CF 126: No Immunity Boosting Benefit, Coconut Oil Fails, and Screen Time & Autism Today we’re going to talk about Immune boosting via spinal manipulative therapy, we’ll talk about coconut oil and it’s a mirage, and we’ll talk about autism and screen time. It’s a good one today folks!
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- Data for this cohort study were derived from the National Children’s Study,
- A total of 2152 children were enrolled at birth from October 1, 2010, to October 31, 2012.
- Data were analyzed from December 1, 2017, to December 3, 2019.
- Caregivers reported whether the child viewed television and/or videos (yes or no) at 12 months of age, hours of viewing at 18 months of age, time spent by the caregiver reading to the child (number of days per week compared with daily) at 12 months of age, and frequency of playing with the child (daily or less than daily) at 12 months of age
- Prematurity, maternal age at birth, child sex, household income, race/ethnicity, and caregiver English-language status were included in analysis.
- Compared to nontropical vegetable oils, coconut oil significantly increased total cholesterol.
- Coconut oil did not significantly affect triglycerides or markers of glycemia, inflammation, and body fat compared with others
- Researchers calculated that coconut oil use could translate to a 6% increase risk of major vascular events and a 5.4% increase in teh risk of coronary heart disease mortality.
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