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Is coconut oil healthy?/ The study on rats reveals the changes it brings to the metabolism

2023-09-11 21:24:00, Shëndeti CNA

Is coconut oil healthy?/ The study on rats reveals the changes it brings to the

Although many consider coconut oil to be healthy, a new study suggests otherwise.

Researchers added low doses of coconut oil to the diet of mice for eight weeks and they induced changes in their metabolism that caused obesity and related diseases to develop.

Coconut oil disrupted the mice's ability to properly use leptin and insulin, two hormones important for regulating energy expenditure, hunger and how the body handles fats and sugars.

The findings support the hypothesis that a diet high in saturated fatty acids may lead to leptin resistance. At the same time as leptin resistance develops, the body's fat storage tissue, known as white adipose tissue, also becomes less responsive to leptin.

The study builds on previous research in which the authors observed that coconut oil produced a central and peripheral inflammatory response, weight gain, a higher percentage of fat, reduced energy expenditure and anxious behavior in mice.

The 60 rats in the current study were divided into three groups that received a liquid supplement. One group, the control group, received water, one received 100 microliters of commercial extra virgin coconut oil, and one received 300 microliters of the same.

Daily doses of coconut oil were calorically similar to what would be equivalent to 13 grams of saturated fat or 5% of calories from saturated fat for a healthy adult.

In conclusion, the researchers found that coconut oil produced stress in the endoplasmic reticulum.

For this reason, nutritionists recommend unsaturated oils instead of saturated oils, such as coconut oil./ CNA





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