Random, interesting studies

[Mauritio]

"This study concludes that the dietary recommendation to avoid consuming coconut oil due to its effects on lipid parameters is not justified,"

https://www.ergo-log.com/coconut-oil-blood-vessels.html

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@Mauritio said in Random, interesting studies:

@cs3000 Oh damn so close and yet so far
Do you have a source for it beeing indigestible for us ?

@Mauritio @cs3000 i have eaten honey comb multiples Times, a good part of the wax do not melt in the mouth even if you chew it very long, and the part that you swallow often end up as solid flakes in your intestins that cause intestinal irritations and nightmare if you swallow alot. Comb from more recent hives and recently harvested Can be much softer. If you look at hunters gatherers eating honey comb in documentary they spit back the comb. part of beekeepers use plastic/synthetic materials as a base for bees to build the hive on, therefore some honey comb contain a sheet of plastic/synthetic materials in the middle. It is possible you absorb part of what is in the wax, as wax that is colored like orange will end up white/yellowish if you chew it alot even if you dont swallow it

[cs3000]

@Mauritio
one in dogs vs birds (fig 2 , its not policosanol tho general
fatty acid esters absorbed a little but the fatty alcohol ester didnt https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21739344_Comparative_aspects_of_lipid_digestion_and_absorption_Physiological_correlates_of_wax_ester_digestion

but looked a bit further for specific, rats can digest even more of it if its esterified specific to oleic acid
but thats synthetic esterification not bound with oleic acid normally https://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/1388 , couldnt find if humans could absorb some but theres a case of a women with gastric blockage who ate a lot of honeycomb so at least a lot goes undigested
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2740191/#s02

was still worth posting your post now i know more about it & wouldnt have

@Mauritio said in Random, interesting studies:

for it beeing indigestible for us ?

study from that megathread showing good anti blood clotting property of policosanol https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9425618/

[cs3000]

@cs3000 if its extracted from sugarcane wax its mostly the free form policosanol with high % octacosanol and more digestible https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12423895/ maybe 7% as esters in the wax. has b-sitosterol which is anti androgen but <1% of the wax