Coconut oil has become incredibly popular in recent years as a health and weight loss ally. Rich in healthy fats, it is credited with properties that help improve metabolism, burn fat, and reduce ...

We began by randomly allocating our volunteers to one of three groups. Every day for four weeks, the first was asked to eat 50g of extra virgin coconut oil - that's about three tablespoons full.

Both have 45 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 1.5 grams of saturated fat ... and 7 to 11 grams of total fat per tablespoon. You may have heard that coconut oil contains a "healthy" saturated fat ...