Taking Coconut Oil for Weight Loss: What Does the Evidence Suggest…?
We have to say, however, that we’re dubious. Further analysis of the claims made for eating coconut oil for weight loss raise a few questions with us. The fact that coconut oil has fewer calories, for instance. 2.56% to be precise. Fat has 9 calories a gram, that would work out to around 8.8 calories a gram for coconut oil. Hardly enough to bring about significant weight loss. The contention that when energy intake is adequate to meet the body’s needs, that all fats when consumed will be stored as body fat also doesn’t ring true. Sure, when you eat simple carbs, the body produces insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. As insulin is your fat storing hormone, some of those fat calories will be converted to body fat. However, when protein is eaten the pancreas secretes the hormone glucagon, which is a fat burning hormone. Hence, fats when eaten with protein are more likely to be burned than stored as body fat. Assuming of course, that your total calorie is not too high. What about the cl
