Coconut Oil and Weight Loss

Coconut oil absolutely promotes weight loss. Check this link out: http://www.coconutoil.com/

I use coconut oil for almost all of my cooking and baking. I also use it on my face for wrinkle prevention and on my stomach to prevent stretchmarks (I'm pregnant right now). I don't take it by the spoonful and I definitely log it just like anything else I eat. However, my husband started using it liberally over a year ago and hasn't gained a pound. You're on the right track! If you don't log the calories from it, you probably should start and see how that helps. It really is one of the best oils anyone could use!

You should check out the peer reviewed studies linked in the site - not compelling at all with regard to weight loss. In fact, of the the 3 studies that I can see that were actuallu related to weight loss, 2 were on mice and the one on humans evidenced no difference in weight.

I am not saying that it is not beneficial, but it would be good to see a study that shows peer reviewed evidence of promoting weight loss.

Coconut oil absolutely promotes weight loss. Check this link out: http://www.coconutoil.com/

I use coconut oil for almost all of my cooking and baking. I also use it on my face for wrinkle prevention and on my stomach to prevent stretchmarks (I'm pregnant right now). I don't take it by the spoonful and I definitely log it just like anything else I eat. However, my husband started using it liberally over a year ago and hasn't gained a pound. You're on the right track! If you don't log the calories from it, you probably should start and see how that helps. It really is one of the best oils anyone could use!

You should check out the peer reviewed studies linked in the site - not compelling at all with regard to weight loss. In fact, of the the 3 studies that I can see that were actuallu related to weight loss, 2 were on mice and the one on humans evidenced no difference in weight.

I am not saying that it is not beneficial, but it would be good to see a study that shows peer reviewed evidence of promoting weight loss.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/09/13/coconut-oil-part-three.aspx
http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/latest-studies-on-coconut-oil

I have more if you'd like. Mary Enig (the author of the 2nd article) has been studying oils since the 1970s. She co-authored a book called "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" that goes into the science behind metabolism and fat consumption.

Joseph Mercola is a well known AIDS denier. Weston A. Price was a dentist who had an idealised notion of the noble savage and adjusted his findings to fit his views. The foundation carries on his work.

Coconut oil absolutely promotes weight loss. Check this link out: http://www.coconutoil.com/

I use coconut oil for almost all of my cooking and baking. I also use it on my face for wrinkle prevention and on my stomach to prevent stretchmarks (I'm pregnant right now). I don't take it by the spoonful and I definitely log it just like anything else I eat. However, my husband started using it liberally over a year ago and hasn't gained a pound. You're on the right track! If you don't log the calories from it, you probably should start and see how that helps. It really is one of the best oils anyone could use!

You should check out the peer reviewed studies linked in the site - not compelling at all with regard to weight loss. In fact, of the the 3 studies that I can see that were actuallu related to weight loss, 2 were on mice and the one on humans evidenced no difference in weight.

I am not saying that it is not beneficial, but it would be good to see a study that shows peer reviewed evidence of promoting weight loss.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/09/13/coconut-oil-part-three.aspx
http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/latest-studies-on-coconut-oil

I have more if you'd like. Mary Enig (the author of the 2nd article) has been studying oils since the 1970s. She co-authored a book called "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" that goes into the science behind metabolism and fat consumption.

Joseph Mercola is a well known AIDS denier. Weston A. Price was a dentist who had an idealised notion of the noble savage and adjusted his findings to fit his views. The foundation carries on his work.

Mercola denying AIDS has no baring on coconut oil. Just because he may be wrong about one thing doesn't mean he's wrong about another. You should address his specific claims on coconut oil. And Mary Enig, while affiliated with the Weston A. Price Foundation, is credited with her own research so again, you would have to address her specific claims and specific research, not her affiliations. It's not to say that affiliations aren't an issue...in cases like FDA officials that sit on the boards of pharmaceutical companies, there is a clear conflict of interest. But to associate Mary Enig's research with your disdain for Weston A. Price is not addressing the issue.

Furthermore, the burden of proof is on you to show that Weston A. Price adjusted his findings to fit his views. Without quantifying that claim, that is mere opinion/perception.

Sorry, first off, I posted the wrong Mercola article, if it matters. I meant to post this one:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/22/coconut-oil-and-saturated-fats-can-make-you-healthy.aspx

Second, I guess I'm not getting why your asking for more peer reviews from these links. As it regards weight loss? Sure...that was not mentioned in these articles so no references were given. My bad, I was just speaking to potential health benefits in general. The Mary Enig article contains references to peer reviewed journals showing the studies that support her claims. This Mercola article (see link above) has a number of references and though some are referencing other Mercola pages, you have to follow those references as well. A bit tedious perhaps, but he does ultimately link to many peer reviewed studies. So in my opinion (and experience), there is plenty of evidence to consider that shows benefits of coconut oil and in my mind it is more likely that the demonizing of saturated fat, cholesterol, coconut oil, etc. has more to do with politics and money than it does with sound science.

