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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sri_Sampath" data-source="post: 30985749" data-attributes="member: 264139">1) Population studies. Epidemiological studies conducted among populations that consume large quantities of coconut, such as the inhabitants of Polynesian islands like <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Cholesterol%2C+coconuts%2C+and+diet+on+Polynesian+atolls%3A+a+natural+experiment%3A+the+Pukapuka+and+Tokelau+Island+studies" target="_blank">Tokelau</a> or those of the Melanesian island <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8450295" target="_blank">Kitava</a>, revealed a low incidence of heart disease, despite a high intake of saturated fat from this fruit. It should be noted, however, that it is the coconut meat, very high in fibre, that is consumed by these populations, so the lack of effect on cardiovascular disease cannot be extrapolated to that associated with adding purified coconut oil to Western diets, which contain <a href="http://dcjournal.ca/doi/abs/10.3148/75.1.2014.15" target="_blank">a large proportion of processed foods.</a>2) Impact on cholesterol. The saturated fat in coconut oil has shorter chains than that found in palm oil or in butter, and, in theory, has less harmful effects on cholesterol levels. About half of saturated fat contained in coconut oil is in the form of lauric acid (12 carbon atoms), and studies show that the effect of this fatty acid on LDL cholesterol <a href="http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/136/3/e1.long" target="_blank">is half that</a> of palmitic acid (16 carbon atoms). In practice, however, a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892314/" target="_blank">systematic review</a> of the studies conducted to date indicates that coconut oil increases LDL cholesterol levels in a similar way to other sources of saturated fat (butter, palm oil) and in a more significant way than unsaturated fat, such as olive oil for example.<a href="https://observatoireprevention.org/en/2017/07/25/saturated-fats-coconut-oil-and-cardiovascular-disease/#:~:text=1)%20Population%20studies.,acid%20(16%20carbon%20atoms" target="_blank">https://observatoireprevention.org/en/2017/07/25/saturated-fats-coconut-oil-and-cardiovascular-disease/#:~:text=1) Population studies.,acid (16 carbon atoms</a>).</blockquote>

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