{"id":8504,"date":"2017-07-14T12:19:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drjohnomahony.com\/?p=8504"},"modified":"2017-07-14T12:19:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:19:33","slug":"coconut-oil-hyped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/2017\/07\/14\/coconut-oil-hyped\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Coconut Oil All its Hyped Up to Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A revision of four major studies of the health benefits of coconut oil by the American Heart Association (AHA) has revealed that it may not be the cure-all some health gurus make it out to be. The AHA has released a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/replacing-saturated-fat-with-healthier-fat-may-lower-cholesterol-as-well-as-drugs-in-context-of-a-healthy-diet\">presidential advisory<\/a>\u00a0that saturated fats, contained in coconut oil, are not a healthy fat and should be avoided. Coconut oil is reported as being 82% saturated\u00a0fat,\u00a0and can raise your LDL (bad cholesterol) by as much as items like butter, palm oil or beef fat. High levels of LDL are a major link to cardiovascular disease and stroke risk. There\u00a0ha\u00a0been plenty of conflicting and controversial\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health\/pass-the-butter-cutting-saturated-fat-does-not-reduce-heart-disease-risk-cardiologists-say-1.4085453\">research<\/a>\u00a0done on this subject recently, and there are many opinions on the health effects of saturated fats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8507 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drjohnomahony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/coconut-oil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registered Canadian dietitian Cheryl Strachan supports the new claims by the AHA, stating \u201cThe hype is way ahead of the evidence. If you look on the internet, you\u2019ll see it\u2019s a cure for everything from Alzheimer\u2019s disease to heart disease. But the evidence to support that is just not there.\u201d Of course, coconut oil does not need to be avoided completely but enjoyed in moderation. Items such as olive oil and canola oil are much healthier for day-to-day usage <a href=\"https:\/\/espanolcialis.net\/comprar-cialis-generico\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: #111;border-color: transparent;font-weight: normal\">https:\/\/espanolcialis.net\/comprar-cialis-generico\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent poll, it was found that 72% of Americans believe coconut oil is considered a healthy fat. Researchers believe that coconut oil is just another health craze born from a \u201ckernel of truth,\u201d and made publicly popular by internet culture.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full article on coconut oil, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/coconut-oil-study-health-heart-disease-saturated-fats-1.4169540\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A revision of four major studies of the health benefits of coconut oil by the American Heart Association (AHA) has revealed that it may not be the cure-all some health gurus make it out to be. The AHA has released a\u00a0presidential advisory\u00a0that saturated fats, contained in coconut oil, are not a healthy fat and should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_meta":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-doctors-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8504"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}