1.1 Background Fats in the diet mainly consist of triglyceride, a molecule composed of three
fatty acids and a glycerol backbone. Fatty acids differ in several aspects. First, they are …

Publisher Summary Conventional wisdom held that intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA)
increased plasma cholesterol levels whereas polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the diet …

Background Medium-chain saturated fatty acids (MCFAs) may affect circulating lipids and
lipoproteins differently than long-chain saturated fatty acids (LCSFAs), but the results from …

Research dating back to the 1950s reported an association between the consumption of
saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and risk of coronary heart disease. Recent epidemiological …

Dietary fatty acids have a considerable effect on plasma LDL cholesterol (LDL-C)
concentrations and therefore on the risk for coronary heart disease. Numerous studies have …

The objective of this study was to examine whether oils high in monounsaturated or
polyunsaturated fats have a differential effect on serum lipid levels, using a meta-analytical …

Abstract Background/Aims: Sex hormones may influence the activity of enzymes which are
involved in the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The objective of this …

In the present study we used regression analyses to evaluate the effects of stearic acid (18:
0) on total cholesterol (TC), low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density …

PUFAs are known to regulate cholesterol synthesis and cellular uptake by multiple
mechanisms that do not involve SFAs. Polymorphisms in any of the numerous proteins …

Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels of PUFAs
increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol …