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  1. Mark Thorson said:
    Steve Wertz said:


    What else is coconut oil especially good for?

    Cardiovascular disease. Unlike other vegetable oils,
    it's highly saturated -- more saturated than lard.

    I guess that's why those SE Asians live so long, coconut and palm
    oil being the most common oil in most of those countries.

    -sw

  2. "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Mark Thorson said:
    Steve Wertz said:


    What else is coconut oil especially good for?

    Cardiovascular disease. Unlike other vegetable oils,
    it's highly saturated -- more saturated than lard.

    I guess that's why those SE Asians live so long, coconut and palm
    oil being the most common oil in most of those countries.

    -sw

    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,
    I use it for almost anything I fry.
    It is a little expensive but well worth it when you smell that wonderful
    fragrance as it heats up.

    For fried shrimp I get the oil almost to smoking. Dump in the (floured)
    shrimp. Toss in a couple of finely chopped cloves.
    Flip the shrimp around for about three minutes.
    Squeeze a fresh lime over all and plate.
    Heaven!

    Ken.

  3. "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Mark Thorson said:
    Steve Wertz said:


    What else is coconut oil especially good for?

    Cardiovascular disease. Unlike other vegetable oils,
    it's highly saturated -- more saturated than lard.

    I guess that's why those SE Asians live so long, coconut and palm
    oil being the most common oil in most of those countries.

    -sw

    If you're a smoothie drinker, you can add it to them. Not sure about a
    recipe, just sort of wing it with banana and stuff like that.

    -T

  4. Ken Davey said:

    "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Mark Thorson said:

    Steve Wertz wrote:
    >
    > What else is coconut oil especially good for?

    Cardiovascular disease. Unlike other vegetable oils,
    it's highly saturated -- more saturated than lard.

    I guess that's why those SE Asians live so long, coconut and palm
    oil being the most common oil in most of those countries.

    -sw

    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,
    I use it for almost anything I fry.
    It is a little expensive but well worth it when you smell that
    wonderful fragrance as it heats up.

    For fried shrimp I get the oil almost to smoking. Dump in the
    (floured) shrimp. Toss in a couple of finely chopped cloves.
    Flip the shrimp around for about three minutes.
    Squeeze a fresh lime over all and plate.
    Heaven!

    Ken.

    That sounds like an excellent idea, Ken. I'd, personally, panko the shrimp
    and then fry it. But yeah, this sounds like a good idea.

    kili

  5. moriarty said:

    If you're a smoothie drinker, you can add it to them. Not sure about a
    recipe, just sort of wing it with banana and stuff like that.

    You trying to make a Pina Colada or soemthing?

    -sw

  6. Ken Davey said:


    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,

    Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    like those in coconut oil contribute to
    cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    are as well-documented as this one.

    For more information, see:

    Quoting from:
    http://www.webdietitian.com/document/CVTopic/topic/pencvsaturatedfattyacids

    The major food sources of saturated fats are animal
    fats, such as red meats (beef, pork, veal, lamb, ham)
    and whole milk dairy products (milk, butter, ice cream,
    hard cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt). Chicken and
    turkey (prepared skinless) contain less saturated fat,
    and the saturated fat that they do have resides mostly
    in the skin. The plant oils that are high in saturated fat
    are palm oil, coconut oil, and palm kernel oil (tropical
    oils.)

    Some saturated fats are more atherogenic than others.
    The specific fatty acids that raise LDL-cholesterol the
    most are myristic (C14:0) and lauric (C12:0) found in
    butterfat and in tropical oils (coconut and palm kernel
    oil). Palmitic acid (C16:0), the most prevalent fatty acid
    in the food supply, raises LDL-C levels in most studies.
    Stearic acid (C18:0) the next most prevalent does not
    raise or lower LDL-C. However, it appears to stimulate
    blood clotting.

    Quoting from:
    http://www.diet-and-health.net/Diseases/Cardiovascular.html

    The effects of high-oleic safflower oil (monounsaturated),
    high-linoleic safflower oil (polyunsaturated), and palm oil
    (saturated) on blood cholesterol levels were compared in
    normal and hypertriglyceridemic patients. Both the high
    monounsaturated and the high polyunsaturated fatty acids
    achieved similar results, lowering of total cholesterol.

    In another study, beef fat, coconut oil, and safflower oil
    were exchanged in the diets of healthy normal volunteers.
    Mean plasma total cholesterol was lower on the safflower
    oil diet compared with the habitual diet. Mean plasma
    total cholesterol on the beef diet was higher than on
    the diet containing safflower oil and lower than on the
    diet containing coconut oil. [Reiser, et al]

  7. Mark Thorson said:
    Ken Davey said:

    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,

    Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    like those in coconut oil contribute to
    cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    are as well-documented as this one.

