Posted on 31st Mar 2011 @ 12:24 PM

A new study in animals demonstrates that a diet rich in coconut oilprotects against ‘insulin resistance’ (an impaired ability of cells to respond to insulin) in muscle and fat. The diet also avoids the accumulation of body fat caused by other high fat diets of similar calorie content. Together these findings are important because obesity and insulin resistance are major factors leading to the development of Type 2 diabetes.

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