COCONUT OIL DIET
"Juice Lady' and registered nutritionist, Cherie Calbom started the Coconut Oil Diet as a way to add good fats to a balanced diet. The total program is a low-carb meal plan that requires dieters to consume 2-3 tbsp. of extra virgin coconut oil prior to each meal.
Foods Emphasized: Coconut oil, lean meats, eggs, cheese, fish, vegetables, and nuts
Foods Restricted: In the first two weeks, absolutely no carbs
Premise and Guidelines: Coconut oil is generally thought of as ‘bad’ for your health. Cultures that incorporate or eat coconut oil as a regular staple in their diet, however, have much lower issues with heart disease and obesity than Americans. The coconut palm is known in those areas as the "tree of life," with the wonderful fruit being rich in specific fats that are incredibly beneficial. Calbom promises that her diet will allow you to be healthy, trim, energetic, and alive. In the beginning two weeks of this program, the only other strict rule imposed is to eat almost no carbohydrates. This is for the purpose of jumpstarting your body, which is probably used to burning sugar for fuel, to start burning more fats, since carbs aren’t as readily available.
From a nutritional viewpoint, coconut oil is high in saturated fat - not the good kind. Apparently, coconut oil consists of medium chain triglycerides which the body quickly burns up while helping to speed up weight loss when combined with a diet low in carbohydrates. While coconut oil may not be a miracle weight-loss supplement, it can’t hurt to try it out.