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Five claims about coconut oil debunked

  • Written by Rosemary Stanton, Nutritionist & Visiting Fellow, UNSW
imageIs coconut oil all it's really cracked up to be, or is it just another fad?Sebastien Gabriel/Unsplash, CC BY

Coconuts have been a valued food in tropical areas for thousands of years, traditionally enjoyed as coconut water from the centre of the coconut, coconut flesh, or coconut “milk” (made by steeping the flesh in hot water).

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