Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Risk factors for
developing this disease include high serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides,
low-density lipoproteins, very-low density lipoproteins, and low concentrations of high-
density lipoproteins. One proposed dietary strategy for decreasing risk factors involves
replacing a portion of dietary saturated fatty acids with mono-and polyunsaturated fatty acids
(PUFAs). The essential omega-6 PUFA, linoleic acid (LA), is suggested to decrease the risk …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one contributor to death in the United States
and worldwide. Lipid risk markers for CVD include high serum concentrations of total
cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very-low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (VLDL-C), lipoprotein (a), and triglycerides, as well as low serum concentrations
of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Additional factors to assess CVD risk
include apolipoprotein A (associated with HDL) and apolipoprotein B (associated with LDL) …