Unlike most
other dietary oils, coconut oil (if it is not hydrogenated) does not contain trans - fatty acids due to its low content of unsaturated fatty acids.
Not exact matches
Due to the fact that the recipe uses no refined sugars,
oils, dairy, or any
other animal products, it's suitable for many
dietary restrictions as well.
The
dietary guidelines promotes the intake of vegetables, fruits, grains, low - fat and fat - free dairy, lean meats and
other protein foods and
oils, while urging limitations on the consumption of saturated fats, trans fats, added sugars and sodium.
It's easy to conclude from those two animal studies alone that virgin coconut oil is a superior
dietary oil for health and is safer to use as a cooking oil than
other popular unsaturated fat cooking
oils.
This study confirms what many
other studies also show, that the USDA
dietary guidelines» advice on fats and
oils has been completely wrong for many years now.
There are all types of
dietary restrictions, wether it is gluten, refined sugars, gmo's, processed foods or
oils, it always comes as a nice surprise when you find dishes that fit your
dietary needs at a party, restaurant or any
other occasion where there is food.
The new findings also support international
dietary recommendations including the new Nordic nutritional recommendations, which, among
other things, recommend replacing some saturated fat from meat, butter, and palm oil, for example, with unsaturated fats from plant
oils and fatty fish,» says Ulf Risérus.
One aspect of the work, the evidence that higher levels of linoleic acid in the circulation are associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, seems consistent with
dietary guidelines recommending use of cooking fats and
other products based on vegetable
oils in preference to saturated fats of animal origin.
Good
dietary sources of vitamin E include wheat germ, cereal grains, sunflower seeds, nuts, eggs, liver, olive oil and some
other cold - pressed vegetable
oils, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams, avocado and asparagus.
In addition,
dietary programs free of all
oils have been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes and
other chronic diseases afflicting millions of persons.
Other U.S.
dietary guidelines that adversely affect health have been more successful at convincing Americans to substitute vegetable
oils for animal fats, based on the disproven notion that saturated fat intake increases CVD risk.
It's easy to conclude from those two animal studies alone that virgin coconut oil is a superior
dietary oil for health and is safer to use as a cooking oil than
other popular unsaturated fat cooking
oils.
As we have reported in
other places, lipid oxidation is a much more important factor to consider when choosing
dietary oils than the saturation level.
Dietary advice from the USDA and
other organizations like the American Heart Association continue to promote polyunsaturated
oils as heart - healthy and demonize saturated fats as unhealthy, in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Correlation is not causation of course, and there are so many
other possible culprits that we're still teasing apart what affects what, but it's hard to believe that the steady decline in health that began around the time industrial
oils were introduced is 100 % unrelated to this
dietary change — so why give it the benefit of the doubt, when these problems were much fewer 100 years ago?