    The latest info I can find has people, researchers, scientists and
    doctors all backpedaling on the dangers of coconut oil. In fact most
    seem to say it is a heart healthy, downright, good-for-you food.

    Sites are here:
    http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

    http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/28/coconut_health.htm

    ANd to quote this site:
    http://www.coconut-connections.com/healthiest_oil.htm

    "Why do some say that coconut oil is bad for you? Tropical oils were
    very popular in the US food industry prior to World War II. The US is
    the largest exporter of soybeans. The well oiled marketing machinery
    funded by the soy bean and corn industry and supported by the American
    Heart Association was committed to change the American Diet, calling
    among others, for the substitution of saturated fats for
    polyunsaturates. The Prudent Diet, as it was called, left a legacy which
    still haunts us today. 40 years on, this conceptual change in the eating
    habits of Americans has negatively influenced and changed the dietary
    regimes of societies all around the world that were initially not even
    affected by America's particular meat, potato and milk diet. So
    determined was the pursuit of the American industries in converting
    their claims into magnificent billboards of health and wealth that even
    small island nations in the South Pacific were converted by this
    powerful marketing machine to change centuries of dietary traditions of
    tropical oils to importing polyunsaturated fats. Today heart disease is
    still on the increase and obesity, linked to the “new” American diet, is
    a major social problem worldwide that has governments worried about the
    health care cost of future generations. The U.K. and Australia
    unfortunately, are racing to catch up to their allies with a large
    percentage of the population being defined as overweight.

    Studies were done to show that coconut oil, and all saturated fats, were
    bad for one's health because they raised serum cholesterol levels.
    However, these studies were done on hydrogenated coconut oil, and all
    hydrogenated oils produce higher serum cholesterol levels, whether they
    are saturated or not. Recent research shows that it is the presence of
    trans fatty acids that causes health problems, as they are fatty acid
    chains that have been altered from their original form in nature by the
    oil refining process.

    Although many studies at the time had also shown research to the
    contrary, the mud stuck and by the mid 60’s the reputation of all
    saturated oils in America had been destroyed. This reputation later
    extended to the rest of the western world."

    Melondy

  8. "kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Ken Davey said:

    "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:58:55 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:

    > Steve Wertz wrote:
    >>
    >> What else is coconut oil especially good for?
    >
    > Cardiovascular disease. Unlike other vegetable oils,
    > it's highly saturated -- more saturated than lard.

    I guess that's why those SE Asians live so long, coconut and palm
    oil being the most common oil in most of those countries.

    -sw

    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,
    I use it for almost anything I fry.
    It is a little expensive but well worth it when you smell that
    wonderful fragrance as it heats up.

    For fried shrimp I get the oil almost to smoking. Dump in the
    (floured) shrimp. Toss in a couple of finely chopped cloves.

    THIS SHOULD READ CLOVES 'OF GARLIC'.
    I butterfly the shrimp first.
    Ken.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Flip the shrimp around for about three minutes.
    Squeeze a fresh lime over all and plate.
    Heaven!

    Ken.

    That sounds like an excellent idea, Ken. I'd, personally, panko the
    shrimp
    and then fry it. But yeah, this sounds like a good idea.

    kili

  9. Mark Thorson said:
    Ken Davey said:


    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,

    Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    like those in coconut oil contribute to
    cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    are as well-documented as this one.

    For more information, see:

    We could turn this into a pissing match by throwing around
    alternating pro and con references to research and studies
    regarding saturated fats and tropical oils, but as I've learned -
    no matter what happens, Mark Thorson will never give up. You
    only see things one-sided.

    Instead, I'd like to use my valuable time to cook and enjoy
    what's rest of my life. If I die next year, I don't want it to
    be at the end of a 6-month pissing match with MT.

    ObFood: Ikea Sweedish Meatballs for lunch. I would have rather
    had a double portion of Swanson's with the parslied noodles for
    $1 less.

    And call me crazy, but I don't think Ikea is that great of a
    store. The last straw was when they wanted to charge $.05/ea for
    bags to carry home your purchases - the same bags you get at the
    grocery store, for free. What [censored] public relations.

    -sw

  10. Steve Wertz said:


    ObFood: Ikea Sweedish Meatballs for lunch. I would have rather
    had a double portion of Swanson's with the parslied noodles for
    $1 less.

    And call me crazy, but I don't think Ikea is that great of a
    store. The last straw was when they wanted to charge $.05/ea for
    bags to carry home your purchases - the same bags you get at the
    grocery store, for free. What [censored] public relations.

