Food
Medium-chain fats may affect satiety and metabolism but saturated fat load can raise LDL in responders.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
100/100
High depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
0
Mixed / Neutral • confidence Minimal
Safety Friction
45/100
Moderate signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 16 • mentions 0 • links 25
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Classification: case-dependent.[1071,1186,1545, etc.]
Best fit: Users in specific low-carb culinary patterns..[1071,1186,1545, etc.]
Goal alignment: Metabolic Health, Body Composition.[1071,1186,1545, etc.]
Classification
Case Dependent
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Users in specific low-carb culinary patterns.
Primary Focus
Metabolic Health, Body Composition
Clinical Depth
Humans: 277 • RCTs: 72 • Meta: 9
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 13
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 9 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
→ Stable evidence base
Depth
277 total studies · 2 recent
Timeline
Total indexed
277
Human studies
277
Randomized trials
72
In vitro / tissue
65
Cohort signals
13
Meta-analyses
9
Weighted direction score: 0 (Mixed / Neutral)
High when there are >=2 human meta-analyses, or strong human trial/cohort volume with substantial human literature.
Total indexed
277
Human studies
277
Randomized trials
72
In vitro / tissue
65
Cohort signals
13
Meta-analyses
9
Safety adverse signals
9
Animal-only studies
0
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: High
PMID 31928080 • 2020 Mar 10
The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials.
Circulation
Open PubMedPMID 34786908 • 2023 Mar
Coconut oil consumption and bodyweight reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Minerva Endocrinol (Torino)
Open PubMedPMID 36045407 • 2022 Aug 31
The effects of coconut oil on the cardiometabolic profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
Lipids Health Dis
Benefit reports: 0
Adverse reports: 0
No-effect reports: 0
Mixed reports: 0
Unclear reports: 0
Signal confidence: 0.00
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.00 with mentions: benefit 0, adverse 0, no-effect 0.
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aggregate • unclear
No directional first-hand mentions captured in the current community corpus; source links are retained for traceability.
Open mentionEvidence Sources
PUBMED • Humans + preclinical triage
Counts from structured PubMed query set for diet/intake context.
Outcome: Humans 277, RCT 72, meta 9, cohort 13.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31928080 from Circulation.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[, etc.]
No directional mention volume was resolved; fallback profile metadata is shown in other sections.
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
PMID 31769848 • 2020 Mar 1
Impact of coconut oil consumption on cardiovascular health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Nutr Rev
Open PubMedPMID 31095284 • 2019 Jul 1
Intake of Palm Olein and Lipid Status in Healthy Adults: A Meta-Analysis.
Adv Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 34802850 • 2022 Jan
Effects of consumption of coconut oil or coconut on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional trials.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Open PubMedPMID 29511019 • 2018 Mar 6
Randomised trial of coconut oil, olive oil or butter on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors in healthy men and women.
BMJ Open
Open PubMedPMID 39490924 • 2024 Dec
Effects of coconut oil, olive oil, and butter on plasma fatty acids and metabolic risk factors: a randomized trial.
J Lipid Res
Open PubMedPMID 33549429 • 2021 Mar 10
Effects of virgin coconut oil consumption on metabolic syndrome components and asymmetric dimethylarginine: A randomized controlled clinical trial.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Open PubMedPMID 35778479 • 2022 Oct
The effect of coconut oil on anthropometric measurements and irisin levels in overweight individuals.
Int J Obes (Lond)
Open PubMedPMID 37836472 • 2023 Sep 28
Aronia in the Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Regimen.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 38372798 • 2024 Jun
Diverse impacts of red palm olein, extra virgin coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil on cardiometabolic risk markers in individuals with central obesity: a randomised trial.
Eur J Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 36971981 • 2023 May
Coconut Oil and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
Curr Atheroscler Rep
Open PubMedPMID 1345319 • 1992
Tropical oils: nutritional and scientific issues.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 30056419 • 2018
Improvement of Main Cognitive Functions in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease after Treatment with Coconut Oil Enriched Mediterranean Diet: A Pilot Study.
J Alzheimers Dis
Open PubMedPMID 26545671 • 2015 Nov 1
A COCONUT EXTRA VIRGIN OIL-RICH DIET INCREASES HDL CHOLESTEROL AND DECREASES WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND BODY MASS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS.
Nutr Hosp
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Community Sources
PUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34786908 from Minerva Endocrinol (Torino).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 36045407 from Lipids Health Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2020 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31769848 from Nutr Rev.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2019 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31095284 from Adv Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34802850 from Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2018 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 29511019 from BMJ Open.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39490924 from J Lipid Res.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 33549429 from Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35778479 from Int J Obes (Lond).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37836472 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38372798 from Eur J Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 36971981 from Curr Atheroscler Rep.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 1992 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 1345319 from Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2018 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 30056419 from J Alzheimers Dis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2015 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 26545671 from Nutr Hosp.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[1545,2543,2959, etc.]
Open source