However, other reports claim that coconut oil is good for your heart, because it reduces levels of the harmful form of cholesterol, LDL. LDL cholesterol is so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol ...

For instance, a 2020 review published in Circulation noted that although coconut oil consumption raised LDL cholesterol, it ...

Reports which indicate that coconut oil increases serum cholesterol levels, have been based on animal studies (mainly rats ... This leads to the formation of peroxides which are not good for human ...

"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 ...