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According To This Harvard Professor, Everything You Know About Coconut Oil Could Be A Lie

According To This Harvard Professor, Everything You Know About Coconut Oil Could Be A Lie
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A lecture by a Harvard professor has turned the world of Keto dieters topsy-turvy. Now how is everyone going to make their fat-bombs?


Karin Michels, an adjunct professor at Harvard School of Public Health, gave a talk called Coconut Oil and Other Nutritional Errors. The talk was posted to YouTube in July and now has nearly 1 million views.

In the talk, which is in German, Michels repeatedly calls coconut oil "pure poison" and says:

I can only warn you urgently about coconut oil.This is one of the worst foods you can eat.


For those who don't speak German, Now This put together this recap.



Although the media stories coming out are pretty scary, the people aren't convinced.







Now what are we going to do with all these fat bombs?


Some don't know what to believe anymore.


Many Asian and South Asian people may disagree.






If you are worried about using your coconut oil, save it for six months and a new study will come out. Then it will be healthy again.

H/T: USA Today, People

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