Coconut oil has a very unusual past wrought with confusion. In the middling years of the 20th century coconut oil was nearly ubiquitous and used by millions, however, the health industry began to make blanket statements (as it often does) about all saturated fatty acids and coconut oil was all too swiftly supplanted entirely by what is now largely considered unhealthy: vegetable oil. In a terribly ironic turn of events, coconut oil has risen to popularity once again as a truly healthy fat. Isn't that the way things go all too often?
