The Effects of Coconut Oil on Obesity

The amount of poofas, polyunsaturated fatty acids in the American diet fattens up mice without additional calories. A study looked at the effects on obesity of substituting linoleic acid, which is the main form of fat found in vegetable oils. The mouse who got 8% of their calories from linoleic Acid got significantly fatter than mice who got 1%. So overall dietary fat level made no difference as long as the bulk of it was saturated fat.