What these medical experts don't realize is that the studies done on coconut oil which show it to be unhealthful used hydrogenated coconut oil. Hydrogenating any oil will instantly make it unhealthful. Natural coconut oil has been used for millenia in the tropics. Those populations using coconut oil have been proven to have virtually zero heart disease and only began to be plagued by heart disease after having substituted unsaturated oils for coconut and palm oils.