A fact that is often ignored in
the campaign against saturated fats, is that they also affect HDL cholesterol.
A heavy
campaign against saturated fats was started, which included animal fats, dairy, and the tropical oils like coconut oil.
But a negative
campaign against saturated fats in general, and coconut oil in particular, led to most food manufacturers abandoning coconut oil in recent years in favor of hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils that come from the main government - subsidized cash crops in the US, particularly corn and soy.
But a negative
campaign against saturated fats in general, and coconut oil in particular, led to most food manufacturers abandoning coconut oil in recent years in favor of hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils that come from the main government - subsidized cash crops in the US, particularly corn and soy.
They have come to realize that
the campaigns against saturated fats and the tropical oils have been largely a political campaign, not a scientific one, and that American research has favored the newer vegetable oils produced since WWII with expeller - pressed technology that favors the hugely subsidized crops of soybeans and corn.
Not exact matches
In 1988, a vegetarian - oriented food activist group, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), warned the American public
against the dangers of
saturated fat and
campaigned for the food industry to switch from beef tallow and lard to partially hydrogenated vegetable oil — specifically soybean oil.
In the 1980s, CSPI actually spearheaded a highly successful
campaign against the use of healthy
saturated fats, touting trans fats as a healthier alternative, so take their official stance
against coconut oil with a (big) grain of salt.