A diet including coconut oil, a medium chain fatty acid (MCFA), helps combat insulin resistance.Insulin resistance is the inability of cells to respond to insulin and take in glucose for energy. The pancreas tries to compensate for insulin resistance by producing even more insulin, but eventually glucose accumulates in the bloodstream. Over time, insulin resistance and obesity can lead to pre-diabetes or full-blown type 2 diabetes.
Dr Nigel Turner and colleagues at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Darlinghurst, Australia, compared fat metabolism and insulin resistance in mice and rats fed diets rich in coconut oil (a medium chain fatty acid) or lard (a long chain fatty acid). (The lard-based diet was similar to the diet eaten by people in the Western world.) The findings were published in the journal Diabetes.
MCFAs, like in coconut oil, were found to reduce fat accumulation while maintaining insulin action in muscle and fat tissue. "Dietarysupplementation with MCFAs may therefore be beneficial for preventing obesity and peripheral insulin resistance", said Dr. Turner in the study conclusions...
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