A block of dark chocolate, a spoonful of solid white coconut oil, and a pat of butter on white marble in hard side light, illustrating coconut oil and cholesterol.

Christopher Bray - 13 November 2026 - 9:50 am

Coconut Oil Isn’t the Health Food You Were Sold. Dark Chocolate Gets More of a Pass.

In a 2020 meta-analysis of 16 clinical trials, coconut oil raised LDL cholesterol by about 10 mg/dL compared with non-tropical vegetable oils, and it did[…]

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Coconut Oil Isn’t the Health Food You Were Sold. Dark Chocolate Gets More of a Pass.