7. The Coconut Oil Myth, Demystified
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Marie-Pierre St-Onge, associate professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University Medical Center spoke out to TIME magazine about her research on coconut oil.
“The reason coconut oil is so popular for weight loss is partly due to my research on medium chain triglycerides. Coconut oil has a higher proportion of medium-chain triglycerides than most other fats or oils, and my research showed eating medium-chain triglycerides may increase the rate of metabolism more than eating long-chain triglycerides.”
However, there was a serious problem with St-Onge’s research…