ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2020
Coconuts and Health: Different Chain Lengths of Saturated Fats Require Different Consideration.
Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The rise of plant-based milk alternatives: exploring nutritional, health, and sustainability impacts.Food chemistry: X · 2026Review
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- Nutritional Profiling and Glycemic Index Assessment of a Soup Powder Formulation From Squash, Green Banana, Black Beans, and Coconut.International journal of food science · 2025Article
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- Protein-glutaminase improves water-/oil-holding capacity and beany off-flavor profiles of plant-based meat analogs.PloS one · 2023Article
- Micro-Encapsulated Microalgae Oil Supplementation Has No Systematic Effect on the Odor of Vanilla Shake-Test of an Electronic Nose.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Influence of Vegetable Oils on In Vitro Performance of Lutein-Loaded Lipid Carriers for Skin Delivery: Nanostructured Lipid Carriers vs. Nanoemulsions.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- Association between a dietary pattern high in saturated fatty acids, dietary energy density, and sodium with coronary heart disease.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Rapid Iodine Value Estimation Using a Handheld Raman Spectrometer for On-Site, Reagent-Free Authentication of Edible Oils.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Impact of Dietary Lipids on the Reverse Cholesterol Transport: What We Learned from Animal Studies.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
The diet heart hypothesis has driven nutrition recommendations and policy for decades. Recent studies have questioned the hypothesis and sparked great controversy over the assumed connection between saturated fat intake and heart disease. Recent evidence suggests that dietary patterns should be the focus of dietary recommendations, not any one food or nutrient. Furthermore, to classify foods as simply saturated fat, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats is to ignore the many other potential nutrients and health benefits. Coconut is classified as a saturated fat and therefore listed as a food to limit to reduce heart disease risk. However, different saturated fats, medium-chain or long-chain, act differently metabolically and thus have different health effects. The medium-chain fatty acids predominate in coconut are absorbed differently and have been associated with several health benefits, including improvements in cognitive function and a more favorable lipid profile compared to longer chain fatty acids. Coconuts provide a healthful source of saturated fats and should not be considered the same as foods with longer chain saturated fats. Future recommendations should take this research into consideration. It is the purpose of this review to discuss the research regarding the connection between saturated fat intake, specifically coconut consumption, and health, while focusing on dietary patterns and lifestyle behaviors.
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