According to a recent survey, 72% of Americans think coconut oil is a healthy food. But despite popular health claims about coconut oil, a report from the American Heart Association recently advised ...

Coconut oil is seeing a serious surge in popularity, and not just because it makes everything taste uber-tropical. The oil, extracted from the flesh of a coconut, is rumored to boost dieters' ...

Good news, rice lovers: your favorite grain is about to get a whole lot healthier. A new study out of the College of Chemical Sciences in Colombo, Sri Lanka found that cooking rice in a certain way ...

Coconut oil provides medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) that may have some health benefits. However, it is high in calories and saturated fat, and not all of its perceived benefits have been backed by ...

Coconut oil's champions say it works as a treatment against everything from Alzheimer’s disease to thyroid issues. But a German epidemiologist is shaking up coconut oil lovers in a recent YouTube ...

If you ever needed proof positive that science is ridiculously cool, take a look at this! New research presented at the 249th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society revealed ...

As health-conscious eaters have embraced dietary fat, coconut oil’s stock has skyrocketed. The oil, extracted from the meat of a coconut, is mostly saturated fat, but boasts about the food include ...

Coconut oil has been marketed as a miraculous superfood that can improve heart health, boost metabolism, and provide countless other benefits, but the scientific evidence tells a dramatically ...

In the past few years, coconut oil has been called a superfood that can help you blast belly fat and raise your good cholesterol. The sweet and nutty trendsetter has been featured in many cookbooks as ...

Trendy foods come and go, but coconut oil, well, it’s stuck around. Now that everyone’s obsessed with tossing it in their stir fries, adding it to baked goods, stirring a dollop into their coffee, and ...

A lecture by a Harvard professor calling coconut oil "pure poison" has gone viral on YouTube, nearing 1 million views on Wednesday. In a talk titled "Coconut oil and other nutritional errors," Karin ...