I think coconut was advocated as the choice for a cooking oil. Also perhaps one should correspond with Mercola and ask him what he based his decision on rather than assuming he made it simply on the basis of saturated/unsaturated. He does answer mail, I challenged him on his grain bias and he responded.
Charles McGee M.D. in his "Heart Frauds" goes into this in more depth than the Mercola article. I am wondering if you have perused a copy yet. http://www.mpopc.org.my/abtenbopo2.htm This webpage notes that coconut oil raises HDL much better than canola. Zhang writes that in hypercholesterolemic subjects, palm oil diets lower the cholesterol levels whereas soy raised it. It seems to me the lipid saturation is minor and even inconsistent in evaluating performance and is contrary to politically correct wisdom. Likewise I am coming to the conclusion LDL/HDL ratio is far more important than cholesterol level. I also object to a "healthy" level of cholesterol being advocated based on the results of trials conducted in a New York study made of elderly Jewish men when north Europeans and other peoples are a different genotype. I believe it is well established there are metabolic differences in disparate peoples across this world. I doubt much distinction is made of thisfactor in the "double blind" study in New York. Double blind is not the guarantee of truth one may at first hope for. Likewise anecdotal evidence is perhaps quite acceptable if the sample size is large enough. I really don't see the necessity of a double blind study in order to know that tight shoes pinch. The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming that they do. Kirk --- bob allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy Kirk and Pannir, Maybe I should change my tag > line to the Devil's > Advocate. > > Although the results reported are certainly > encouraging, and I really > don't mean to disparage the Annamalai Researchers, I > personally could > only consider these results as suggestive at best. > Here is why: Most > importantly the trial was not blind; that is, the > folks that got the > sesame oil knew it. And as difficult as it may be > to accept, the > placebo effect is real and powerful. Folks can > _unconsciously_ > manipulate their physiology to accommodate an > expectation. A treatment > of the placebo effect can be found in small tome: > _The Placebo Effect_ > edited by Anna Harrington. There are numerous on > line resources > concerning the placebo effect. > > Also, as this group was already taking a blood > pressure drug, with > limited results, were other changes occurring as > part of the study? Had > they been warned that what they were doing was not > working? Were > lifestyle changes made. Maybe so, maybe not. > > Finally, the article noted that sesame oil is high > in polyunsaturated > fats. In a previous discussion the dietary value of > coconut oil was > touted, a la mercola's 66 dollar/gal oil. Coconut > oil is a highly > saturated fat. > > So just what is recommended, saturated or > unsaturated? vegetable or > animal? high cholesterol, low cholesterol? > > > The reference provided should have been stjohn's.com > for those > interested in pursuing the issue. > > > > Kirk McLoren wrote: > > Greetings Pannir. > > I agree but I want to re emphasize that I think we > > could grow better oils than canola and soy for > human > > consumption. For example sesame-- > > > > > http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/06/23/sesame_oil_lowers_blood_pressure.htm > > Sesame oil lowers BP > > > > By Kylie Taggart > > > > TAMIL NADU, INDIA – Researchers from the Annamalai > > University in Chidambaram here found cooking with > > sesame oil in place of other oils lowers blood > > pressure and the amount of medication needed to > > control hypertension. > > > > Dr. Devarajan Sankar (PhD) and colleagues studied > 328 > > patients taking 10 mg to 30 mg of the calcium > channel > > blocker nifedipine to control their hypertension. > The > > participants were asked to switch to sesame oil > from > > their regular cooking oil for two months. They > > consumed on average 35 g of sesame oil per day. > > > > Their average systolic and diastolic blood > pressures > > were reduced from 166/101 mm Hg to 134/84.6 mm Hg. > The > > nifedipine dosage was also lowered from an average > > 22.7 mg a day to 7.4 mg a day. > > > > Sesame oil is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids > and > > vitamin E. The researchers had previously reported > it > > lowers blood pressure in hypertensives taking > > diuretics and beta-blockers. > > > > The current data were presented at the > Inter-American > > Society of Hypertension meeting recently. > > > > Article found on Medicalpost.com > > > > More information available on St.John's.com > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Bob Allen,http://ozarker.org/bob > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's > oldest exercises > in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a > superior moral > justification for selfishness JKG > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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