stargazer1111
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I am baffled by these results. They fly in the face of what I understand about saturated vs. polyunsaturated fats.
I haven't been able to debunk these results yet, but maybe someone else can.
This study shows higher LDL, lower HDL, and higher liver enzymes in the group that consumed coconut oil compared to the group that consumed sesame oil (which is about half PUFA).
One thing I noticed is that they used standard error of the mean as opposed to standard deviation in their statistical analyses. Standard error is kind of frowned upon by some because it increases the separation between the error bars to give the appearance of a more significant difference than there really is.
It's also published in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology which has had an impact factor hovering around 1 since 2010. For comparison, a really good journal like Science has an impact factor of 41, so these results could be either bad or totally made up.
EDIT: Posted the wrong study initially.
I haven't been able to debunk these results yet, but maybe someone else can.
This study shows higher LDL, lower HDL, and higher liver enzymes in the group that consumed coconut oil compared to the group that consumed sesame oil (which is about half PUFA).
One thing I noticed is that they used standard error of the mean as opposed to standard deviation in their statistical analyses. Standard error is kind of frowned upon by some because it increases the separation between the error bars to give the appearance of a more significant difference than there really is.
It's also published in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology which has had an impact factor hovering around 1 since 2010. For comparison, a really good journal like Science has an impact factor of 41, so these results could be either bad or totally made up.
EDIT: Posted the wrong study initially.