Coconut and Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

• Virgin coconut oil (VCO) supplementation relieves symptoms and inflammation among COVID-19 positive adults: a single-blind randomized trial.

  • 2024
  • RCT · n = 19
  • Journal of nutritional science 13
  • • Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa
    • Jacus S Nacis
    • Fabian M Dayrit
    • Keith V Tanda

  • PubMed: 38282651
  • DOI: 10.1017/jns.2023.118

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  VCO recipients ... had normal CRP concentrations by day 14. In comparison, participants in the control group reported ... normal CRP concentrations on day 25

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes