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 ...

The biggest difference between coconut milk and cream is the fat content. Coconut cream is also shredded and pressed coconut flesh, but it’s made from the first press of the coconut, whereas ...

Dear Doctor: Coconut oil has gotten to be really popular, but now there’s a study that says it’s just as bad for you as beef fat and butter. How is that possible? It has no animal fat whatsoever.

Coconut oil is a fat-burning fat. If you don’t despise the lingering coconutty taste, consider incorporating coconut oil into your diet or replacing another oil source, such as vegetable oil ...

The nutritional breakdown of 1 ounce 30 (mL) of plain canned or fresh coconut milk is about 7 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of carbs, and 0.5 grams of protein (3). Roughly 90% of the calories in plain ...

Coconut oil is fat that comes from pressing coconut meat or dried coconut meat (copra). More than 80% of that fat is saturated fat — far beyond butter (63%), beef fat (50%) and pork lard (39% ...

The American Heart Association wants to set the record straight: Coconut oil is not a health food, a panel of experts writes in a new AHA advisory statement. Nor is any type of saturated fat ...