Coconuts also are low in other necessary nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
What coconut products do have is fat. The fat in coconut oil is made up of triglyceride molecules. A triglyceride molecule, in turn, is made up of three fatty acids attached to a backbone. Fatty acids consist of chains of carbon atoms linked together in a chain. The majority of fatty acids in coconut products are medium chain fatty acids, with12 carbons in each chain.