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Coconut oil

Score
40
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Over 80% saturated fat, and it raises LDL like other saturated fats.

Coconut oil's reputation outran the evidence. Controlled trials show it raises LDL cholesterol relative to unsaturated oils. Not a villain, but not the health food the marketing claimed.

saturated fathealth halo

Also appears on labels as

copra oil

What this is based on

Coconut oil — scored 40/100 · GrubFacts