Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 as this was mentioned in a previous post, I was wondering if any one has some pubmed references for ill effects of coconut fat on lipids or any other area of human health. Reason I am wondering is a friend has just got one of those Coconut Diet books and in the last two weeks has gone through eight 200g bars of dried creamed coconut and I really feel uneasy about this, but need some good studies specifically on coconut to scare her away from this route. She has much higher than normal blood sugars and is using fats to avoid her blood sugars going too high, a high fat diet, 65% of calories, has got her sugars down from a three month average of 600 to 115 - this is not an error - six hundred to one hundred and fifteen) which is working very well, but I would rather her stick to almonds, avocadoes and olive oil, until she considers some medication (tablets don't work for her, but insulin does, but she hates injecting herself so is avoiding this approach for now). She already tried Atkins (with emphasis on dairy and eggs and meat fats) and her LDL went from 100 to 200, (although her triglycerides were halved (150 down to 70) and HDL increased from 60 to 80) and blood sugar went down to 115, hence the coconut attempts now as the doctor is worried about her LDL. She eats around 2100 calories a day and is five foot nine high, age 44 and had bulemia for 20 years. thanks .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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