Coconut oil is higher in saturated fat than anything - even tallow. Saturated fat does raise your cholesterol. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It raises HDL and LDL together. Some evidence suggests that saturated fat does not raise VLDL. It does not raise triglycerides. High triglycerides are a stronger indicator of heart disease than low HDL, high LDL, or high total cholesterol.

Studies of the "cholesterol-lowering diet," which reduces saturated fat intake but not total fat intake, have not shown a reduction in death from heart disease. But they have shown an increase in death from cancer and trauma.

But I'm assuming most of this information is in the book.