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Coconut Oil & Health

2020-04-16 19:17:13.678287+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Coconut Oil’s Health Halo a Mirage, Clinical Trials Suggest

Clinical trials don’t support the public’s positive perception of coconut oil, a recent systematic review and meta-analysis suggests. The study, published in Circulation, found that compared with other vegetable oils, coconut oil increases low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)—the “bad” kind that ups cardiovascular disease risk—while offering no improvements to weight, blood glucose, or inflammation markers.

The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors — A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043052

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