Tue, May-19-09, 09:31
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Senior Member
Posts: 5,160
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Plan: Weston A. Price, GFCF
Stats: 165/133/132
BF:?/12.7%/?
Progress: 97%
Location: Philadelphia
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Coconut oil is higher in saturated fat than anything - even tallow. Saturated fat does raise your cholesterol. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It raises HDL and LDL together. Some evidence suggests that saturated fat does not raise VLDL. It does not raise triglycerides. High triglycerides are a stronger indicator of heart disease than low HDL, high LDL, or high total cholesterol.
Studies of the "cholesterol-lowering diet," which reduces saturated fat intake but not total fat intake, have not shown a reduction in death from heart disease. But they have shown an increase in death from cancer and trauma.
But I'm assuming most of this information is in the book.
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