Low Saturated Fat Diet?
Not All Saturated Fats are The Same

Coconut Oil: The Unique Form of Saturated Fat

A low saturated fat diet can benefit or harm you, depending on your nutritional type. But a diet high or low in coconut oil will almost always benefit you, if not always.

When nutritionists advise to limit fat intake, the general recommendation is to limit all fats, including unsaturated fats. Be careful not to single out saturated fats.

Saturated Fat Benefits

If you're thinking about lowering your saturated fat intake, it would be wise to consider its many health benefits you probably are not aware of. Saturated fats:

• Boost your immune system
• Lessens a substance in your blood that signifies inclination to heart disease
• Provide cells basic durability and stability
• Protect your liver
• Strengthen your bones
• ... many more ...

Unsaturated Fats are the Safest?

Yeah right... [slaps forehead]

Several studies have proven that polyunsaturated oils encourage cancer because they create large quantities of free radicals that attack the DNA of our cells.

Arterial plaque is a substance that clogs your arteries, increasing the likelihood of heart attack and stroke. Analysis reveal that oxidized fatty acids in arterial plaque are mainly unsaturated.

Coconut Oil is Unique

Did you know that not all saturated fats are the same?

Saturated animal fats such as lard and beef fat are composed entirely of hard-to-digest long-chain triglycerides (LCT). Coconut oil, the other type of saturated fat, is mostly (two-thirds) easy-to-digest medium-chain triglycerides (MCT).

MCT-loaded coconut oil is one saturated fat that appears to benefit human health, either in low or high amounts. A study has demonstrated that a diet containing as much as 50% of the fat from MCTs slashes cardiovascular risk.

My Bicolano brothers consume the most coconut oil here in the Philippines, yet have the lowest heart disease rate in the entire country. Coconut oil has also been the predominant fat in Sri Lanka, but the death rate due to heart disease has been just 1 out of every 100,000.

A low saturated fat diet may or may not benefit you. But coconut oil is "unique and special."

92%-saturated and 67%-MCT coconut oil behaves differently and provides numerous amazing health benefits "over and above" what other saturated fats provide.

Felton, C. V., et al. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and composition of human aortic plaques. Lancet 1994;344:1195-1196.

Watkins, B. A., and Seifert, M. F., Food lipids and bone health, in Food Lipids and Health, McDonald, R. E. and Min, D. B., eds. (New York, Marcel Dekker, 1996), p. 101.

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