One of the biggest misconceptions about coconut oil is that it makes high blood cholesterol. This is completely wrong. Coconut oil contains absolutely no cholesterol. Cholesterol is found in animal fats. Coconut oil is produced by the plant should not have cholesterol.
One other misconception that coconut oil raises cholesterol to heart disease. Although medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil is a saturated fat, but they're good for the heart and helps prevent heart disease.
The density of blood cholesterol
The total amount of cholesterol that your numbers are often heard when receiving test results. The amount of total cholesterol inaccurate to measure the risk of heart disease. So you can not rely on the amount of total cholesterol as precise indication for heart disease.
A more reliable indication that the cholesterol ratio. The amount of total cholesterol includes both good and bad cholesterol. HDL is the good cholesterol because it helps kind of out of the body. So you more good cholesterol, the less you risk of heart disease.
For cholesterol ratio, you get total cholesterol divided by HDL (good cholesterol). For example, if a person has a total cholesterol number is 200 and HDL is 50, the ratio is 200: 50 = 4. Our aim is to keep this ratio is less than 5; The best ratio is 3.2 or less.
The value of cholesterol
When people add coconut oil to food, cholesterol may increase or decrease a little, but in both cases, they usually increase HDL and heart disease risk reduction. Remember that your total cholesterol is not a sign of heart disease.
