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Article: Coconut oil confuses: is it an artery clogger or an artery cleanser?(Ask EN)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Q. I thought coconut oil was bad for the heart, yet I see "organic virgin coconut oil" promoted as healthful. What's the deal?
A. While coconut oil's effect on health isn't entirely clear, the truth probably lies in between health food and artery clogger.
Coconut oil is one of the so-called tropical oils (along with palm and palm kernel oils), which differ from other plant oils because they're high in saturated fats. Avid label readers may notice more tropical oils on ingredient lists these days as they replace partially hydrogenated oils. Ironically, sometimes they are also partially hydrogenated, generating trans fats the same way other oils do.
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