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Originally Posted by CyndiM
My new doctor is recommending I add coconut oil to raise my HDL levels. I've been researching all morning and haven't found a single peer reviewed study advocating that.
There's been quite a bit of peer-reviewed research linking coconut oil to various benefits and health improvements. The research spans at least three decades, so it's not a new topic of research.
To find references to the research, you can check out any of the coconut oil books (just search on coconut oil in the search screen on amazon.com - select for books only, or you'll also get coconut products).
I'd recommend checking them out from your library, rather than buying them, because a few of them are pure testimonial books, but the ones I've read from my library have had annotated references.
While the authors of the book often have a biased agenda, the research they cite, is still sound (providing they're referencing it properly) but you can go directly to the research (because of the annotated references) and read the articles for yourself.