Oli ea kokonate e khothalletsoa hore e be lijo tse phetseng hantle. Rea tseba hore e na le li-acid tse bohlokoa tsa polyunsaturated tse sa hlahisoang ke 'mele oa motho. Ke hore, li ka fumanoa feela ka ntle. Oli ea kokonate e sa hloekisoang ke mohloli oa li-acids tsena tse molemo tse nang le mafura, ho akarelletsa lauric, oleic, stearic, caprylic, le tse ling tse ngata. Ha e futhumetse, ha e hlahise li-carcinogens, e boloka livithamine tsohle tse molemo le li-amino acid, tse lumellang hore li sebelisoe haholo ha ho pheha.
Leha ho le joalo, bo-rasaense ba Amerika ba eletsa ho tlohela tšebeliso ea oli ea kokonate e le analogue ho oli e meng ea meroho le mafura a liphoofolo. Hoa etsahala hore e na le mafura a mangata a ka bang makhetlo a tšeletseng ho feta oli ea mohloaare. Ka lehlakoreng le leng, mafura a mafura a nkoa a sa phele hantle hobane a ka phahamisa k’holeseterole e mpe, e leng se eketsang kotsi ea lefu la pelo.
Ho ea ka sehlooho se hatisitsoeng, oli ea kokonate e na le 82% ea mafura a mangata, ha mafura a mafura a na le 39%, mafura a nama ea khomo a na le 50%, 'me botoro e na le 63%.
Lipatlisiso tse entsoeng lilemong tsa bo-1950 li bontšitse kamano pakeng tsa mafura a mangata le k'holeseterole ea LDL (e bitsoang "cholesterol" e mpe). E ka etsa hore mali a fokotsehe 'me a baka lefu la pelo le stroke.
Ka lehlakoreng le leng, HDL-cholesterol e sireletsa khahlanong le lefu la pelo. E monya k’holeseterole ebe e e khutlisetsa sebeteng, ebe e e ntša ’meleng. Ho ba le k'holeseterole e "ntle" e phahameng ho na le phello e fapaneng hantle.
AHA e khothalletsa ho nkela sebaka sa lijo tse nang le mafura a mangata a mangata, ho akarelletsa le nama e khubelu, lijo tse halikiloeng, 'me, ole, oli ea kokonate, e nang le mehloli ea mafura a sa tsitsang a kang linate, limela, li-avocado, oli ea meroho e seng ea tropike (mohloaare, li-flaxseed le tse ling). .
Ho ea ka Public Health England, monna ea lilemong tse bohareng ha aa lokela ho ja ligrama tse fetang 30 tsa mafura a mafura ka letsatsi, 'me mosali ha aa lokela ho feta ligrama tse 20. AHA e khothalletsa ho fokotsa mafura a mafura ho 5-6% ea kakaretso ea lik'hilojule, e leng hoo e ka bang ligrama tse 13 bakeng sa lijo tsa letsatsi le letsatsi tsa 2000 tsa lik'halori.