Očerňování konzumace kokosového oleje a dalších produktů z kokosu
Historie odsuzování kokosového oleje
- In the United States, coconut oil was one of the major sources of dietary fats
- Aside from diary and animal fats
- Prior to the advent of the American edible oil industry in the 1940s
- Coconut oil industry has suffered more than three decades of abusive rhetoric from consumer activist groups and organisations such as
- Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
- American Soybean Association (ASA)
- Other members of the edible oil industry
- Medical and scientific community who learned their apparent misinformation from these groups [4]
- Origins of the anti-saturated fat campaign to the late 1950s
- Researcher in Minnesota announced that the heart disease epidemic was being caused by hydrogenated vegetable fats
- Edible oil industry's response at that time
- Claim that it was only the saturated fat in the hydrogenated oils that was causing the problem
- Various forms of anti-saturated fat/anti-tropical oils campaigns 1960s - mid-1980s by
- Individual researchers
- Some multinational companies
- Governmental agencies in the United States
- Has spread worldwide
- Chong and Ng noted that, the anti-palm oil (anti-tropical oil) campaigns in the US were conducted more for economic gains than for the health of the Americans
- Developing world under pressure from all fronts to reduce consumption of oils such as palm and coconut oils
- But increase in chronic disease has been attributed more to the ‘westernization’ of diets rather than the consumption of tropical oils
- These fats have been the mainstay (of edible oils) in many developing countries (especially in West Africa) for centuries [4]
Současné obavy a doporučení stran kokosového oleje
- Several studies consistently showed consumption of coconut oil increases low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)
- Thereby could increase adverse cardiovascular health
- Even though coconut oil has relatively high MCT concentration
- The clinical benefits of commercial MCT oils cannot be generalized to coconut oil
- Until the long-term effects of coconut oil on cardiovascular health are clearly established
- Coconut oil should be considered as a saturated fat
- Its consumption should not exceed the USDA's daily recommendation
- Less than 10% of total calorie intake (článek publikovaný r. 2018) [24]