    -sw

    but if you commit suicide with an ikea plastic bag over your head,
    people will think you have class.

    your pal,
    blake

  11. blake murphy said:
    Steve Wertz said:


    ObFood: Ikea Sweedish Meatballs for lunch. I would have rather
    had a double portion of Swanson's with the parslied noodles for
    $1 less.

    And call me crazy, but I don't think Ikea is that great of a
    store. The last straw was when they wanted to charge $.05/ea for
    bags to carry home your purchases - the same bags you get at the
    grocery store, for free. What [censored] public relations.

    -sw

    but if you commit suicide with an ikea plastic bag over your head,
    people will think you have class.

    And that you were cunning enough to assemble the plastic bag...

    --
    Best
    Greg

  12. blake murphy said:

    but if you commit suicide with an ikea plastic bag over your head,
    people will think you have class.

    You would think their superior Scandinavian designs would prevent
    that.

    -sw

  13. Steve Wertz wrote on 27 Mar 2007 in rec.food.cooking

    Quoted message said:
    blake murphy said:

    but if you commit suicide with an ikea plastic bag over your head,
    people will think you have class.

    You would think their superior Scandinavian designs would prevent
    that.

    -sw

    Coconut oil (If I remember correctly) is being used in a formula to create
    a healthy oil/margerine spread. This formula is still in the testing stage
    and is very good for you and tasty as well. Cholesteral wise that is.

  14. Melondy said:


    Mark Thorson said:
    Ken Davey said:

    You got it steve.
    Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,

    Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    like those in coconut oil contribute to
    cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    are as well-documented as this one.

    The latest info I can find has people, researchers, scientists and
    doctors all backpedaling on the dangers of coconut oil. In fact most
    seem to say it is a heart healthy, downright, good-for-you food.

    Sites are here:
    http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

    Weston Price was a famous quack dentist:

    http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/holisticdent.html

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/28/coconut_health.htm

    Mercola was ordered by the FDA to stop making false
    claims about coconut oil:

    http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html

    Quoted message said:

    ANd to quote this site:
    http://www.coconut-connections.com/healthiest_oil.htm

    That's a web site SELLING coconut oil.
    And yet, that's the best evidence you can
    scrape up.

    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

  15. "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Melondy said:


    Mark Thorson said:

    Ken Davey wrote:
    > You got it steve.
    > Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,

    Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    like those in coconut oil contribute to
    cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    are as well-documented as this one.

    The latest info I can find has people, researchers, scientists and
    doctors all backpedaling on the dangers of coconut oil. In fact most
    seem to say it is a heart healthy, downright, good-for-you food.

    Quoted message said:


    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

    Thjat is a rather sweeping statement!
    Care to offer any cites?
    --
    Regards.
    Ken.
    http://www2.citytel.net/~solar/

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    "Ken Davey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Melondy said:


    Mark Thorson wrote:
    > Ken Davey wrote:
    >> You got it steve.
    >> Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,
    >
    > Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    > like those in coconut oil contribute to
    > cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    > harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    > are as well-documented as this one.
    >

    The latest info I can find has people, researchers, scientists and
    doctors all backpedaling on the dangers of coconut oil. In fact most
    seem to say it is a heart healthy, downright, good-for-you food.

    Quoted message said:


    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

    Thjat is a rather sweeping statement!
    Care to offer any cites?
    --
    Regards.
    Ken.
    http://www2.citytel.net/~solar/


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil#Effects_on_health

    --
    Laura

    -Sautéed poo is still poo!

    Come join us at The Dirty Old Ladies and The Dirty Old Men!
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDirtyOldLadies/
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    Quoted message said:

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    Quoted message said:

    "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Melondy wrote:
    >
    > Mark Thorson wrote:
    > > Ken Davey wrote:
    > >> You got it steve.
    > >> Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils around.,
    > >
    > > Wrong. It is among the worst. Saturated fats
    > > like those in coconut oil contribute to
    > > cardiovascular disease. Few associations between
    > > harmful behaviors and adverse health consequences
    > > are as well-documented as this one.
    > >
    >
    > The latest info I can find has people, researchers, scientists and
    > doctors all backpedaling on the dangers of coconut oil. In fact most
    > seem to say it is a heart healthy, downright, good-for-you food.
    >

    Quoted message said:


    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

    Thjat is a rather sweeping statement!
    Care to offer any cites?
    --
    Regards.
    Ken.
    http://www2.citytel.net/~solar/


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil#Effects_on_health

    --
    Laura

    Thanks laura.
    Once one scrolls through the coconut oil as fuel (diesel) it gets
    interesting.
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/coconuts1.html

    --
    Regards.
    Ken.
    http://www2.citytel.net/~solar/

  18. Ken Davey said:


    "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

    Thjat is a rather sweeping statement!
    Care to offer any cites?

