Coconut Oil Can Reduce Appetite, Making You Eat Less Without Trying.

“Weight loss is all about calories in, calories out.”
Even though I think this is a drastic oversimplification, it is mostly true.
If your body expends more energy (calories) than
it takes in, then you will lose fat.
But even though it is true that we need to be in a
calorie deficit to lose weight, it doesn’t mean that
calories are something that we need to count or
be consciously aware of.
Humans are very capable of remaining lean and
healthy in their natural environment. The obesity
epidemic didn’t start until 1980 and we didn’t
even know what a calorie was back in the day.

Anything that reduces our appetite can make us
take in fewer calories without having to think
about it. It appears that coconut oil has this
effect.
Many studies on medium chain fatty acids show
that, compared to the same amount of calories
from other fats, they increase feelings of fullness
and lead to an automatic reduction in calorie
intake.
This may be related to the way these fats are
metabolized. It is well known that ketone bodies
(which the liver produces when you eat coconut
oil) can have a powerful appetite reducing effect

Whatever the mechanism is, it works. In one
study of 6 healthy men, eating a high amount of
MCTs (found in coconut oil) caused them to automatically eat 256 fewer calories per day .
In another study of 14 healthy men, those who
took 2 spoon of Coconut oil at breakfast ate significantly fewer calories at lunch.

So… coconut oil boosts fat burning (increases
“calories out”) and it also reduces the appetite
(reduces “calories in”)