Kasaragod: Coconut oil in diet lowers serum cholesterol, B.M. Hegde, senior physician and former Vice-Chancellor of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, has said.
He was addressing the ‘International conference on coconut biodiversity for prosperity' at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) here on Tuesday.
People should use coconut oil or coconut milk extensively in their diet rather than going for other products in the market. The nutritional value of coconut is high, he said.Coconut oil contains the ‘healthy and weight reducing' form of saturated fat. Rats fed with tender and mature coconut water showed beneficial reduction in cholesterol parameters, Mr. Hegde said.
A session on ‘Coconut and health' was chaired by Romulo Arancon Jr., executive director, Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC), Indonesia. As many as 25 foreign delegates and scientists from the Ayurveda College, Kotakkal; Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi; Central Food technological Research Institute; Defence Food Research Laboratory; Indian Institute of Spices Research; and the Kerala Agricultural University took part.
A workshop on ‘Organic farming in coconut' was chaired by P. Rethinum, former executive director, APCC.
Source: The Hindu, 27-10-2010
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