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 .
Virgin olive oil, palm olein and coconut oil diets do not raise cell adhesion molecules and thrombogenicity indices in healthy Malaysian adults
Background / objectives : Effects of high-protein diets that are rich in saturated fats on cell adhesion molecules , thrombogenicity and other nonlipid markers of atherosclerosis in humans have not been firmly established . We aim to investigate the effects of high-protein Malaysian diets prepared separately with virgin olive oil ( OO ) , palm olein ( PO ) and coconut oil ( CO ) on cell adhesion molecules , lipid inflammatory mediators and thromobogenicity indices in healthy adults . Methods : A r and omized cross-over intervention with three dietary sequences , using virgin OO , PO and CO as test fats , was carried out for 5 weeks on each group consisting of 45 men and women . These test fats were incorporated separately at two-thirds of 30 % fat calories into high-protein Malaysian diets . Results : For fasting and nonfasting blood sample s , no significant differences were observed on the effects of the three test-fat diets on thrombaxane B2 ( TXB2 ) , TXB2/PGF1α ratios and soluble intracellular and vascular cell adhesion molecules . The OO diet induced significantly lower ( P<0.05 ) plasma leukotriene B4 ( LTB4 ) compared with the other two test diets , whereas PGF1α concentrations were significantly higher ( P<0.05 ) at the end of the PO diet compared with the OO diet . Conclusion : Diets rich in saturated fatty acids from either PO or CO and high in monounsaturated oleic acid from virgin OO do not alter the thrombogenicity indices — cellular adhesion molecules , thromboxane B2 ( TXB2 ) and TXB2/prostacyclin ( PGF1α ) ratios . However , the OO diet lowered plasma proinflammatory LTB4 , whereas the PO diet raised the antiaggregatory plasma PGF1α in healthy Malaysian adults . This trial was registered at clinical trials.gov as NCT 00941837
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 .