Background Dietary fat is one of the most important energy sources of all the nutrients. Fatty
acids, stored as triacylglycerols (also called triglycerides) in the body, are an important …

Obesity is a complex disease that is regulated by both central and peripheral mechanisms.
New medicines for the treatment and prevention of obesity will need to overcome the …

Plant sterols and stanols (phytosterols/phytostanols) are known to reduce serum low-density
lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol level, and food products containing these plant compounds are …

The identification of defective structures in the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters
ABCG5 and ABCG8 in patients with sitosterolemia suggests that these two proteins are an …

Nuts contain significant amounts of essential micronutrients that are associated with an
improved health status when consumed at doses beyond those necessary to prevent …

Intestinal cholesterol absorption represents a major route for the entry of cholesterol into the
body's miscible pools and therefore can potentially impact the plasma LDL-cholesterol …

Background Cholesterol cholelithiasis is a multifactorial disease influenced by a complex
interaction of genetic and environmental factors and represents a failure of biliary …

The small intestine is a unique organ providing dietary and reabsorbed biliary cholesterol to
the body. However, the molecular mechanisms whereby cholesterol is absorbed have not …

Nuestro organismo sintetiza su propio colesterol, un porcentaje extra es obtenido de la
dieta. El colesterol forma parte de las membranas de nuestras células, sirve como precursor …

3124 survey of risk factor management with established CHD revealed that only half of those
patients receiving lipidlowering therapy had attained recommended lipid treatment goals. 3 …