The newest health fad to hit the US is fat-infused water. It contains two grams of coconut oil and apparently “tastes likes liquid soap”.
Its creator Dave Asprey, who is also the brains behind bulletproof coffee, says mixing coconut oil with water enhances “thermogenesis” – otherwise known as fat burning.
“They get burned as energy and have an appetite-suppression effect,” he says…”It’s not like we put in sunflower oil or canola,” he told New York magazine’s Grub Street.