Coconut oil (and all saturated fats) has been blamed for many years as a cause of increased cholesterol levels, which supposedly leads to heart disease. But studies done on traditional tropical populations that consume large amounts of coconut oil show just the opposite. One of the best ways ...
The Sinhalase race, which makes up the majority of the Sri Lanka population, migrated from India some two thousand years ago. The lifestyle, social characteristics, language, and religious beliefs of the Veddas are quite different from those of the Sinhalese....
In recent years, the popularity of coconut and particularly coconut oil has soared because of touted health benefits. Fueling the coconut oil trend, celebrity endorsements have claimed the ingredient to help blast away belly fat, curb appetite, strengthen the immune system, prevent hea...
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Ask any American what causes heart disease, and 99% of the time the answer will be “high cholesterol.” You see, the fact is that cholesterol has been vilified and is now regarded as a “terrifying” substance that must be lowered at all costs. However, if y...
HDL-C, also known as “good cholesterol (胆固醇)”, removes “bad cholesterol” from the walls of our blood vessels, thus reducing our risk of stroke and heart disease. Coconut oil’s fatty acids also protect our stomachs from parasites (寄生虫) and harmful bacteria that play havoc with ...
Coronary heart disease risk factors in J... The incidence of myocardial infarction and death from coronary heart disease was studied in defined samples of 45 to 68 year old Japanese men in Japan, Haw... TL Robertson,H Kato,GG Rhoads,... - 《American Journal of Cardiology》 被引量: 2886...
Why theLipid Hypothesis (the theory that scared us off of saturated fats) doesn't make senseand what modern medicine has to say about the cholesterol & heart disease connection! Thefats that you truly must avoidto hold onto your health!
1. Good for your heart As we all know that coconut is low in sodium and high in potassium so it is an excellent food for people suffering from high blood pressure. As coconuts contain no Tran’s fats and are gluten-free, they are loaded with high amounts of dietary fiber, and therefo...
but unlike any other type of fat, trans fat reduces HDL cholesterol and increases triglycides and another undesirable blood fat, lipoprotein (a). That all adds up to a potent adverse effect on heart disease risk. (source:Got Fat? Exploding Nutrition Myths- an interview of Harvard Prof. Walt...