn oil. BUTTER. Doesn't matter, won't hurt you, just fit it into your calorie allowance.

As someone else has said, coconut oil is great for your skin - any oil is, but coconut oil feels nice. Slather yourself in it.