I love coconut oil using on my skin and in my homemade granola.
It certainly can't hurt to use it.
I have always had pretty much perfect tests for cholesterol and triglycerides, and yet when I asked my doctor about possible benefits from coconut oil she had an extremely negative reaction. I generally listen to her because she is super intelligent and she really puts a great deal of time into keeping up with the latest research - far more than most doctors. What I remember from that lecture (it was over a year ago) is that coconut oil has such a bad fat profile that it is really asking for trouble to intentionally add it to one's diet. She didn't think it had any benefits worth that much risk of future trouble with all the problems caused by highly saturated fats. If it's not worth the risk in someone with perfect cholesterol and triglycerides, it might be downright dangerous if your levels are already off.
Thanks for bringing this up. I would never advocate going against your doc's advice.
I can only add that there is a lot of controversy around the subject of cholesterol, what levels are healthy, what influences those levels and how to treat 'bad' levels of cholesterol. The use of statins to control cholesterol is also controversial. I would expect anybody who is concerned about cholesterol to consider all the evidence. Regular monitoring for changes in cholesterol seems like a great idea to me.
dointime
For a discussion on the controversy about saturated fats and coconut oil see the book 'The Coconut Oil Miracle' by Bruce Fife. Amazon will even let you read the kindle edition intro for free.
I do not endorse the views of this book. However I do believe that people come to this forum to get informed about the issues which they can then take to their docs for consideration.
dointime
Dt..Good to see you....
Will
I don't advice going against doctor's orders however, sadly few doctors are trained in nutrition and fewer still are up on new research about anything other than their specialized field.
So true! I have a team of people in my support network who work at hopitals and they all say the same thing - specialists rarely see outside their own specialty. They may see your Hep C or your liver but nothing else.