AHA! I hear you say.


In June of 2017 the American Heart Association published a flawed report claiming that coconut oil is harmful to health. It oly is if you don't understand science. Here's why.

First lets look at the arguments generally made about coconut oil for a start. From the "Center for science in the public interest nutrition action newsletter" are they asseert these are myths:

  • Coconut oil can help you lose weight.
  • Coconut oil is good for the heart.
  • Coconut oil can protect the brain from dementia.
  • "This post was originally published in 2014 and is updated regularly.."

    Lets look at these one by one:
    Myth: Coconut oil can help you lose weight.
    "the only study that tested whether it helps people shed pounds came up empty."

    It's unclear why anybody would say this. A cursory examination reveals these and it's difficult to explain how they misses these. Perhaps they wer unwilling or unabl eot use a searhc engine:

    Effects of Dietary Coconut Oil on the Biochemical and Anthropometric Profiles of Women Presenting Abdominal Obesity Lipids.
    2009 May 13, Monica L. Assunção, Haroldo S. Ferreira, Aldenir F. dos Santos, Cyro R. Cabral Jr, Telma M. M. T. Florêncio
    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11745-009-3306-6

    Coconut Oil and Chili Peppers Together Increases Thermogenesis Leading to Weight Loss
    Clegg ME, Golsorkhi M, Henry CJ., PubMed.gov
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23179202#sthash.7DjktjJ0.dpuf

    Virgin Coconut Oil and Weight Loss: testimonies
    http://coconutoil.com/coconut-oil-weight-loss/

  • Coconut oil is good for the heart.
  • Coconut oil can protect the brain from dementia.
  • "This post was originally published in 2014 and is updated regularly.."
Segio Fazio: "In the past, we evaluated a patient’s potential for developing cardiovascular disease by looking at the ratios of HDL, or “good” cholesterol, to total cholesterol or to LDL, known as “bad” cholesterol. It was thought that the damage potentially inflicted by one [depositing cholesterol inside the blood vessel walls] was mediated by the protective qualities of the other [carrying these deposits away]. We now know this isn’t always the case and that function is a key determinant in predicting HDL’s protective qualities. This knowledge comes from clinical trials that raised HDL levels in patients but did not produce any benefit. When we interfere with the system, we may be doing something that kills function and we’re trying to figure out how this occurs."

Jason H. Y Wu: "Translated to foods, these findings support benefits of increasing consumption of vegetable oils and spreads, nuts, fish, and vegetables rich in unsaturated fats (e.g., avocado), in place of either animal fats or refined grains, starches, and sugars."

Rudel: "Still, counters Rudel, there’s certainly no evidence olive oil is good; the FDA partly relied on iffy epidemiological data. The likelier benefactors in the Mediterranean diet, he says, are the nuts, fish and vegetables that replace fries and burgers. Tufts endocrinologist Ernst Schaefer backs up Rudel’s claims and adds that a better understanding of specific types of dietary fat could have an important impact on reducing heart disease. Polyunsaturated fats, contained in walnuts and soy oil, are good. And some, like omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, are necessary, because the body can’t make them. Rudel’s monkeys benefited from these but not from the monounsaturated fats that the body can make itself.

The NIH is currently paying Rudel to see exactly what kind of damage man-made trans fats, found in fries and Krispy Kremes, can do to monkey arteries. And he is working with Nissen to see if a medical device made by Lipid Sciences can clean the primates’ pipes by increasing good cholesterol."
"The Myth of Extra Virgin" - https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1213/096sidebar.html

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