Goverment Guidelines
What do the government recommendations say?
- The American Heart Association advise that individuals
reduce their consumption of saturated fats, including those found in coconut
oil, to less than 7% of their calorie intake. - Similarly the WHO ,
and the FDA recommend the reduced consumption of saturated
fat, including that from coconut oil, suggesting reduction will
positively affect health. - In the UK the FSA also recommend cutting back on saturated fats
including that found in coconut oil, coconut cream, and palm oil.
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As a person of Thai descent I grew up on coconut oils, I continue to eat coconuts and their milk on a regular basis. Somehow the WHO and FDA have decided that a food item that humans in many parts of the world have been living on successfully for thousands of years is now bad for you. This is ridiculous.