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'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 ...

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 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 ...

Coconut oil has its benefits – and risks – depending on who you talk to, as it grows to a multi-billion industry. Behold the coconut, one of Mother Nature’s sweetest tropical fruits (or nut or seed, ...

Coconut oil has earned and lost its reputation as a so-called superfood in recent years. That's rightly so, according to a Harvard professor who has labeled it "pure poison." Karin Michels, professor ...

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 ...