The coconut fat is obtained from the homonymous plant and is used in nutrition, cosmetics and other.

It contains 91% saturated fatty acids while lard contains 41% and tallow 54%. Saturated fatty acids increase total cholesterol, while unsaturated fatty acids reduce total cholesterol or LDL (1).

The excessive consumption of foods high in fat has been linked, in many studies, to the growing incidence of obesity.

Coconut fat has a high fat content.

The effects of coconut fat and soya fat on serum lipids are controversial, but this study onclude that coconut fat in the form of coconut milk does not cause a detrimental effect on the lipid profile in the general population and in fact is beneficial due to the decrease in LDL and rise in HDL (2).

Dietary coconut fat significantly elevated serum total cholesterol and phospholipid concentrations (3).

Animals fed on a diet of coconut fats showed higher cholesterol and triglyceride levels than the control group (4).

Coconut fat, studies

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(1) Complex porcine model of atherosclerosis: induction of early coronary lesions after long-term hyperlipidemia without sustained hyperglycemia.
Artinger S, Deiner C, Loddenkemper C, Schwimmbeck PL, Schultheiss HP, Pels K.  Can J Cardiol. 2009 Apr;25(4):e109-14.

(2) Impact of a traditional dietary supplement with coconut milk and soya milk on the lipid profile in normal free living subjects.  Ekanayaka RA, Ekanayaka NK, Perera B, De Silva PG.  J Nutr Metab. 2013;2013:481068. doi: 10.1155/2013/481068.

(3) The effect of dietary saturated fat versus polyunsaturated fat on serum cholesterol and phospholipid concentrations in rabbits with partial ileal bypass  Schouten, J.A., Beynen, A.C., Mulder, C. et al. Z Ernährungswiss (1984) 23: 136. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021688

(4) Complex porcine model of atherosclerosis: induction of early coronary lesions after long-term hyperlipidemia without sustained hyperglycemia. Artinger S, Deiner C, Loddenkemper C, Schwimmbeck PL, Schultheiss HP, Pels K. Can J Cardiol. 2009 Apr;25(4):e109-14.