Comparing impact of coconut oil versus palm oil on selected cardiovascular disease risk factors in free-living healthy adults in households of a selected area in Colombo: single arm study

A sequential feeding trial of coconut oil versus palm oil on cardio-metabolic risk factors in healthy adults

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

SLCTR

Registry ID

SLCTR/2019/034

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-04

Start date

2020-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Cardiovascular disease risk

Interventions

Study setting and participant recruitment Experiment will be conducted in the community. This will be a voluntary recruitment and participants will be non-institutional adults. Healthy adults living

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Free living healthy adults who take their meals at home. 2. Both male and female between 18-60 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who have a medical history of cardiovascular diseases, stroke, thyroid disease, diabetes mellitus, liver or renal dysfunction (acute or chronic), peptic ulceration, cancer. 2. Those who smoke or consume alcohol. 3. Individuals taking any medications for dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, or inflammatory disorders or patients receiving tetracycline therapy. 4. Those who use herbal/ antioxidant or vitamin or mineral/omega 3 or omega 6 supplements. 5. Those who follow weight loss regime, any prescribed diet or who frequently consume food from outside. 8. Pregnant and lactating mothers.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference in mean serum LDL-Cholesterol in the group between coconut feeding period and palm oil feeding period [Difference between baseline and end of 8 weeks of each feeding periods of both coconut and palm oil feedings.]	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The change in mean of the following variables within the group before and after coconut and palm oil consumption. i. Serumtotal and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Total Cholesterol and HDL-C), TC/HDL-C ratio, Triglycerides, VLDs, hs-CRP, fasting plasma glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), Apo A, Apo B,), ALT and AST ii. Weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, changes in body composition iii. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure [Difference between baseline and end of 8 weeks of each coconut and palm oil feeding periods.]	—

Measure

Time frame

The change in mean of the following variables within the group before and after coconut and palm oil consumption. i. Serumtotal and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Total Cholesterol and HDL-C), TC/HDL-C ratio, Triglycerides, VLDs, hs-CRP, fasting plasma glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), Apo A, Apo B,), ALT and AST ii. Weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, changes in body composition iii. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure [Difference between baseline and end of 8 weeks of each coconut and palm oil feeding periods.]

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Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Ranil Jayawardena

Senior Lecturer

ranil7@gmail.com / ranil@physiol.cmb.ac.lk94-112 695300 [ext: 203/204/205]

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026