So to answer the request for a reference to coconut oil contributing to weight loss (as well as NIH references), here is a NCBI (government website affiliated with the NIH) link to a peer reviewed study showing that coconut oil did indeed prove to reduce belly fat in women:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19437058

I hope this helps.

Incidentally, my mention of the burden of proof had to do with trying to argue against coconut oil by a making a couple of sound byte accusations against Mercola and Weston A. Price. I agree that the original burden of proof is certainly on anyone making a claim that coconut oil will aid in weight loss. But equally, there is a burden of proof on anyone trying to use name calling as a method of argumentation against these claims. Address the claims with evidence, not irrelevant name calling to try and discredit the sources. Sorry I am late with the evidence myself, but admittedly there have not been a great deal of studies on coconut oil since it was originally demonized in the 1950s (which, as I understand it, used hydrogenated coconut oil and at this point, it's almost common knowledge that these are trans fats and incredibly unhealthy...Mary Enig also wrote about this since she was directly involved in the battle that ensued some time later about whether or not those studies were legitimate).

Finally, if you look closer, not all of the peer reviewed references at www.coconutoil.com involve mice and rats. There are at least a few that were done on people, women specifically. Furthermore, the studies done on people are posted at the NCBI site too for that requested NIH association. The study I linked above is also referenced there (though the reference is for the site that hosts the documentation which is linked at the NCBI page).

Regardless of anyone's take on Mercola, Weston A. Price, or the foundation that bears his name, the whole point of science is supposed to be to keep uncovering the truth, not arrive at "conclusive" evidence and stay there dogmatically adhering to "findings" come hell or high water. The jury is still out on a lot of this stuff and in spite of all the emphasis on the dangers of saturated fat and high cholesterol, we are still the fattest, unhealthiest nation in the world and diagnoses of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer have only risen (see the CDC website for statistics). Could it be that it isn't the coconut oils of the health world but something else that is making us unhealthy (like too much sugar, processed food, processed vegetable oils, etc)? I think a lot of these studies show that this just might be the case. I've used coconut oil almost exclusively in all of my cooking, worked it into my calories daily along with keeping empty carbs down, lost 80 lbs., and have a completely clean bill of health (including cholesterol) from my doctor. My husband consumes twice as much coconut oil as I do on a daily basis and after some heart tests last year, was told he had the heart of a man half his age (he's 39). So I'm content with the results of our experimentation. That is strictly anecdotal; everyone certainly has to do their own homework and draw their own conclusions. I just think that taking the word of mainstream health and media hasn't gotten us very healthy. For me and my family, following much of the advice at the Weston A. Price Foundation (which is where we started with our nutrition pursuits) has.

The NIH link that you posted was the one that I found in the article already.

I point you to the conclusion: "Reductions in BMI were observed in both groups". This is re the assertion re weight loss.

The positive that was found was in a small difference in the reduction in waist size - not weight.

The NIH link that you posted was the one that I found in the article already.

I point you to the conclusion: "Reductions in BMI were observed in both groups". This is re the assertion re weight loss.

The positive that was found was in a small difference in the reduction in waist size - not weight.

Okay, I see your objection...sorry about that.

True, and again, I don't know that any studies have been done on weight loss specifically. Most of what I have read has been anecdotal, like my experience. It would be nice if someone would conduct some research on it though. And incidentally, 40 women is not exactly a broad spectrum and no mention is given of other possible contributing factors, though at least they were all kept to similar diets and activity. Regardless, I think there are enough other health benefits to warrant consideration that calling it unhealthy is inaccurate.

Neither. There is not food that causes weight loss. Eating in a calorie deficit causes weight loss. Coconut Oil has health benefits but it does not cause weight loss. Belly fat is lost by losing fat overall. You cannot spot reduce. Take a balances healthy approach of limiting calories and getting more exerccise and you will see the benefits. Look for a magic bullet and you will be frustrated.

Neither. There is not food that causes weight loss. Eating in a calorie deficit causes weight loss. Coconut Oil has health benefits but it does not cause weight loss. Belly fat is lost by losing fat overall. You cannot spot reduce. Take a balances healthy approach of limiting calories and getting more exerccise and you will see the benefits. Look for a magic bullet and you will be frustrated.

I guess you are not familiar with adopinectin then?