Coconut oil consumption did not significantly affect markers of glycemia , inflammation , and adiposity as compared with nontropical vegetable oils .
Conclusions : Coconut oil consumption results in significantly higher LDL-cholesterol than nontropical vegetable oils .
Background : Coconut oil is high in saturated fat and may , therefore , raise serum cholesterol concentrations , but beneficial effects on other cardiovascular risk factors have also been suggested .
Therefore , we conducted a systematic review of the effect of coconut oil consumption on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors compared with other cooking oils using data from clinical trials .
Medium-chain fatty acids: evidence for incorporation into chylomicron triglycerides in humans.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fatty acid composition of chylomicron triglycerides isolated from subjects fed liquid-formula diets containing 40 % of total energy as medium- ( C8:0 and C10:0 ) or long-chain ( C16-C18 ) triglycerides ( MCT , LCT )  for 6 d. Medium-chain fatty acids ( MCFA ) comprised 8 % of total chylomicron triglyceride fatty acids after the first MCT meal . After 6 d of continued MCT feeding , chylomicron triglyceride MCFA content increased to 13 % . When subjects were fed the LCT ( soybean oil ) diet , C16:0 , C18:1 , and C18:2 comprised nearly 90 % of the chylomicron triglyceride fatty acids . The mass of triglyceride transported in chylomicrons isolated from subjects fed the MCT diet was approximately 20 % of that found when subjects consumed the LCT diet . We conclude that although total triglyceride production during MCT ingestion is low , the chylomicron triglycerides that are synthesized contain significant amounts of MCFA
Coconut oil consumption did not significantly affect markers of glycemia , inflammation , and adiposity as compared with nontropical vegetable oils .
Conclusions : Coconut oil consumption results in significantly higher LDL-cholesterol than nontropical vegetable oils .
Background : Coconut oil is high in saturated fat and may , therefore , raise serum cholesterol concentrations , but beneficial effects on other cardiovascular risk factors have also been suggested .
Therefore , we conducted a systematic review of the effect of coconut oil consumption on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors compared with other cooking oils using data from clinical trials .