Okay, the coconut oil
debate has finally gotten under my skin. I think it was an article
that popped up a couple days ago, written by a “nutrition expert”
who was boldly defying any health concerns about coconut oil, and basically
claiming it to be a miracle cure-all for everything from hair growth to jock
itch. Anytime someone takes a hard nosed position like that it makes my
eyebrows raise up a bit. I think the article popped up on my Facebook news
feed, and today, I honestly couldn’t tell you who wrote it. But, it did
motivate me to see if I could get to the bottom of this question:
“Is coconut oil good for you?”
Food trends, especially health food trends, come and go with the
tide, but sometimes we can get caught in a virtual rip tide of
information. When this happens, it is hard to take the necessary time to
really get the information we need to make an informed decision about what is
best for our basic, whole food nutrition needs. It becomes almost impossible
for the average person to distinguish between product
marketing, and nutrition facts. So, I
decided to break down the skinny on coconut oil and hopefully make it
easy to understand.
In summary, you could say that coconut oil provides
some health benefits, but at the end of the day, it is still 90%
saturated fat. We’ll get into the details of coconut oil’s fat make up in
this article. But suffice Read More
