Does Coconut Oil Clog Arteries?

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DESCRIPTION: Sellers of coconut oil use a beef industry tactic to downplay the risks associated with the saturated fat in their products. Here are the two saffron videos I referenced: Saffron for the Treatment of Alzheimer's (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffr...) and Saffron Versus Aricept (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffr.... The spice may also help with PMS (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffr...) and depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffr....

Think my water in Coke joke was too over the top? When a corporate exec was asked on the stand (http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/trial...) if Coca Cola was "nutritious" he said that it is "providing water, and I think that is part of a balanced diet."

More on meat industry hijinks in videos like Meat Mythcrushers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-..., Cattlemen's Association Has Beef With Study (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cattl..., Unsafe at Any Feed (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/unsaf..., and my blog post E. coli O145 Ban Opposed by Meat Industry (http://nutritionfacts.org/2012/06/09/....

The "compared to butter" bit reminds me of the "compared to pork" nuttiness: Nuts and Bolts of Cholesterol Lowering (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-....

What was that thing I said about saturated animal fat and endotoxins? See my three part series: The Leaky Gut Theory of Why Animal Products Cause Inflammation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-l..., The Exogenous Endotoxin Theory (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-e..., and Dead Meat Bacteria Endotoxemia (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dead-....

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-... and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: Jon Díez Supat, thehoneybunny kristin_a (Meringue Bake Shop), & 0Four via flickr; and Kulmalukko & Kitty Mecklenburg via Wikimedia.

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