Food Trend Chronicles: Coconut Oil

Health gurus, tv doctors, and tons of blogs have all been abuzz with a new health food trend, rhapsodizing about the wonders of coconut oil. But is all this hype actually merited? After all, wasn’t coconut oil once touted as the evil ingredient in movie popcorn? What has changed? Anything?

Just the Facts, Ma’am, Just the Facts

Let’s take a look at the science first. Studies have been done to...