Coconut Oil boosts metabolism?!

Cooking with coconut oil helps boost metabolism?

The pressed white meat of the coconut produces coconut oil, a special type of saturated fat that actually increases calorie burning.  Why?  Coconut oil is made of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT), making this type of oil much easier to digest.  Studies show that after eating a meal containing these medium-chain triglycerides, metabolism increases 48 percent.  Christine Avanti uses coconut oil to make stir-frys, searing fish, and as a butter substitute in baking.  Check out Christine’s delicious Asian stir-fry using coconut oil.

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References

Medium- versus long-chain triglycerides for 27 days increases fat oxidation and energy expenditure without resulting in changes in body composition in overweight women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Jan;27(1):95-102.

Larger diet-induced thermogenesis and less body fat accumulation in rats fed medium-chain triacylglycerols than in those fed long-chain triacylglycerols. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2002 Dec;48(6):524-9.

Comparison of diet-induced thermogenesis of foods containing medium- versus long-chain triacylglycerols. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2002 Dec;48(6):536-40.
 

The thermic effect is greater for structured medium- and long-chain triacylglycerols versus long-chain triacylglycerols in healthy young women. Metabolism. 2001 Jan;50(1):125-30.