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What do you think of the coconut oil weight loss results we keep hearing about?
Coconuts are high in fiber and contain a natural laxative. I believe the five pounds lost over
a weekend, all of which literally went down the drain.
Coconut oil is supposed to aid rapid and significant weight loss. It's a lot more than a fiber
supplement.
The speed depends on how much you take. Significant depends on how constipated you were before
taking it.
Do you think colon cleanses help you lose weight?
Maybe a few pounds. If you aren’t careful, you’ll stay dehydrated over the next few
days before slowing gaining it back.
That’s like using water pills or diuretics to lose ten pounds for a Jenny Craig weigh-in.
What about long term?
Coconut oil is high in fat and calories. Regularly ingesting that stuff can cause you to gain
weight, not lose it.
What about taking a spoonful or two per day?
You might as well have a Mounds candy bar.
That’s high in calories.
So is coconut oil.
There have been studies that show it helps you reduce waist size.
It is correlated to a slight reduction in waist size, but you don’t lose overall pounds
or BMI.
You’re losing weight around the liver, the abdominal fat that is linked to an increased
risk of liver disease and metabolic disorders.
So coconut oil makes it migrate from your waist to your hips. Overall, I don’t consider
that a successful weight loss plan.
High fiber diets are correlated to weight loss.
That’s primarily because a high fiber diet has fewer calories on average than the typical
high fat, high sugar diet most people eat. It is the lower calorie intake that causes
weight loss, not necessarily the fiber after the first bathroom trip.