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I put this stuff on my face every morning and my skin has never looked or felt better.

I also put it on toast almost every morning, have been doing so for years, and I am the healthiest I've ever been. I mean, I have also taken other steps towards my health (coconut oil is definitely not the biggest factor either) but come on, this article is a joke.

Sounds like fake news.




It's very possible that coconut oil could have simultaneously good and bad effects on the body. E.g. it has known antibacterial and antifungal properties. Meanwhile, it's a saturated fat of the kind known to be bad for people's hearts.

So its very possible you could be realizing many short term health benefits from coconut oil, while not realizing it, setting yourself up for a heart attack later in life. Such are the things in life: I would assert most things we eat can be best thought of as a balance between good and bad forms of nutrition, both helping and hurting us. E.g. Salmon, lots of great nutrition there but eat too much seafood and you need to start thinking about your exposure to heavy metals and environmental pollutants...


“Fake news” is news that is deliberately untrue - entirely fabricated stories - in order to attract clicks (for advertising revenue) or to change or muddle public opinion.

Applying it to an article that a person thinks is incorrect based on a sample size of themselves only surves to muddy the meaning of the term.


Aye yeah sorry it was a little joke.




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