On Saturday, September 29, 2012 6:38:20 PM UTC-5, Reggie wrote:
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> > Dave Smith wrote:
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> >> On 29/09/2012 7:59 AM, Somebody wrote:
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> >> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >> >>> Which ones are ok?
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> >> >> Coconut oil.
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> >> > egads! Even Mitt Romney would not make a joke like that.
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> >> The information booklet I got in cardiac rehab suggested eating lots of
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> >> fruit and vegetables, but in capitals it says ...NOT COCONUT. It is
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> >> apparently very high in cholesterol. When I asked about the claims of
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> >> health benefits of the good cholesterol it was suggested that is hype
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> >> from the people selling it. IN my situation, I think I am better off
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> >> following the advice of the health professionals.
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> > Yes, coconut oil is even worse than beef fat
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> > and lard. It's being hyped by the "alternative
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> > medicine" crowd that rejects medical science.
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> but beef fat and lard are healthy. you need to stay current.

No, they are not. They just aren't as relatively bad as once thought, but that's not because they are good, but because the inflammatory effects of polyunsaturates are more well understood. Beef fat and lard are high in palmitic and myristic acids. Those are baddies.

--Bryan