Is Coconut Oil Bad For You?

YES, ASSERT THE PHYSICIANS, РЕГИСТРИРАНИ НУТРИЦИОНИСТИ AND SCIENTISTS AT ЦЕНТАРОТ НА ПРИТИКИIN MIAMI, FLORIDA.

Many in the coconut oil business promote it as the "good" saturated fat. But "this is a case where facts have been twisted into fiction, “states Dr. Jay Kenney , Educator and Nutrition 12 or more carbon atoms) Specialist at Pritikin.

Here are the facts:

All oils are a mixture of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, though each oil is usually called by the name of the fatty acid that is most abundant. The artery-clogging – and therefore most damaging – fatty acid is saturated fat. The fat in coconut oil is 92% saturated fat.

What gets tricky is that there are different kinds of saturated fats.– Some are long-12 or more carbon atoms) (they have12 or more carbon atoms). and some are medium-chain (fewer than 12 carbon atoms) These various saturated fats do not have the same impact on LDL (bad) cholesterol levels in the blood

One long-chain saturated fat stearic acid has little impact on LDL cholesterol . Stearic acid is the most common saturated fat in chocolate which is why chocolate or cocoa butter raises LDL only aboutone-quarter as much as butter, even though both are about 60% saturated fat.

Coconut oil – bad for LDL cholesterol But other long-chain saturated fatty acids, like the ones that make up most of the saturated fat in coconut, palm kernel, and palm oils (known as tropical oils), do in fact raise LDL cholesterol considerably. These saturated fats are called palmitic, myristic, and lauric acids. They also make up most of the saturated fatty acids in meat, poultry, and dairy fats like milk, butter, and cheese. Is Virgin Coconut Oil Bad For You? Lately, virgin coconut oil has been heavily promoted. Marketers claim that any bad data on coconut oil are due to hydrogenation, and virgin coconut oil is not hydrogenated. (Hydrogenation is an industrial process in which unsaturated fats take on the physical properties of saturated fats.) But only a small percentage, 8%, of coconut oil is unsaturated fat, which means only 8% of coconut oil gets hydrogenated. And the yield is mostly stearic acid, the one common long-chain saturated fatty acid that has minimal impact on LDL cholesterol levels. “So completely hydrogenated coconut oil has about the same impact on LDL cholesterol as does virgin oil,” points out Dr. Kenney. So, think once again before using the coconut oil in your diet.

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