Soldato
Seems like there are plenty of YouTube videos about this and lots of info on the internet, but can anyone else here vouch for it??
"ramping metabolism up by 48% for upto 24 hours"
if this is the case I'm seriously interested.
rotters
Nah, that video is just standard youtube health nonsense. An unqualified guy making bold claims about something with reference to some studies that probably don't exist. Drop some buzzwords like 'metabolism' in there and you've got profit.
There's no harm in giving it a try though. Given how much more expensive it is than the normal oil you'd use to cook with, you are quite likely to use less and therefore be eating less fat. If you objective is fat loss however, I'd strongly recommend you ignore his advice about starting the day with a nice big delicious heaped tablespoon of the stuff. It's basically akin to sticking your spoon in the butter dish, and probably one of the most efficient ways of consuming about 150 calories for no reason.
Sounds like snake oil to me. Eat less. Exercise more. Job done.
Not really, it's not as simple as this.
Yes, really, it is.
Yes, really, it is.
The effects of dietary supplementation with coconut oil on the biochemical and anthropometric profiles of women presenting waist circumferences (WC) >88 cm (abdominal obesity) were investigated. The randomised, double-blind, clinical trial involved 40 women aged 20-40 years. Groups received daily dietary supplements comprising 30 mL of either soy bean oil (group S; n = 20) or coconut oil (group C; n = 20) over a 12-week period, during which all subjects were instructed to follow a balanced hypocaloric diet and to walk for 50 min per day. Data were collected 1 week before (T1) and 1 week after (T2) dietary intervention. Energy intake and amount of carbohydrate ingested by both groups diminished over the trial, whereas the consumption of protein and fibre increased and lipid ingestion remained unchanged. At T1 there were no differences in biochemical or anthropometric characteristics between the groups, whereas at T2 group C presented a higher level of HDL (48.7 +/- 2.4 vs. 45.00 +/- 5.6; P = 0.01) and a lower LDL:HDL ratio (2.41 +/- 0.8 vs. 3.1 +/- 0.8; P = 0.04). Reductions in BMI were observed in both groups at T2 (P < 0.05), but only group C exhibited a reduction in WC (P = 0.005). Group S presented an increase (P < 0.05) in total cholesterol, LDL and LDL:HDL ratio, whilst HDL diminished (P = 0.03). Such alterations were not observed in group C. It appears that dietetic supplementation with coconut oil does not cause dyslipidemia and seems to promote a reduction in abdominal obesity.
Saw my friend cooking with this once and it really surprised me. Apparently it's quite commonly used in south India. In north India though, we use coconut oil to put in our hair; not to cook with.
Saw my friend cooking with this once and it really surprised me. Apparently it's quite commonly used in south India. In north India though, we use coconut oil to put in our hair; not to cook with.
Surprisingly I found for more clinical trials on coconut oil as hair and skin conditioner than for diapered purposes.
Clinical trials show it helps hear and reduces breakages which means the strands of hair are thicker all the way along.
MCTs
That is all.
MCTs are fantastic.
Coconut oil is fantastic.
They alone won't necessarily create fat loss (though this is open for debate), but they will certainly help accelerate and act as a catalyst it if your putting your body in the right hormonal state (i.e. by exercise, and calorific deficit),
Cocunut oil is 2/3rds MCT.
Medium Chain Triglyceride.
It's quite commonly used in the gym rat & nutrition world. Apologies, I thought I was in the sports forum!![]()
Either. Sme take a spoon full, others just replace their cooking oil with it.