    Sure. Here's two abstracts from articles in
    medical journals describing the results of
    clinical trials.

    Am J Clin Nutr. 1985 Aug;42(2):190-7.
    Plasma lipid and lipoprotein response of humans
    to beef fat, coconut oil and safflower oil.
    Reiser R, Probstfield JL, Silvers A, Scott LW,
    Shorney ML, Wood RD, O'Brien BC, Gotto AM Jr,
    Insull W Jr.

    This study's purpose was to evaluate the fasting
    human plasma lipid and lipoprotein responses to
    dietary beef fat (BF) by comparison with coconut
    oil (CO) and safflower oil (SO), fats customarily
    classified as saturated and polyunsaturated.
    Nineteen free-living normolipidemic men aged
    25.6 +/- 3.5 yr consumed centrally-prepared
    lunches and dinners of common foods having 35%
    fat calories, 60% of which was the test fat.
    The test fats were isocalorically substituted,
    and each fed for five weeks in random sequences
    with intervening five weeks of habitual diets.
    Plasma total cholesterol (TC), high-density
    lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density
    lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations
    among individuals follows the same relative rank
    regardless of diet. Triglycerides (TG)
    concentrations among individuals also maintain
    their relative rank regardless of diet but in
    a different order from that of the cholesterols.
    Plasma TC, HDL-C, and LDL-C responses to BF were
    significantly lower and TG higher than to CO.
    As compared to SO, BF produced equivalent levels
    of TG, HDL-C, and LDL-C and marginally higher TC.
    Thus, the customary consideration of BF as
    "saturated" and grouping it with CO appears
    unwarranted.

    J Nutr. 2003 Jan;133(1):78-83.
    The serum LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio is influenced
    more favorably by exchanging saturated with
    unsaturated fat than by reducing saturated fat
    in the diet of women.
    Muller H, Lindman AS, Brantsaeter AL, Pedersen JI.
    University College of Akershus, Bekkestua, Norway.

    We compared the effects of a high fat diet
    [38.4% of energy (E%) from fat; HSAFA diet,
    polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acid (P/S) ratio
    = 0.14], a low fat diet (19.7 E% from fat; LSAFA
    diet, P/S = 0.17), both based on coconut oil,
    and a diet with a high content of mono- and
    polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA; 38.2 E% from
    fat; HUFA diet, P/S = 1.9) on serum lipoproteins.
    The 25 women studied consumed each diet for 3-wk
    periods in a crossover design. The two high fat
    diets were identical except for the quality of
    the test fat. The LSAFA diet was identical to the
    HSAFA diet except that half the fat was replaced
    by carbohydrates. Serum total cholesterol, LDL
    cholesterol and apoB concentrations did not
    differ between the HSAFA and the LSAFA diet
    periods. Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and
    apoB were lower when women consumed the HUFA diet
    than when they consumed the other two diets.
    HDL cholesterol and apoA-I were 15 and 11%,
    respectively, higher when women consumed the
    HSAFA diet than when they consumed the LSAFA diet;
    HDL cholesterol and apoA-I were lower when women
    consumed the HUFA diet than when they consumed the
    HSAFA diet, but not the LSAFA diet. The LDL
    cholesterol/HDL cholesterol and apoB/apoA-I ratios
    were higher when women consumed the LSAFA diet
    than when they consumed the HSAFA diet. The LDL/HDL
    cholesterol ratio was higher when women consumed
    either the LSAFA or the HSAFA diet than when they
    consumed the HUFA diet, whereas apoB/apoA-I was
    higher when women consumed the LSAFA diet than when
    they consumed the HUFA diet. Triacylglycerol and
    VLDL cholesterol were higher when women consumed
    the LSAFA diet than when they consumed either the
    HSAFA or the HUFA diet. We conclude that, to
    influence the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio, changing
    the proportions of dietary fatty acids may be more
    important than restricting the percentage of total
    or saturated fat energy, at least when derived
    mainly from lauric and myristic acids, both of
    which increase HDL cholesterol.

  19. Ken Davey said:


    Once one scrolls through the coconut oil as fuel (diesel) it gets
    interesting.
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/coconuts1.html

    Oooh! Nexus Magazine!
    That's a reliable source of information!

