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RE: Coconut Oil is as bad for you as beef fat, butter and palm oil

in #news8 years ago

This post is filled with opinion and inaccurate interpretation. The research on coconut oil's benefits are well known. Coconut Oil benefits the heart. Quoting — Walter C. Willett, M.D.
Harvard School of Public Health,"What is interesting about coconut oil is that it also gives "good" HDL cholesterol a boost. Fat in the diet, whether it's saturated or unsaturated, tends to nudge HDL levels up, but coconut oil seems to be especially potent at doing so."
We also know that coconut oil has remarkable effects upon Alzheimer's patients and people with epilepsy.https://www.charliefoundation.org/ketogenic-therapy/therapies-3/alzheimer-s. It is important when sharing information that you make certain it is correct and not just a half truth or a complete fabrication. Coconut oil is saving the lives of many obese people and diabetics. Of course using coconut oil or any fat, in large amounts, while consuming sugars, starches , and other high glycemic foods will cause the body to store fat and have harmful excess glucose in the brain.

Saturated fat is divided into various types, based on the number of carbon atoms in the molecule, and about half of the saturated fat in coconut oil is the 12-carbon variety, called lauric acid. That is a higher percentage than in most other oils, and is probably responsible for the unusual HDL effects of coconut oil. But plant-based oils are more than just fats. They contain many antioxidants and other substances, so their overall effects on health can't be predicted just by the changes in LDL and HDL. http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/coconut-oil

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you might be right at all of your points but this is the latest research which says that coconut oil is not good for your health...