Hello Beth,
The tv show probably was referring to a study done in Australia with
milk shakes and carrot cake using coconut oil. My question was what
kind of coconut oil did they use? Was it hydrogenated? If so, it would
produce very negative results. A study was done with babies and
coconut oil in formula several decades ago with negative results and
the coconut oil was hydrogenated. Also, it's strange that they
studied it in carrot cake and milk shakes. My question also is: what
else was in the milk shakes and carrot cake? What kind of sugar did
they use? What were the other ingredients? People have eaten coconut
oil in many parts of the world for centuries without problems--no
heart disease, until western foods were introduced. So, we must ask:
what is behind this? Is coconut oil infringing on market share for
other oils? Bad press years ago nearly destroyed the tropical oils
industry, without any real validity. If coconut oil truly narrowed
arteries and caused heart disease then populations that used it would
have died out long ago.
Best of health,
Cherie Calbom