I've run across some VERY interesting studies recently
on the relationship between coconut oil (or any type of
coconut fat, including coconut milk and cream) and how
it can affect your body fat...

The findings may surprise you!

A 2009 study published in the Journal Lipids consisted
of testing the effects of either 2 tablespoons of coconut
oil or 2 tablespoons of soybean on a group of 40
women over the span of 28 days.

Results showed that the group that ate the coconut oil
had a decrease in abdominal fat, while the soybean oil
group actually showed a slight increase in belly fat. 

Additionally, the group that ate the coconut oil showed
increased HDL ‘good’ cholesterol levels, while the
soybean oil group had decreased HDL cholesterol and
increased LDL ‘ bad’ cholesterol.

The Journal of Nutrition published a study where
researchers investigated all studies relative to medium
chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that are abundant in coconut
fat and weight management.

The studies showed that diets rich in fats such as those
found in coconut oil prompted a boost in metabolism, 
increase in energy, decrease in food consumption, 
reduced body weight and lower body fat mass. The 
study authors highly recommend using oils that contain
MCFAs, such as coconut oil, as a tool to drop extra
abdominal fat, manage a healthy weight, and even as a
way to treat obesity.

Yet another study that assessed body weight and fat
storage relative to three different types of diets
including a low-fat diet, high-fat diet with long chain
fatty acids (LCFAs) and a high fat diet with MCFAs.

In order to bring about weight gain, caloric intakes were
adjusted for the diets. At the end of the research period
(which lasted 44 days), the low-fat diet group stored an
average of 0.47 grams of fat per day, the LCFA group
stored 0.48 grams of fat per day, and the MCFA group
only stored a mere 0.19 grams per day (despite
purposely increasing calories).

Those in the MCFA group (coconut fat) had a 60
percent reduction in body fat stored compared to the
other diets.

Another added bonus of consuming organic coconut oil
(and coconut cream or milk) is that it tends to make us
feel fuller for longer.

Studies indicate that MCFAs help increase feelings of
fullness and lead to a reduction in calorie intake when
compared to the same amount of calories from other 
fats. When MCFAs are metabolized, ketone bodies are
created in the liver – these have been shown to have a
strong appetite reducing effect helping you to lose fat
faster.

If you thought from reading about how using coconut oil
daily for helping to reduce abdominal fat is pretty
incredible, you're going to be blown away by the 
powerful health benefits of coconut oil on the page
below...

>> 9 MORE reasons to use DAILY coconut oil 
(including benefits to thyroid, brain, skin, oral health, 
heart health, detoxing, cancer, and more)

To your health!
Chris Ryan.