    About PSYCHIC SPIES:
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/psispy1.html
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/psispy2.html

    And ARCHAEOLOGICAL COVER-UPS (what are those guys
    trying to hide?):
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/arcoverups.html

    UFO CONSPIRACY THEORIES (CIA, Shadow Government, etc.):
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/CirclesOfPower.html

    And REPTILIAN HUMANOIDS (friendssss or foessss?):
    http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/jimsparx.html

    But that's the best information you can cite on
    the "benefits" of coconut oil!

  20. "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Ken Davey said:


    "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    The scientific evidence is against coconut oil.
    It's more saturated than lard, and raises
    cholesterol more than beef fat.

    Thjat is a rather sweeping statement!
    Care to offer any cites?

    Sure. Here's two abstracts from articles in
    medical journals describing the results of
    clinical trials.

    Am J Clin Nutr. 1985 Aug;42(2):190-7.
    Plasma lipid and lipoprotein response of humans
    to beef fat, coconut oil and safflower oil.
    Reiser R, Probstfield JL, Silvers A, Scott LW,
    Shorney ML, Wood RD, O'Brien BC, Gotto AM Jr,
    Insull W Jr.

    This study's purpose was to evaluate the fasting
    human plasma lipid and lipoprotein responses to
    dietary beef fat (BF) by comparison with coconut
    oil (CO) and safflower oil (SO), fats customarily
    classified as saturated and polyunsaturated.
    Nineteen free-living normolipidemic men aged
    25.6 +/- 3.5 yr consumed centrally-prepared
    lunches and dinners of common foods having 35%
    fat calories, 60% of which was the test fat.
    The test fats were isocalorically substituted,
    and each fed for five weeks in random sequences
    with intervening five weeks of habitual diets.
    Plasma total cholesterol (TC), high-density
    lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density
    lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations
    among individuals follows the same relative rank
    regardless of diet. Triglycerides (TG)
    concentrations among individuals also maintain
    their relative rank regardless of diet but in
    a different order from that of the cholesterols.
    Plasma TC, HDL-C, and LDL-C responses to BF were
    significantly lower and TG higher than to CO.
    As compared to SO, BF produced equivalent levels
    of TG, HDL-C, and LDL-C and marginally higher TC.
    Thus, the customary consideration of BF as
    "saturated" and grouping it with CO appears
    unwarranted.

    J Nutr. 2003 Jan;133(1):78-83.
    The serum LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio is influenced
    more favorably by exchanging saturated with
    unsaturated fat than by reducing saturated fat
    in the diet of women.
    Muller H, Lindman AS, Brantsaeter AL, Pedersen JI.
    University College of Akershus, Bekkestua, Norway.

    We compared the effects of a high fat diet
    [38.4% of energy (E%) from fat; HSAFA diet,
    polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acid (P/S) ratio
    = 0.14], a low fat diet (19.7 E% from fat; LSAFA
    diet, P/S = 0.17), both based on coconut oil,
    and a diet with a high content of mono- and
    polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA; 38.2 E% from
    fat; HUFA diet, P/S = 1.9) on serum lipoproteins.
    The 25 women studied consumed each diet for 3-wk
    periods in a crossover design. The two high fat
    diets were identical except for the quality of
    the test fat. The LSAFA diet was identical to the
    HSAFA diet except that half the fat was replaced
    by carbohydrates. Serum total cholesterol, LDL
    cholesterol and apoB concentrations did not
    differ between the HSAFA and the LSAFA diet
    periods. Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and
    apoB were lower when women consumed the HUFA diet
    than when they consumed the other two diets.
    HDL cholesterol and apoA-I were 15 and 11%,
    respectively, higher when women consumed the
    HSAFA diet than when they consumed the LSAFA diet;
    HDL cholesterol and apoA-I were lower when women
    consumed the HUFA diet than when they consumed the
    HSAFA diet, but not the LSAFA diet. The LDL
    cholesterol/HDL cholesterol and apoB/apoA-I ratios
    were higher when women consumed the LSAFA diet
    than when they consumed the HSAFA diet. The LDL/HDL
    cholesterol ratio was higher when women consumed
    either the LSAFA or the HSAFA diet than when they
    consumed the HUFA diet, whereas apoB/apoA-I was
    higher when women consumed the LSAFA diet than when
    they consumed the HUFA diet. Triacylglycerol and
    VLDL cholesterol were higher when women consumed
    the LSAFA diet than when they consumed either the
    HSAFA or the HUFA diet. We conclude that, to
    influence the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio, changing
    the proportions of dietary fatty acids may be more
    important than restricting the percentage of total
    or saturated fat energy, at least when derived
    mainly from lauric and myristic acids, both of
    which increase HDL cholesterol.

    And this relates SPECIFICALLY to coconut oil how?
    --
    Regards.
    Ken.
    http://www2.citytel.net/~solar/

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