Thursday, March 3, 2011

Coconut Oil - From Villain to Health Food - A Good Appetite - NYTimes.com

"The main saturated fat in coconut oil is lauric acid, a medium chain fatty acid. Lauric acid increases levels of good HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, and bad LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, in the blood, but is not thought to negatively affect the overall ratio of the two."

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