{"id":1920,"date":"2018-09-18T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/uncategorized\/saturated-fat-positive-for-heart-and-blood-vessels\/"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:23:53","slug":"saturated-fat-positive-for-heart-and-blood-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/en\/healthy-fats\/saturated-fat-positive-for-heart-and-blood-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturated fat positive for heart and blood vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Generous amounts of saturated fats will benefit your cardiovascular system, as shown by a well-known study (the Tokelau coconut study)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/250px-Tokelau_on_the_globe_Polynesia_centered.svg.png\" alt=\"2500km ten noordoosten van Australi\u00eb en 6000km ten zuidwesten van Mexico liggen de koraaleilandengroepen Pukapuka en Tokelau.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/250px-Tokelau_on_the_globe_Polynesia_centered.svg-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/250px-Tokelau_on_the_globe_Polynesia_centered.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/250px-Tokelau_on_the_globe_Polynesia_centered.svg-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.bartmaes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/250px-Tokelau_on_the_globe_Polynesia_centered.svg.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The coral atolls of Pukapuka and Tokelau can be found 2,500 km north-east of Australia and 6,000 km south-west of Mexico. The Polynesian islanders consume a great deal of saturated fat and very little sugar. The coconut is their biggest source of energy, and it is the source of 63% of the energy-intake of the Tokelau islanders (coconut oil, grated coconut, etc.). On Pukapuka the figure stands at 34%.<\/p>\n<p>The well-known Tokelau study demonstrates that consumption of coconuts (coconut oil, grated coconut, etc) is good for our health.<\/p>\n<h2>As the study concludes: coconuts keep our cardiovascular system healthy.<\/h2>\n<p>Cardiovascular disease is almost unknown on Tokelau and Pukapuka. Analysis of both the Polynesians\u2019 food and their body fat clearly demonstrated to the scientists that lauric (12:0) and myristic (14:0) acid levels \u2013 both derived from the coconut \u2013 were high. Total cholesterol levels amongst Tokelauans were 35-40 mg higher and did not result in a rise in cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n<h2>What Amanprana has to say about saturated fats:<\/h2>\n<p>It has been clear since 1981, when the results of the Tokelau study were first published, that saturated fats were good for our cardiovascular system. Coconut oil and coconut products are good for you, even when you consume them in generous amounts.<\/p>\n<h3>A note on coconut oil and saturated fats:<\/h3>\n<p>At least 60% of a coconut is made up of fat. Coconut oil contains 92% (healthy) saturated fat and at least 40% lauric acid and 1% myristic acid.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Am J Clin Nutr. 1981 Aug;34(8):1552-61., Prior IA, Davidson F, Salmond CE, Czochanska Z<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,228],"tags":[273,286,280,285],"ads-targeting":[977],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saturated fat positive for heart and blood vessels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Generous amounts of saturated fats will benefit your cardiovascular system, as shown by a well-known study (the Tokelau coconut study)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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