People often say curry cooked with coconut milk is not good for health. However, Professor nutritional chemist Philippe Legrand said French, a new study has shown that coconut milk, an essential ingredient in traditional cuisine of Southeast Asia, possibly as part of preparations diet have health benefits when consumed in moderation because coconut milk has been active functions for human health. He said the introduction of the handbook coconut milk consumed in moderation is a very important thing. 
He did the same with Vincent Rioux wrote a handbook titled "New Data, New Approach and New Guidelines for Saturated Fatty Acids (The case of coconut lipids)." According to this guide, said the observational studies demonstrate that large (more than 15% of daily energy) saturated fatty acids (SFAs) have a positive relationship with blood cholesterol levels and mortality deaths due to heart disease. Among the SFA acids increase blood cholesterol levels in the body of animals and humans when consumed, the acid myristic acid is considered the most influential in increasing the amount of cholesterol in the blood to the body and animals the human body when consumed in high concentrations; followed by acid and lauric acid pamitic.
However, when consumed in moderation, there is no evidence to prove that SFAs, especially myristic acid, causing damage to health. Researchers have discovered that in many countries the total amount of saturated fat consumed daily from the proposed less than 8-10%. Legrand said: "coconut milk (containing saturated fatty acids) suffer the misconception. With further research activity, we began to better understand the role of fat in the different modes human diet and the effects of these fats on health. ""Short-chain fatty acids and medium vessels in coconut milk has many possible benefits for human health."
Saturated fatty acids such as coconut milk is often related to issues detrimental to health when consumed excessively because acid can affect pathogens evidence of atherosclerosis. Stock atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries as fat, cholesterol and other impurities to create walls around the circuit.
Saturated fat in coconut milk and dairy products are medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) such as caprylic acid and capric acid and longer-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) such as lauric acid and myristic acid. The other long-chain fatty acids exist in meat and vegetable oils like palm oil. A few decades ago, studies in animals have demonstrated that LCFAs are more likely to become fat accumulation in the body and the blood vessels larger than MCFAs and rapidly metabolized in the liver.
The difference between saturated fatty acids, Legrand said: "As a major evaluation showed that the function of fatty acids is not a simple evaluation of the structure, metabolism and function and the image direction for health ". During more than 30 years, he has studied many of the basic aspects of the synthesis and metabolism of fatty acids. He has studied the role of delta-(9) desaturase in obesity in animals and humans. "Saturated fatty acids contain many features of the metabolic and physiological and fatty acids are differences in these characteristics. A few of these fatty acids have specific properties and biological functions cultural importance ".
With saturated fatty acids, Legrand feel the distinction between the different sub-groups of lauric acid, myristic acid and palmitic acid is an important thing because this is traditionally the acid consumption is not excessive. For example, myristic acid in coconut milk and regulatory functions to create new signs. A characteristic of this fatty acid is the acid's ability to acylate proteins, a reaction known as the N-terminal myristoylation, regulation leading to many important cell. "
