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' ...

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 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 ...

Behold the coconut, one of Mother Nature’s sweetest tropical fruits (or nut or seed, depending on who you ask.) Scientists and foodologists aren’t entirely sure where coconuts came from, and when, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coconut oil is made by pressing fresh or dried coconut to extract natural fats. When fresh coconut is used, the product is labeled ...

With so many misleading labels in the supermarket, it’s not always easy to tell which foods are good for your cardiovascular ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. A cup of white rice has about 200 calories—not insignificant, considering it’s most often used as a small part of a larger dish. But there’s an easy, natural way ...