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Coconut oil and Alzheimer’s
By Philip Chua
7:22 am | Monday, February 6th, 2012
IN !I" #olumn more than 11 year$ a%o, on No&ember 21, 200',
(e di$#u$$ed the #ontro&er$yabout the health e))e#t$ o) #o#onut
oil (hi#h ha$ been %oin% on )or de#ade$* he +ue$tion $tillremain$:
I$ #o#onut oil in%e$tion bene)i#ial or harm)ul to our body
he Philippine$ i$ the (orld-$ lar%e$t e.porter o) #o#onut oil,
a##ountin% )or 7 per#ent o) it$ totale.port in#ome* ho$e (ho are
promotin% the $ale o) #o#onut and #o#onut oil hail the produ#t a$a
healthy )ood in%redient a#ro$$ the board* !o(e&er, tho$e in the
$#ienti)i# #ommunity #are)ullyma/e a #lear di$tin#tion bet(een
re%ular hydro%enated #o#onut oil and &ir%in nonhydro%enated
#o#onut oil*
Co#onut oil i$ hi%h in $aturated )at$* hree oun#e$ 100 %ram$
#o#onut meat #ontain$ 1'*23%ram$ o) #arbohydrate$, 6*23 % $u%ar$, 4
% dietary )iber, 33*54 % )at$ 24*70 % $aturated )at$, 1*53%
mono$aturated )at$, 0*37 poly$aturated )at$* 3*3 % protein,
pro&idin% 3'5 /#alorie$* itaminand mineral #ontent$: hiamine
B1, 0*066 m% 6 per#ent 8ibo)la&in B2, 0*02 m% 2 per#ent
Nia#in B3, 0*'5 m% 5 per#ent Pantotheni# B', 0*30 m% 6 per#ent
itamin B6,0*'5 m% 5 per#ent Folate, 26 m#% 7 per#entitamin C, 3*3
m% 5 per#ent Cal#ium, 15 m%1 per#ent Iron, 2*53 m% 14 per#ent
Ma%ne$ium, 32 m% 4 per#ent Pho$phoru$, 113 m% 16 per#ent
Pota$$ium 3'6 m% 9 per#ent in#, 1,1 m% 12 per#ent*Per#enta%e are
relati&e to;"n the other hand, &ir%in #o#onut oil, (hi#h
ha$ notunder%one hydro%enation or any pro#e$$in% that u$e$
#hemi#al$, i$ )ree o) tran$ )at$, but $tillha$ $aturated )at$*
"aturated )at$ )rom por/, bee) and other red meat$, e%%$,
#o#onut$ ha&e been pro&en to #au$eand ha$ten
arterio$#lero$i$?hardenin% o) the artery, and the re$ultant
#hole$terol depo$it$ on the(all$ o) the artery blo#/ the blood
$upply to or%an$ li/e the heart, brain, ma@or blood
&e$$el$,leadin% to heart atta#/, $tro/e, =lAheimer-$, et#*
"aturated )at$ ha&e al$o been lin/ed to obe$ity
and in#rea$ed ri$/ o) #an#er*
hat are the )al$e #laim$
In &ie( o) thi$, the #ommon #o#onut oil ha$ %ained the bad
reputation o) bein% unhealthy )orre%ular or )re+uent #on$umption*
he mar/etin% and #ommer#ial$ on #o#onut oil, ho(e&er,
ha&emi$repre$ented the )a#t$* hey apparently ad&erti$e
#o#onut?#o#onut oil a$ healthy )ood item$
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that lo(er #hole$terol, in#rea$e metaboli$m, aid in (ei%ht
#ontrol, and ha&e $ome anti&iral, anti ba#terial and
anti)un%al a#tion*
hat i$ the truth
"ome $#ienti)i# $tudie$ $u%%e$t that the &ir%in
nonhydro%enated #o#onut oil (ith it$ polyphenol po$$ibly ha$
the$e %ood e))e#t$, and that the #ommon re%ular
hydro%enated,#hemi#allypro#e$$ed, #o#onut oil and #o#onut meat,
(hi#h are the mo$t #ommonly u$ed )orm)or #oo/in% and ba/in%, are
de)initely unhealthy, e.#ept )or #o$meti# u$e and, perhap$,
hope)ully,a$ biodie$el en%ine )uel in the )uture*
Co#onut oil a#tually i$ about 42 per#ent $aturated )at, (hi#h i$
%reater than butter 65 per#ent$aturated )at, bee) )at 50 per#ent,
and lard 50 per#ent* "aturated )at in our diet rai$ed
