Message #41582

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I was referenced to this article from a book called,
"Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?" by Dr. Mark Hyman

It's brilliant. I am on the chapter Fats and Oils.

Here's the exact excerpt:

"7. Coconut Oil Has Gotten a Bad Rap

First, there is not a single study showing that coconut oil causes heart disease. Not one. Second, the whole case against coconut oil is founded on a hypothesis that has been proven wrong. It's the diet-heart hypothesis: Saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol causes heart disease, anything that raises LDL cholesterol is bad; therefore, coconut oil is bad. The only problem is that the data does not support the hypothesis. But just as it took us a while to accept Copernicus's observation that the Earth revolves around the sun, it will take time for people to lose the false belief that low-fat and low-cholesterol diets can save us from heart disease. In fact, low-fat diets cause heart disease.

   A 2017 USA Today article declared that, 'Coconut Oil Isn't Healthy. Never Been Healthy' based on a review of fat by the American Heart Association (AHA). The AHA has been at the vanguard of bad advice for decades since it first hooked onto the "fat is bad and it will kill you" meme. It told us to eat very-low fat, low-cholesterol diets and to eat tons of starchy carbs. (The AHA gets huge funding from cereal makers, who put their seal of approval on sugary cereals because they are 'fat-free' but 75 percent sugar.) But now an overwhelming amount of research has proven that idea dead wrong. In fact, the AHA's recommendation have killed millions of people (no joke) from heart disease and diabetes. That's why the very conservative 2015 US Dietary Guidelines removed any upper limits on dietary fat and eliminated any restrictions on dietary cholesterol. If you are interested in the corruption of the AHA, how its funding is supported by the pharmaceutical industry, industrial food giants, including sugary cereal makers and industrial vegetable oil manufactures, then read Kevin Michael Geary's article on Medium.com, entitled 'Is the American Heart Association a Terrorist Organization?' That title is a bit inflammatory, but the content is accurate."

He goes on to describe the awesome benefits of coconut oil and things like MCT's. This book has been like a holy grail and is really helping me with my health.