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Harvard Professor Calls Coconut Oil 'Pure Poison', Indians Beg to Differ

Harvard Professor Calls Coconut Oil 'Pure Poison', Indians Beg to Differ

Monday, August 27, 2018 IST

Despite the already evident health benefits, it is still "pure poison."

Every other day you end up finding something you really like "is guaranteed to kill you." But most of these claims are barely ever backed up by Harvard levels of research.

In a talk called "Coconut oil and other nutritional errors," Karin Michels, who is an adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, says that coconut oil is all kinds of unhealthy and resorts to calling it "poison" at least three times.

And while her research is so far unclear - this video started gaining popularity from when it was posted in July, and the Internet had a different perspective to it. Especially, South Indians.

Why is everything so exaggerated in this damn country? Indians have for thousands of years put coconut oil in our hair, rubbed it on the bodies of babies to warm them, and used it in food. We’re fine.
— Nandini (@nandelabra) 23 August 2018

Agreed! 👍
India too 🖐, in south India (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu) food is not possible without coconut oil, people are healthier
— Manpreet (@bajwamanpreet1) 22 August 2018

Bro please https://t.co/XwEeCGLyG6
— #RebuildKerala (@sidin) 23 August 2018

Then how come those who consumed coconut oil in Asia survive?
South India, especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu are high in the consumption of the same. https://t.co/QiNrrywh8C
— John Paul Jose (@popfornews) 22 August 2018

All of India, every Pacific Islander & much of the 🌏:

🛑Put down your coconut oil! Your multigenerational uses of this oil is going to kill you 😲
I know a lot of your ancestors have lived long lives but a Harvard professor has the opinion that it’s “poison” so, stop. 🤦‍♀️🤣 https://t.co/VNaMNlMDzQ
— Jenna Wright (@JennaWrightHC) 22 August 2018

Average life expectancy of coconut oil consuming areas in India is more than the average. Shocked at @Harvard standard of research! https://t.co/d0mdCiFawl
— Pankaj Pachauri (@PankajPachauri) 23 August 2018

That headline can't be funnier. Indians have used coconut oil for thousands of years. Still alive and kicking. I guess we are poison-eaters then. 😂😂 https://t.co/5bY7c44hTB
— Dr. P.N. Jha । झा जी (@pranab_jha) 23 August 2018

Just saying that we’ve been using coconut oil in our food and hair for centuries. My 60 year old aunt looks 30 and no one needs hair extensions. https://t.co/eKTJe9kjMP
— Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) 23 August 2018

My mum still insists on me putting coconut cream in my hair once a week. The amount of south Asian elders I see with full hair and amazing skin - we should be dubbed bloomin pioneers.
— Shafi Musaddique (@ShafLdn) 23 August 2018

We’ve always used coconut oil in moderation. The west took it to extremes and started putting it in everything and basically overdoing it, as they do with all fads. Indian wisdom has always told us that ANYTHING in excess is poison.
— Madhu (@madhu_gopalan) 23 August 2018