Todd Moody wrote:
>
> On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Don Wiss wrote:

> It is incomprehensible to me that whole peanuts should be
> rejected because of a conjectured cholesterol-raising effect
> while coconut oil, a refined and concentrated substance with
> well-documented cholesterol-raising effects, is acceptable.

Todd, I'm sure you have good evidence to back this up. It is my
understanding that this coconut oil thing is based upon several
misleading studies that use hydrogenated tropical fats. Subsequent
study has to my understanding debunked this tropical fat cholesterol
scare. Malaysian people have very low rates of heart disease. I
read several studies (don't have them at hand) backing this up.

Coconut oil is available in refined or "semi refined" states. Refined
is fractionated and often hydrogenated. Semi refined contains lots
of coconut flavors and presumably other coconut compounds and is
the type Malaysians use in cooking (when they are not simply skimming
the oily part of coconut "milk" and using that.)

--Richard

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