Coconut and Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

• Health Effects of Various Edible Vegetable Oil: An Umbrella Review.

  • 2024-07-23
  • Systematic Review · n = 48
  • Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) 15(9)
  • • Phooi Tee Voon
    • Choon Ming Ng
    • Yen Teng Ng
    • Yen Jun Wong
    • Sia Yen Yap
    • Siew Lian Leong
    • Xiou Shuang Yong
    • Shaun Wen Huey Lee

  • PubMed: 39053603
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100276

  8 Insights on

  • Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  low to very low certainty evidence suggests that oils high in saturated fats, such as coconut oil and palm oil, increase total cholesterol and LDL concentrations but also raise high-density lipoprotein concentrations.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Analysis of 26 Studies of the Impact of Coconut Oil on Lipid Parameters: Beyond Total and LDL Cholesterol.

  • 2025-01-30
  • Review
  • Nutrients 17(3)
  • • Mary T Newport
    • Fabian M Dayrit

  • PubMed: 39940372
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17030514

  4 Insights on

  • Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  the HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) values increase and triglycerides (TG) decrease

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  variable amounts across studies