Indeed, based on my understanding of recent, high-quality studies as cited above, your total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol numbers look outstanding. Not "worst" but best! I wonder if replacing coconut oil in your diet with a more easily oxidized mono or poly unsaturated fat or with more grains, potatoes, or sugar will damage rather than improve your health.ZenGinner wrote:It is comforting that the cholesterol may not be the worst part.
I think it's unfortunate that the American Heart Association continues to urge us to consume manufactured seed oils (canola, corn, soy, cottonseed, safflower, and peanut) rather than the unprocessed natural fats (like coconut oil) that humans evolved to eat. Read this article for a compelling rebuttal to the recent AHA-promoted meta-analysis, and read this article for a sobering analysis of the AHA's funding sources and agenda. And for an eye-opening (literally!) analysis of the strong association between manufactured seed oils and the burgeoning epidemic of macular degeneration, a disease virtually unknown before the 1920s, watch this presentation.
As Slacker noted above, I was suggesting that the relationship between the triglycerides and HDL numbers is meaningful. Having high triglycerides and/or low HDL is an indicator of insulin resistance, which I believe to be the root cause of the epidemic of chronic disease that has swept the planet over the past 40 years.What did you mean by: " but if you want a biomarker to target, I suggest triglycerides < HDL"?
