‘Coconut oil is pure poison’: Harvard professor’s claim goes viral on social media (Scroll)

A Harvard professor’s lecture on coconut oil, calling it poison at least three times in the video, has garnered much attention on social media.

In a talk titled ‘Coconut oil and other nutritional errors’, Karin Michels, who is an adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, says coconut oil is not healthy. “I can only warn you urgently about coconut oil,” she said during the lecture at University of Freiburg in Germany, according to USA Today. “This is one of the worst foods you can eat.” The video of the lecture was posted in July, and has received over 10 lakh views. Read more