Miranda Kerr’s habit of consuming coconut oil is harmful: Experts

“I’ve been drinking it since I was 14 and it’s the one thing I can’t live without,” she said.

“I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day,either on my salads,in my cooking or in my cups of green tea,” she added.

But experts said the oil,which is a saturated fat with a high calorie count and few vitamins and minerals,should not be consumed in such large doses,ABC News reported.

The World Health Organization has also warned the oil could contribute to an increased risk of coronary heart disease if taken to excess.

Keith Ayoob,director of the nutrition clinic at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,said the oil would not give you the body of a supermodel.

“I can’t say I’d want people consuming lots of coconut oil. You should use it sparingly,” News.com.au quoted Ayoob as saying.

“You want to cut back on saturated fats in your diet. I don’t know what benefit it would have for weight management because it has just as many calories as any other fat,” added Ayoob.

Dr. Robert Eckel,director of the General Clinical Research Center at Colorado Health Science University in Denver,also expressed concerns about the effect of the oil on a person’s cholesterol.

“Saturated fat intake does contribute to LDL [low-density lipoprotein cholesterol,and that has been pretty well documented by research,” said Eckel referring to “bad” cholesterol.