People who eat more lauric and myristic acid—found in coconut oil and butter—tend to have higher cholesterol in their blood, and this link is really strong.

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Dietary saturated and trans fatty acids and cholesterol and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: the Seven Countries Study.

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1995 May

This study looked at how much lauric and myristic acid people ate in different countries and found that where people ate more of these fats, their blood cholesterol was also higher — and the link was very strong, just like the claim says.

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Dietary saturated and trans fatty acids and cholesterol and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: the Seven Countries Study.

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DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1995.1049

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