Heart Health
Is the saturated fat of coconut good for heart health?
You probably know that saturated fats are bad fats that can cause all sorts of heart-related diseases. Did you know that and the humble coconut oil has 92% saturated fats? So why is that there are many advocates taking coconut oil as a health supplement? Is not it contradictory?
Supporters of virgin coconut oil argue that coconut oil helps improve the skin condition, have more energy and even lose weight. Huh? saturated fat consumed to lose weight? How is that possible?
These advocates hail the virgin coconut oil as one of the hottest new nutritional supplement industry to hit the health and nutrition in years. This logic runs counter conventional wisdom, right?
Saturated fats and there are a lot of it in coconut oil has been the villain in heart disease. When fat hydrogenated vegetable fat (trans) was invented as in margarine, is supposed to replace unhealthy saturated fats like butter and was thought to be a healthy way fat only until it was discovered in recent years that trans fat is more dangerous to the health of your heart than saturated fats.
What is with this thinking that the defenders of coconut fats is now arguing that not all forms of saturated fat can be bad and coconut oil can be one of them. Dr. Bruce Fife, a U.S. based naturopath and author of "The miracle of coconut oil," he said during a news conference in Singapore last month, "Not all saturated fatty acids act in the same way. The fat in coconut oil is different from most other fats and has many health giving properties. "
He added: "The lauric acid (I coconut oil) boosts immunity, has antioxidant properties and is being investigated in reducing the burden viral load in HIV patients. You should also take into account the size of the carbon chain fatty acid. Most of the oils and fats we consume are fatty acids long chain. Coconut oil the richest source of medium chain fatty acids, which in fact behave quite differently from long-chain versions. "
"Medium chain fatty acids in coconut oil boost the body's metabolic rate and promote weight loss. They break down immediately in the liver to produce energy and not stored as fat, "he added.
So is the coconut fat consumption good or bad for health? It is controversial not it?
Let's listen to another expert Dr. Annie Leong, deputy director of the department of nutrition at the Health Promotion Board. 'Not enough evidence to prove that the medium chain saturated fats can reduce heart risk. "
Nutritionist Anna Jacob argued that "the capital of Kerala coconut in India and also has the highest rates of heart disease. While it is possible to argue that Indians are genetically predisposed to heart disease, but a diet high in saturated fat and could increase risk. "
My question is that since Indians are more prone to disease the heart, then the high rates of heart disease should be spread evenly throughout India and not only in Kerala, does not it? Therefore, I'm still a little skeptical.
So who is right and who is wrong? So is coconut oil saturated fat good or bad for heart health? Well, the jury is still out there as far as I'm concerned. For my part, will make a conscious effort to avoid the consumption of oil coco too often until the coconut is more debate conclusive empirical evidence that coconut oil is good for heart health.
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