Posted on 09/03/2023 7:10:44 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
An article describes a study in which mice given an oral supplement of extra-virgin coconut oil developed significant alterations in food intake, weight gain, anxious behavior, and central nervous system, adipose tissue and liver inflammation.
The researchers also found that the capacity of key metabolic hormones leptin and insulin to activate cellular mechanisms responsible for satiety and control of blood sugar levels was impaired, and that the biochemical mechanisms involved in fat synthesis were stimulated.
"The findings suggest that although the process is slow and silent, coconut oil supplementation for long periods can lead to significant metabolic alterations," said Marcio Alberto Torsoni.
Excessive consumption of animal fat is associated with a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, as well as obesity and diabetes. One of the components of this diet is cholesterol, but this type of fat also contains saturated fatty acids, which can activate inflammatory processes via the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and may lead to disease.
Saturated fatty acids can also be obtained from other sources, such as plants. They account for 90% of the lipids in coconut oil, for example. Although short-chain fatty acids make up a large proportion, and these are beneficial because they reduce inflammation, saturated fatty acids in coconut oil are sufficient to activate inflammatory pathways and cause damage to different kinds of cells.
To find out whether daily consumption of coconut oil for long periods could cause health problems, the research group used an animal model involving healthy mice given a daily dose of coconut oil for eight weeks. This amount of coconut oil was equivalent in calories to about a soup spoonful (13 g) per day, or 5% of the calories from saturated fat in the diet of an adult person of the right weight for their age and height.
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I’m use organic coconut oil to fry my pancakes. The enhanced flavor is incredible. Other than that I hardly ever use it.
My understanding is that coconut oil was the oil of choice for movie-theater popcorn... and that’s why it tasted so good. Not sure if they still use it.
Canola & soybean oils are crap, and anything fried in them tastes pretty lousy, IMO.
The “natives” that ingest it daily where it is harvested are not fat.
Maybe should have tested it on native Hawaiian mice?
There’s one fact that a lot of people and dietitians don’t really talk about much... a calorie is a calorie is a calorie.
You want to lose weight? Figure out your target caloric intake, ditch the junk food and empty calories (devoid of nutritional value), exercise, walk, and stick with it. All this other crap is fantasy or hucksterism.
You know all that fancy exercise equipment you can buy? Just get a pair of tennis shoes and save a bunch of money.
It’s that simple.
The coconut oil scam was a scam. Always was, always will
Agreed...coconut oil is outstanding for cooking popcorn.
Yep, the whole "coconut oil is bad" thing came from the seed oil companies. So the popcorn in movies wasn't as good. Another health scare to make money. Again.
I don't know if they went back to coconut oil or not. Haven't been to a theater for decades. But, I use it for my own popcorn.
My understanding, the main reason they used Coconut oil in movie theaters, was because of “shelf life”, they could pop up acres of corn and it would stay crisp and light for several days. I would say this seems to hold true.
Day old popcorn with the seed oils, especially Crisco, is inedible. Bacon grease is real good for popping corn as well, and I use it for biscuits, cornbread - and for Cookies too. Saves on Butter, which is getting expensive as everyone knows. Coconut oil is pretty high also.
Vegetable oils though generally oxidize and turn rancid fairly quickly. Animal fats don’t do this generally. I don’t how true it is, but I read Canola or Canada Oil (Rapeseed) was basically a derivative of the paint industry. It definitely gives off strong varnish odors when it turns bad.
Everything in moderation.............Especially moderation...............
The problem with vitamins is that no one knows what moderation actually is.
Take Vitamin D3 for instance. Taken in “moderation” certain respiratory symptoms persist although diminished. When the dosage is increased, the problems disappear. The higher level is seen by many as gross excess even though the moderate dose is inadequate.
The fact is that those opposing the large dosage are simply ignorant even though they are medical professionals.
The same is true with B12. The benefits of a large dose are overwhelmingly significant even though cautioned
The fact is, there is no knowledge of what is vitamin moderation
The one thing they don’t stress, simple is not always easy. I think a lot of money is made by.confusing people.
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