Why Coconut Oil is A Low-Calorie Fat and Helps in Losing Weight 

(Source: The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil (Now called The Coconut Miracle) , by Bruce Fife, N.D.)

Not all Fats are Alike - We often think that the less fat we eat, the better. However, you don’t necessarily need to reduce your fat intake, you simply need to choose fats, such as coconut oil, that is better for you while also eating less polyunsaturated fat (processed vegetable oils).   

Eat Fat and Lose Weight - One of the remarkable things about coconut oil is that it can help you lose weight. Yes, there is a dietary fat that can actually help you take off unwanted pounds. Coconut oil can quite literally be called a low-fat fat.  Replacing the fats you now eat with coconut oil may be the wisest decision you can make to lose excess body fat.  The simplest and best way to add MCFA to the diet is to use coconut oil in the preparation of your food.

Low Calorie Fat - All fats, whether they be saturated or unsaturated, from a cow or from corn, contain the same number of calories. The MCFA (medium chain fatty acids) in coconut oil, however, are different. They contain a little less. Because of the small size of the fatty acids that make up coconut oil, they actually yield fewer calories than other fats. MCT oil, which is derived from coconut oil and consists of 75 percent caprylic acid (C:8) and 25 percent capric acid (C:10), has an effective energy value of only 6.8 calories per gram.  This is much less than the 9 calories per gram supplied by other fats. Coconut oil has at least 2.56 percent fewer calories per gram of fat than long-chain fatty acids (LCFA). This means that by using coconut oil in place of other oils your calorie intake is less.

Immediate Energy Producers – MCFA are digested and utilized differently. They are not packaged into lipoproteins and do not circulate in the bloodstream like other fats, but are sent directly to the liver where they are immediately converted into energy – just like a carbohydrate, but without the insulin response. So when you eat coconut oil, the body uses it immediately to make energy.