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Coconut oil is 'pure poison'

Coconut oil actually raises the levels of bad cholesterol and promotes heart disease

22-Aug-2018

Key points from article :

Some see coconut oil as the panacea that helps everything.

Harvard professor says it is one of the worst things you can eat.

High proportion of saturated fat raises level of LDL cholesterol.

More than twice the amount of saturated fat found in lard.

Saturated fat is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke.

British Nutrition Foundation says it should only be used in small amounts.

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British Heart Foundation (BHF)

Charity organization researching heart and circulatory diseases

Karin Michels

Adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Victoria Taylor

Senior dietician at the British Heart Foundation.

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