Coconut oil is having a moment. It's used as everything from a topical cream to fight eczema to a damaged hair repair product ...

However, it is now marketed on a large scale, and its health effects in a British population are untested. So is coconut oil good, or bad, for cholesterol? Trust Me I’m a Doctor wanted to find out.

which has the opposite effect. It is possible that a particular food can raise overall cholesterol levels, yet still be heart-friendly. So is coconut oil a cholesterol-busting wonder food ...

From seed oils to olive oil, we now have an overwhelming choice of what to cook with. Here’s how they all stack up, according ...

It’s important to note that while coconut oil is high in ... intake may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease by increasing HDL (“good”) cholesterol levels.

The oil, extracted from the meat of a coconut, is mostly saturated fat, but boasts about the food include weight loss, better metabolism and improved cholesterol. <!-- /wp:paragraph ...

"I learned to ask patients about this because I was seeing multiple patients whose LDL cholesterol was going up because they introduced coconut oil-containing foods," she told Insider. Checking ...

Confusingly, though, while coconut oil as a whole increases plasma levels of high-density lipoproteins/HDLs (the “good” cholesterol), on its own ... had been conducted on the oil’s cardiovascular ...