Coconut oil is 'one of the worst foods you can eat', Harvard professor warns

Speaking at Harvard University, Dr Karin Michels, an expert in epidemiology at the university, called coconut oil ‘one of the worst foods you can eat’

It’s often portrayed as a healthy alternative to other oils, but it seems that coconut oil may not be as good for you as thought.
Speaking at Harvard University, Dr Karin Michels, an expert in epidemiology at the university, called coconut oil ‘one of the worst foods you can eat’.
She even went so far to describe the oil as ‘pure poison.’
During her talk, titled ‘Coconut Oil and other Nutritional Errors’, Dr Michels explained that eating superfoods was unnecessary, because we already get enough nutrition from everyday foods.

She said: “We are well and sufficiently supplied.”
This isn’t the first time that experts have warned about the dangers of coconut oil.
Victoria Taylor, a dietician at the British Heart Foundation, said: “There has been speculation that some of the saturated fat present in coconut oil may be better for us than other saturated fats, but so far there is not enough good-quality research to provide us with a definitive answer.”