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Re:Probiotics labelled 'quite useless' by Nursie on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:04PM (#17928080)
The only 'controversy' around coconut oil is that it is very high in saturated fat - much more so than lard, beef dripping or even butter.

It doesn't appear to have any mitigating health factors, as had been claimed (a lot, by a lot of people and a lot of the press), that would count against this. So it appears to be a really unhealthy fat, which should be used sparingly.

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Re:Probiotics labelled 'quite useless' by akvadrako on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:09PM (#17928124)
There is still a debate about how unhealthy all unsaturated fat is - so no, they shouldn't avoid it.
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Re:Probiotics labelled 'quite useless' by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:13PM (#17928162)
... which is basically making Bucephalus355's point for them. There's too much confusion, too many unsubstantiated claims.
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Re:Probiotics labelled 'quite useless' by mrfusion on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:13PM (#17928168)
Well it has medium chain fatty acids. Most saturated fats are long chain.
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Re:Probiotics labelled 'quite useless' by abecedarius on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:13PM (#17928163)
trans-fats are unambiguously bad for you. There's been a lot of spillover demonization of saturated fats which I don't trust at all.
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