Incidence of heart disease, diabetes and other metabolic conditions is surprisingly high among Indian immigrants in USA! And this is despite a large percentage of the population being non-smoking and vegetarian (no meat or fish intake).

A research paper in 1959 studied heart disease rates and diet among native Ugandans and Asian immigrants (mostly of Indian origin). What did they find? Almost zero heart disease among Ugandans and frighteningly high heart disease rates among Asian immigrants (mostly of Indian origin).

Inb 2018, a research paper compared Indian diet and US diet based on GBD (Global Burden of Disease) data. Surprising analysis! Indian food plates were worse for cardiovascular health.

Coconut and coconut derivatives like coconut milk, coconut butter, coconut yogurt and coconut oil are commonplace in some regions of India. Do the same regions have high prevalence of heart disease too? Is heart disease related to coconuts?